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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
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      You're welcome George. So are you going to try that with your fence model? I'd be interested to see what you get.

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      • tibetT Offline
        tibet
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        hi,
        i´ve been trying, but i must do something wrong, because the final result
        is the same 😞
        could you please have a look, when you get time?
        thanks for understanding
        i like to learn making nice and smooth things.
        my skp model is here: http://bitshare.com/files/61ssemxe/1.skp.html
        preview is attached below


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        SU 2015 Pro on Win10 x64

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          I'd be happy to take a look at your SKP file but I refuse to download files from BitShare. I started to do so for your file and got a popup to a sex site. Fortunately my employer's firewall blocked it. Your files are worth risking my job for. Just upload the SKP file here on SCF.

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          • tibetT Offline
            tibet
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            hi,
            i´m sorry to hear you couldn´t get the file, i never got any popups.
            i use adblock plus with firefox.
            ( choose regular download, wait for 50 seconds, and download it )
            of course, i never want to make anyone trouble.
            the file was over 4MB, so i couldn´t uploaded to the site.
            i´ve just purched unused of colors and components, and whole model
            reduced size from 4MB to 386KB.
            it´s unbelievable!
            thanks


            2.skp

            SU 2015 Pro on Win10 x64

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              It's a good idea to purge unused stuff once in awhile. 😉

              Hidden Line Image Exported at 4000 px wide
              Hidden Line Image Exported at 6000 px wide, resized to 4000 px wide

              How thin do you want the lines to be?

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              • tibetT Offline
                tibet
                last edited by

                hi,

                thanks for your excellent visualization of the model!
                well, because i haven´t found outline setting in SU , i´d
                preffer to do as small as possible

                in CorelDRAW is easy :

                http://img.sceper.eu/images/kxUcv.jpg


                when i use eps files, the lines are smooth, without any distortion.
                this is the reason , why i´s taking about it 😄

                anyway, do you use special settings or plugin to achieve the best effect?

                best of luck!

                SU 2015 Pro on Win10 x64

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  No plugins for this.

                  File>Export>2D Graphic... I set the file type to PNG and click on Options. There I choose the desired pixel width. Couldn't be easier.

                  An EPS export doesn't give you that option.

                  What are you going to do with the images once you have them out of SketchUp?

                  Upload your images in your threads, too. 😒

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                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
                    Mike Lucey
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                    ..... another Masterclass by Dave R ...... thanks Dave. I always have something to learn from you 👍

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Thanks, Mike. 😉

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                      • tibetT Offline
                        tibet
                        last edited by

                        hi,
                        i did a quick model of metal fence with authomatic gate, but the photographs ( i was given ) wasn´t good quality, and without proper angles to use it for photomaching.
                        when i get the final one, i´ll post it.
                        i´m a bit shy, to show my simple models among unique and amazing artist works around here.
                        thanks for understanding 😆
                        best of luck

                        http://i52.tinypic.com/zujcp1.jpg

                        SU 2015 Pro on Win10 x64

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