Here is an image off the corrugated steel roof. It did my head in [image: EEY7_Metalroofcor.jpg]

Liebe sketchup Freunde, ich habe die Lösung nun selber gefunden. Es lag an der Einstellung der Fn - Taste vom ASUS - laptop. Unbeabsichtigt hatte ich die Umschalt-Taste (Caps Lock) und die Fn - Taste gleichzeitig gedrückt. Danach konnte ich die Anzahl der Segmente (z.B. für Kreis) in der Werte - Box nicht mehr einstellen. Inzwischen habe ich die Umschalt - Taste und die Fn - Taste nochmals gedrückt und > nun gehts wieder. Evtl. hilft diese Info auch anderen ?

Kerkythea est un vieux programme, pas facile d'accès pour débutant et hyper lent! Je recommanderais SimLab Composer Lite! Il est gratuit, très facile, et évidemment compatible avec SketchUp! C'est un programme Standalone, c'est à dire qu'il fonctionne sur lui-même! Son avantage, il peut ouvrir et mixer quasi tous les formats 3D! Il est temps réel! (ou classique) On peut l'utiliser pour des projets "commerciaux" ! La version actuelle (10) est de format maxi 1920 * 800 en free! Mais on peut charger en free une version plus ancienne (9) en 1920 *1040 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFlKDBQpYOc Il y a un plugin gratuit "d'intégration" avec SketchUp s'il on veut! https://youtu.be/Mmxe5RNR45M Sinon en très facile aussi il y a TwinMotion free en 2K (2048 * 1080) pour usage personnel! Beaucoup plus complet et riche de possibilités! @unknownuser said: **What am I allowed to do with the Twinmotion free trial?**The Twinmotion trial is freely available for anyone to use for an unlimited period of time for testing the product; it may not be used for commercial purposes. The trial includes the full features of Twinmotion, with the exception of exports being limited to a 2K resolution. C'est un moteur de rendu ultra puissant (animations, photos, panorama, film etc..) les éléments naturels, vent neige, mer, terre, etc... les 4 saisons, végétations, circulations automobiles, piétons etc... Un monstre très agréable car il a une ergonomie à la portée d'un enfant de 8 ans! Il peut modéliser à la volée du terrain si besoin! Et il y a une flopée de vidéos d'aide sur Youtube! Les 2 programmes sont en français! https://youtu.be/KiVeP6muWbw Il a aussi l'intégration avec SketchUp s'il on veut... (le gars a fait des formations complètes VF (free) pour TwinMotion! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZNdql3jb2Y Que voulez-vous de plus simple! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsA84DMuTks

@rich o brien said: Does EPS even support transparency? EPS is postscript so no.

That's crazy. BTW - I actually modeled the ISS' orbit a few years ago. See attached. EARTH AND ISS ORBIT TO SCALE.skp

@dave r said: Nice work Eric. Thanks for your suggestion earlier about the helix, Dave! I don't see the comment anymore, but I did download that plug-in and have been trying to learn how to use it and get it to work with the shape I need.

Got it back , I restarted the computer

Hi PCmoore, Thank you for explaining. Very useful Thank you once again

Thanks to Fletch! Fletch:If it were me, I would render with exact studio lighting I wanted to make my object look best, then render the Alpha Mask and photoshop the sky image background in post-pro. I used this composting method and it worked great. Here was a quick test, I need to make some tweaks. But it worked well Thanks! [image: ship-01.jpg] [image: ship-01-alpha.jpg] [image: space-background-01.jpg]

It works for me. See attached model. Model SketchUp 2017 Make

thank you, yes i will build some and maybe i will get closer to that ...

SOLVED, Thanks a lot, now you tell me I heard once of this..... I also justed discovered you can use the extension SketchPlus Thanks !

C'est magnifique!

Probably so. I have been learning/working with animated textures in Twilight Render. Since Animator works with TR, I was thinking about how neat it would be to combine the features of the two pieces of software. Could almost be a competitor to things like Twinmotion and Enscape. Was just thinking (LOL) Maybe it is time to go back to being retired.

My workflow in SU2018 with the advice you and TIG suggest is followed but I leave it to ThomThom's cleanup tool to move everything to layer0 When I'm happy with it.

Grow from Tig https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Grow

Illustrating what Box described. In this case I know there's a well at the location marked with the red arrow. I didn't have the the lat./long. so I got it from Google Earth. [image: 6gyw_Screenshot-1_10_20229_49_05PM.png] I found a model of an oil pump on the 3D Warehouse and opened it. Then I manually geo-located it via Window>Model Info>Geo-Location. [image: 4IfC_Screenshot-1_10_20229_47_34PM.png] And here I have a site nearby but which I intentionally made small enough to not include the pump. I used File Import to import the saved geo-located pump into the model. You can see it off in the upper left hand corner. [image: TTDV_Screenshot-1_10_20229_48_38PM.png] Of course if you can see the location of the well in your geolocation image you could just bring in the pump and place it where you need it.

@box said: Two of these are a texture made by exporting a 2d image png with transparent background. Can you tell which is the real one? It's all a bit furry in the screengrab. [attachment=0:j019fl3y]<!-- ia0 -->Screenshot 2022-01-11 093640.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:j019fl3y] Up close you can see the difference, but it all depends what you want to do with the model and how much real detail you need. Thanks Box. I think I see what you're getting at. Expectation is to build a quality visual model for client and then going into layout and creating fabrication prints of the panel(s) for the laser shop. Nic

You should be able to resize the model to the real world dimensions. First go into Model Info>Units and set them to Millimeters. Then in the model space, get the Tape Measure tool. Measure the distance between two points making sure you click on both ends. Type the actual dimension and press Enter. SketchUp will ask you if you want to resize the model. Choose the affirmative answer. If you used components in the model, right click on each one and choose Scale Definition to correct the size. As for why it worked to 3D print your model, the exported .stl file has no units. 35 is just 35. When the .stl is imported into the slicer software the slicer is set up to millimeters and it all plays nicely. As an example, here's a thing I modeled in SketchUp using meters as the units. [image: Bido_Screenshot-1_9_20221_44_30PM.png] And the first rough 3D print. They snap right on to the 18mm dia. tube. [image: 51107454646_b7205eb035_4k.jpg]