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    • R Offline
      RickW
      last edited by

      @xrok1 said:

      until SU developers put every function that the scripters have added, into the core program, they will get NO respect from me. 😉

      So the folks at @Last (who are the same people still developing SU after the buyout) don't get any respect for implementing Ruby in SU, thus making all those wonderful plugins possible? 😄

      Second, @Last's stance (carried on by Google) is to focus on the core product development and generally leave the plugins to third party developers. Besides, why should they bloat the core product with "every function that the scripters have added"? There are very few plugins with near-universal utility, and "every function" is a LOT of stuff...

      Oh, I did notice the wink, but wasn't sure how you meant it...

      RickW
      [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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        mpowell1234567890
        last edited by

        @edson said:

        perhaps not all problems we face are sketchup's fault. sometimes there are other culprits for them. a general check in one's setup could be a good idea.

        i have upgraded to 7.1 and am not facing any of the problems described above.

        Cool, that means they fixed it. No matter how much geometry is in the model it will still be fast. Awesome!
        ☀

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          nilbleu
          last edited by

          I have SU 7 pro (French) on Mac OSX 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard) when I point on the upgrade menu it tells me I have the last version 😮 ??
          I cannot find anywhere this uprade, is that because the upgrade is not in French already?
          Thank you for helping me
          EDIT:
          When I go in center help US it speaks of SU 7.1 and in French center help... only SU 7! the answer can be there...
          sooo... have to wait, somebody knows?

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Hi Nilbleu,

            You are correct, the French (and some other, "localised" versions) have only been released in version 7.0. Hopefully they will also be upgraded soon.

            But as you have Snow Leopard, don't worry. There seem to be a couple of problems between Leopard and SU 7.1 so by the time the French version comes out, these issues will also be fixed I guess.

            Gai...

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              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Thank God (and Google), there is no Hungarian version (yet?) so I don't have these problems.
              😄

              (They have recently translated the Warehouse to Hungarian - what a mess! 😮 )

              Gai...

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                nilbleu
                last edited by

                Thank you Gaieus.
                They could have left a word for the localised pigmees 😉

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                  Anssi
                  last edited by

                  @gaieus said:

                  (They have recently translated the Warehouse to Hungarian - what a mess! 😮 )

                  Yes, it's in Finnish too - abominable. The word they use for "model" would mean "stencil" in English.

                  Anssi

                  securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                    JClements
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                    @rickw said:

                    @xrok1 said:

                    There are very few plugins with near-universal utility, ...

                    Yeah, my feeling about "Weld.rb" ... it has been around for long time now and it must be a fluke since its not in the core program. 😒

                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Hehe...

                      About two weeks ago, I started to teach SU in a special, afternoon class to secondary school kids. For the time being, without (almost) any plugins as the Program files folder is not accessible only for admins on their network and I didn't want to hassle with it (also, I believe that one needs to learn the basics first).

                      Anyway, Weld was the only exception I asked the IT guys to install when they install SU on the computers. Yes, it IS part of the program (you just install it separately)
                      😄

                      Gai...

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                        anglaret
                        last edited by

                        Hello
                        I read all the thread, and did not find notice of 2 problems we are having:

                        • Selection is not good, it very often selects a group far from clik point, and other, I have
                          sometimes to go very near lines to select one; clicking above does not select the upper line
                        • Sometimes drawing a line create a moving line which go far from chosen end-point.
                          Very annoying
                          Marc
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                          Wacov
                          last edited by

                          One problem I'm getting with selection is the material sampler. If you're anywhere near an edge, it'll give you the default material 😞

                          http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=3096a836877fb9af6cd8ad826e9017b8&prevstart=0

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                            brodie
                            last edited by

                            @anglaret said:

                            Hello
                            I read all the thread, and did not find notice of 2 problems we are having:

                            • Selection is not good, it very often selects a group far from clik point, and other, I have
                              sometimes to go very near lines to select one; clicking above does not select the upper line
                            • Sometimes drawing a line create a moving line which go far from chosen end-point.
                              Very annoying
                              Marc

                            That sounds like a graphic driver issue. I had some random issues after downloading 7.1 as well. I don't think 7.1 necessarily works well with all the drivers that 7.0 did. I'd recommend updating to the newest driver and see what happens.

                            -Brodie

                            steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                              arail1
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Anyway, Weld was the only exception I asked the IT guys to install when they install SU on the computers. Yes, it IS part of the program (you just install it separately)

                              Okay, I'll bite - what is Weld and what does it do?

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                                d12dozr
                                last edited by

                                Weld takes connected edges/lines and joins them into a polyline. If you then extrude the welded edges, the joints are smoothed. You can also use it to automatically close a face. You can get it here: http://www.smustard.com/script/Weld


                                Capture.JPG

                                3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                  Fletch
                                  last edited by

                                  I noticed the little selection square for the Eraser tool has not changed graphically, but seams to have "grown" so that it is not as accurate as it used to be... perhaps this is related to graphics card as mentioned. 😞 I find when I erase an edge that is near another edge but I don't actually touch the 'other edge'... both get erased anyway. I'm learning to overcompensate by zooming in to places to erase when I would not have had to zoom in previous version... small price to pay for much faster video performance 😄

                                  Also, sometimes I notice the problem of drawing a line or copying something, it will look like it's locked onto the right point, say an endpoint... but will 'jump to some endpoint in the "background" instead of where it's showing locked onto in the preview of the point... so the line or object is not ending up being drawn in the right place. So, again, I'm just overcompensating by being 'extra' careful and 'taking no chances' when drawing, but again, a small price to pay for faster vid. performance.

                                  Fletch
                                  Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                    RickW
                                    last edited by

                                    @jclements said:

                                    Yeah, my feeling about "Weld.rb" ... it has been around for long time now and it must be a fluke since its not in the core program.

                                    @gaieus said:

                                    Hehe...Anyway, Weld was the only exception I asked the IT guys to install when they install SU on the computers. Yes, it IS part of the program (you just install it separately)
                                    😄

                                    Okay, that clinches it. As soon as I am done with Repaint2, I'll need to carve out some time to work on Weld2... 😄

                                    RickW
                                    [www.smustard.com](http://www.smustard.com)

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      No Rick - that script does what it is for perfectly (unless you can get it to "recognise" exploded circle and arc entities and weld them back as such... 😒 )

                                      Gai...

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                                      • JClementsJ Offline
                                        JClements
                                        last edited by

                                        Gai:
                                        Now that would be wonderful.

                                        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                          anglaret
                                          last edited by

                                          I notice that color selection from the drawing does not work regularly.
                                          I am working in 2D and alt-click in paint select everything but the chosen square and do not recuparate the color from the square beside
                                          Marc

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                                            a4chitect
                                            last edited by

                                            Mouse clickpoint and selection offset - I have noticed the very same problem, at first I thought it was the mouse (reinstalled the drivers, switched mice, ...) problem persisted...

                                            But since there is more of you complaining - I would like to add my complaints 😄

                                            In SU 7.1 it is harder to select anything in the model, maybe it's just that it select things differently then before, and we'll get used to it, but after many hours of using SU 7.1 - it still feels weird. It feels like if you had to click not with the tip of the mouse cursor, but with the cursor 'body'

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