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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      From what I can understand, you want to see the top and bottom edges of the wall as horizontal. See the attached. I right clicked on that wall and chose Align View. Does that do what you want?

      By the way, I convert your floor grids to instances of a single component and purged unused stuff which cut your file size down by more than 66%.


      appart.skp

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        He probably used some plugin for the components (in my version, I hid them on a layer). Maybe TT's selection toys or similar:
        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=14975

        Under Window > Model info > Statistics you can purge all unused components, layers, materials and styles.

        Gai...

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          erzane
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          yes now they are, I modified angles on the 3rd pic yesterday, so now all is alright concerning angles
          thanks for having took a look on them and for having changed style with axes, now it's more clear

          the problem is what DaveR suggested
          yes exactly I wanted to see the top and bottom edges of the wall as horizontal.
          thanks for having changing it, now I know how you proceeded

          so, now that's the type of view I wanted, (which looks the most to true pic of my room)
          but this is very difficult to have same view as true picture

          http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4786/capt11023140230001.jpg

          how did you converted the floor grids to instances of a single component?
          I made 4 pieces but 1 wasen't really well disposed, so thanks for that

          about purging unused stuff which cut file size down by more than 66%
          what does that mean ?

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            Yes, I used a plugin to convert the floor grids to instances of the same component. My suggestion would be to make components from the beginning so you don't have to go back and deal with them later.

            Purging is an important thing to do to get rid of unused stuff in your models. Your original model isn't that large but once you start adding in furniture and other details, the file size could get quite large. Anything you can do to keep that under control will be helpful and you may as well learn good housekeeping from the start.

            One thing to consider with the view you are trying to achieve is that it looks like you turned the camera to take a vertical photo. You could create the same view in SketchUp by setting the drawing window to be the same shape (drag the corners) and adjusting the angle of view/focal length of the camera. While changing the size of the drawing window works, it can cause problems with toolbars you have displayed. It's probably easier to leave the drawing window and crop the image you export (File>Export>2D...) using your favorite image editor.

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              erzane
              last edited by

              concerning plugin to convert the floor grids to instances of the same component and purging operations
              ok I see, I will follow your suggestions

              concerning the camera view
              I dont understand 100%, pls can you explain me how to proceed
              p.s. I have an eizo rotative monitor if it can helps ?..
              p.s. yes I turned camera vertical for making true pic of my room

              concerning toolbars I can take them off without prob
              yes I would like to create same view
              what does ''crop'' mean ?
              what does ''drag'' the corners ? how to do ?
              p.s. I tryed to export my pic but I didn't succeeded
              is it a rapport with that Honoluludesktop suggested ?

              p.s. I will come back home in 1 or 2 hours
              thanks again for al your helps guys

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                @erzane said:

                concerning the camera view
                I dont understand 100%, pls can you explain me how to proceed
                p.s. I have an eizo rotative monitor if it can helps ?..
                p.s. yes I turned camera vertical for making true pic of my room

                You can change the angle of view or lens focal length for SketchUp's camera by selecting the Zoom tool and typing either the angle of view. (35, Enter would give you a 35° angle of view) or focal length including 'mm' (50mm, Enter would give you the equivalent of a 50mm camera lens).

                If you want to rotate your monitor and work with it that way, you can certainly do so.

                @erzane said:

                concerning toolbars I can take them off without prob
                yes I would like to create same view
                what does ''crop'' mean ?
                what does ''drag'' the corners ? how to do ?
                p.s. I tryed to export my pic but I didn't succeeded
                is it a rapport with that Honoluludesktop suggested ?

                "Crop" means to trim the image after exporting it. It would be similar to trimming a printed photograph with scissors to cut away stuff you don't want to see. Most of the things I draw don't fit the horizontal shape of my drawing window so the exported images get cropped to suit the subject and eliminate unneeded background.

                "Drag" means to move the corners or edges of your drawing window to change its shape.

                What problem did you have as far as exporting an image from SketchUp? You should be able to go to File>Export>2D Graphic and export a JPG or PNG image with no problem.

                Here is an example of cropping.

                First, the image exported directly from SketchUp:

                appart.png

                And then the cropped image:

                appart cropped.jpg

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                  erzane
                  last edited by

                  ok I see now

                  do you think I can have a better view with skp ?
                  I feel skp camera view is limited for imitate real view of reality, like on my true pics if you compare both

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                    erzane
                    last edited by

                    ok I see now better whats mean those words
                    I will make some tests concerning skp cameras settings and will give you news asap
                    thanks for all your explanations

                    p.s. about exporting 2d image
                    it's ok now I understood which mean this 'exporting' word better
                    in most of the cases I always took a capture of my work for export it,
                    now I know it's better across this menu

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      Gábor, I see you are a member of the French usergroup (guess your location). Do you speak any Hungarian as well?

                      Gai...

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                        erzane
                        last edited by

                        yes for sure I speak hungarian, french and english
                        multkor beszéltunk is, emlékszel ra ?

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
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                          Ah igen, bocs...
                          😄

                          Gai...

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                            semmi baj ^^

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