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    • bazB Offline
      baz
      last edited by

      Doesn't he simply need to export at a much larger size and reduce as we all do?
      The roughness he mentions are 'jaggies', a result of screen res are they not?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Exporting an image at a larger size can help with reducing the jaggies, too. I was assuming his example is a screen shot but maybe I'm wrong. As I mentioned earlier, increasing image size under Options will help.

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        • P Offline
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          Hello guys, thanks for all the input... excellent forum.

          I have played with the Style settings and it looks much better now, thank you.

          I have a few questions:

          a - what would be the downside of having end points turned down to 1
          b - what would be the downside of having profiles turned down to 1
          b - what would be the downside of having extensions turned down to 0
          c - does anyone know how to change the Anti-Aliasing settings on a mac

          Cheers

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
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            a - what would be the downside of having end points turned down to 1

            The endpoints wouldn't show. My opinion is they shouldn't be turned on when you are modeling. They are more for display. I leave endpoints turned off and don't use them.

            b - what would be the downside of having profiles turned down to 1

            You won't get the heavier edges in your model. Profiles are mainly for display also.

            b - what would be the downside of having extensions turned down to 0

            You won't be masking where the edges you're drawing actually end. Again, extensions are for display purposes. They can be annoying when you are modeling. It's much better to have them turned off while you are drawing.

            c - does anyone know how to change the Anti-Aliasing settings on a mac

            There is a tool that can be used for changing the AA settings on a Mac. Either I'll hunt it up or someone else will be along with the link to it.

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              pauly7
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              Thank you so much for all of your help Dave.

              I found this hack for the Anti Liasing and i now have a perfect display πŸ˜„

              Google Product Forums

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                Did you experiment with the OpenGL settings in SketchUp? Don't have any problems with jaggies on my MacBook Pro with the default AA settings.

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                • Dave RD Offline
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                  @pauly7 said:

                  Thank you so much for all of your help Dave.

                  I found this hack for the Anti Liasing and i now have a perfect display πŸ˜„

                  Google Product Forums

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                  Then you're all set.

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                    pauly7
                    last edited by

                    Hi Dave, i don't have any settings under OpenGL other than the 4 checkboxes

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Yeah. On Mac that's all you get under OpenGL settings in SketchUp. But did you try making any changes to them to see what you get?

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                      • pbacotP Offline
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                        Dave, I sometimes find endpoints are helpful in modeling to show me endpoints particularly in non welded curves or colinear edges. Profiles are sometimes helpful in showing non planar edges while modeling.

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Peter, that's a good point. I meant to add that endpoints and heavy profiles can be useful in some cases so they shouldn't be forgotten. Setting endpoints to 1, though, probably won't be very useful.

                          Another thing I intended to add is that you probably don't want to turn Profiles off. Setting them to 1 is likely the better choice. Notice the difference in appearance of the cylinder with Profiles set to 1 and turned off entirely.
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                          • bazB Offline
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                            @dave r said:

                            Notice the difference in appearance of the cylinder with Profiles set to 1 and turned off entirely.

                            I always have profiles on, and I have a shortcut to toggle endpoints for same reasons as Peter, but I wasn't onto that πŸ˜’

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
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                              Sometimes I see SketchUp files in which the user has turned off profiles and they are wondering why the round stuff disappears. πŸ˜‰

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                                Thanks again for the help guys, much appreciated.

                                SU should really but an Anti Liasing setting on the Mac version, so users don't have to hack at it in the Ruby Console.

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