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    • KathrynGK Offline
      KathrynG
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      sfto1: Took a quick look at the Extension Warehouse before bedtime (eyes drooping) but could not find the image trimmer on there?

      "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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      • BoxB Offline
        Box
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        Cranky!!!! I simply used your comment to suggest that if you uploaded the model we could see what you have and be able to identify how you should work with it to get what you want.
        Sheesh.
        By the way, Tig doesn't put his tools in the warehouse.

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        • KathrynGK Offline
          KathrynG
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          Box - Sorry, but it did sound a wee bit cranky. I am going to look for that Image Trimmer that was suggested though, although I took a quick look at the Extension Warehouse and could not find it. Way past my bedtime, so methinks perchance I am now becoming the cranky one. PS: Did grin at your response. Thanks, some people would get snippy, your response was perfect. LOL
          Cheers

          "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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          • sfto1S Offline
            sfto1
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            Look in plugin store for SKM tools. Image trimmer should be a part of that plugin/extension

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            • HornOxxH Offline
              HornOxx
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              ...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
              https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/code

              never trust a skinny cook

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              • KathrynGK Offline
                KathrynG
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                @hornoxx said:

                ...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
                https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/code

                This looked really interesting, but the video would not play, and when I went directly to YouTube it would not play there either. Said to restart my device. Can't do that as I work primarily in Photoshop and currently have a few files that I do not want to lose the history states on. (Wish PS would make it possible to save those history states when closing a file - bigger file I know, but worth it so many times.)

                Will try to see if I can view it on my phone later.

                Thank you.

                "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                • G Offline
                  Glenn at home
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                  What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                  SketchUp Pro 2024/2025 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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                  • KathrynGK Offline
                    KathrynG
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                    @hornoxx said:

                    ...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
                    https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/code

                    Okay - so now I'm becoming a pain. I downloaded the .rbz, but how does one install one of those now that from what I can see you can only install plugins from the extension warehouse? There does not seem to be an option to do that through preferences any more?

                    "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                    • KathrynGK Offline
                      KathrynG
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                      @glenn at home said:

                      What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                      No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.

                      "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
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                        To install any RBZ...
                        Window > Extension Manager > Red Button "Install Extension"
                        Find and choose the RBZ and it installs...

                        TIG

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                        • KathrynGK Offline
                          KathrynG
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                          @tig said:

                          To install any RBZ...
                          Window > Extension Manager > Red Button "Install Extension"
                          Find and choose the RBZ and it installs...

                          Brilliant! Got it - thank you, and done. Now to do my YouTube homework prior to trying it out.
                          Thanks again.

                          "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                          • KathrynGK Offline
                            KathrynG
                            last edited by

                            @hornoxx said:

                            ...how about this? (spirix bmp tracer / needs bmp only instead of png)
                            https://sites.google.com/site/spirixcode/code

                            Got as far as installing the plugin, saving the image as per the specs instructed, but when I find the bmp and select it, it does not appear anywhere as per the video? I double checked to make sure the image was saved as a 24 BMP in RGB mode and the pixel dimensions were adequate, but no luck? Any idea as to where I am going wrong? What should the resolution of the image be?
                            Thanks

                            "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                            • G Offline
                              Glenn at home
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                              @kathryng said:

                              @glenn at home said:

                              What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                              No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.

                              Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!

                              SketchUp Pro 2024/2025 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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                              • KathrynGK Offline
                                KathrynG
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                                @glenn at home said:

                                @kathryng said:

                                @glenn at home said:

                                What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                                No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.

                                Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!

                                HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now. πŸ˜†

                                "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                                • KathrynGK Offline
                                  KathrynG
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                                  @kathryng said:

                                  @glenn at home said:

                                  @kathryng said:

                                  @glenn at home said:

                                  What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                                  No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.

                                  Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!

                                  HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now. πŸ˜†
                                  PS - Still need to figure out why I can't get the BMP tracer to work though? It seems like a very handy tool indeed. I followed all the specs as they were listed but it won't place the image. The error was: Error: #<ArgumentError: negative length -28 given> All Greek to me! Maybe someone else might read this and have a Eureka moment. Nighty night.

                                  "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                                  • HornOxxH Offline
                                    HornOxx
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                                    @kathryng said:

                                    ...Still need to figure out why I can't get the BMP tracer to work though?...
                                    Same to me - This tool works well and without any problems on my SkUp 2015, 16, 17 Make versions but not on my SkUp 2018 Pro, hmmm ❓ ... there I start the tool with the default settings, am then asked to load the BMP and after this selection, nothing happens then and also no error message...

                                    never trust a skinny cook

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                                    • pilouP Offline
                                      pilou
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                                      Always a good thing to keep oldies! πŸ˜‰

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • KathrynGK Offline
                                        KathrynG
                                        last edited by

                                        @kathryng said:

                                        @glenn at home said:

                                        @kathryng said:

                                        @glenn at home said:

                                        What font is that, do you know? Might be able to find an open font that is close enough for your needs.

                                        No idea. I did a search last night, but as I had mentioned to someone else, it was sent to me as ai file, so it could be a font that was edited in Illustrator, and I need to use exactly what was sent.

                                        Wait, you have the .ai file? Open in Illustrator and then save as a .dxf or .dwg and then open in SketchUp. Extrude till the cows come home!

                                        HA HA HA HA HA HA - Was just about to hit the sack and talk to my Firestick but saw this as I was leaving. That was the best! I will absolutely check it out tomorrow morning when I can focus. Who knew!!!! Brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Will giggle myself to sleep now. πŸ˜†
                                        PPS: Tried this, this morning, but apparently you can only import .dwg files into SU Pro? I am using Make. Sigh... Found a workaround using SU7, but I've tried three different sites to download this older version and a problem with each. Meanwhile back at the ranch, work calls, so I shall return to the unravelling of this Gordian knot later.

                                        "With SketchUp - Rome could have been built in a day!"

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                                        • BoxB Offline
                                          Box
                                          last edited by

                                          Hmmm, Sketchup Make for commercial use.

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                                          • KathrynGK Offline
                                            KathrynG
                                            last edited by

                                            @box said:

                                            Hmmm, Sketchup Make for commercial use.
                                            And where did you hear or rather read that I said it was for commercial use? Hmmmm?
                                            I said I was sent an .ai file. There are lots of hobbyists out there who use SketchUp, and Photoshop and Illustrator. 😎

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