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      Goonster
      last edited by

      Hi. My name is Goonster. Ive had Sketchup for a while now but still consider myself to be something of a newbie as far as the program is concerned. I like to use Paint.Net for making pictures and doing a bit of post processing of my SU work. I also have Gimp and Terragen 2 which is great for creating photo realistic landscapes. At the moment I am concentrating on making furniture to use in a house project Im doing and last week I uploaded my first two items to the 3D Warehouse. Hopefully I`ll learn even more during my stay here.

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        Oskar
        last edited by

        Hello you all!
        I'd like to introduce myself. I live near Frankfurt (Germany) and like Sketchup since about 3 years, for profession as well as for private works (furniture and inner-buildings etc).
        Now i found this forum... 👍 ...so i hope to get better.

        I'm very sorry for my bad and childish english; i'm not used to it.

        And i've got a stupid question, it's my first download of a ruby.
        I think, i'm a typical layer-8-problem 💚 :

        i downloaded 'shape bender' (thx to the programmer!), and as demanded 'progressbar'.
        In the .zip, there is a lone-standing file named clf_shape_bender_loader.rb,
        and in this file following is shown:
        require 'sketchup.rb'
        require 'extensions.rb'
        require 'progressbar.rb'

        Ok, the first means to activate the ruby-console, right?
        But what does extensions mean? Another necessary download?
        And do i have to unzip all, or just drag and drop this loader-file?

        Thx for patience...

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Hi Oskar and first of all, welcome!

          Extensions means that you will need to activate the plugin after you install it under Window > Preferences > Extensions. It also comes with a one-button toolbar that you can activate under View > Toolbars once you activated it and restarted SU.

          Gai...

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            Oskar
            last edited by

            Good morning Gaieus,

            thank you for helping.
            Edit: And now it works. Great!
            I've never performed such an easy installation before!

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              D_russ
              last edited by

              Hi,
              I just joined yesterday.
              My name is Diane and I use AutoCAD but would like to integrate Sketchup into my drawings.
              I mainly doing Subdivision and condo layouts and it would be great to see the buildings come to life.
              Any advice is welcome.

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              • mitcorbM Offline
                mitcorb
                last edited by

                Well, D_russ:
                While everyone else is napping, welcome.
                I am an Autocad user, too. But there are plenty of others here and they use a lot of other 2d and 3d programs, as I am sure you know.
                You just ask away. Take some time to become familiar with the Forum.

                I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                  TLD
                  last edited by

                  Hello People,

                  Am so delighted to be part of this great forum...I came across a tutorial on a plugin called soap skin bubble...Wondering if I could get some assistance on how to get it...

                  Thanks Guys!

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                    indrasukmab
                    last edited by

                    I have trouble when I try to login this forum...
                    everytime I'll try to login always said "You have been banned from this board until Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:59 am.
                    Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.
                    A ban has been issued on your IP address."
                    till now the solution for log in in this forum is browsing from ninjacloak.com
                    can anybody help me?

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      Hi Indrasukma,

                      I rarely ban IP addresses and if I do, I only do with static IP's and only for a limited time - so that I do not ban innocent people. When I do ban an IP, it is generally when multiple spambot registrations came from that IP.

                      Now I can imagine that I made a mistake and banned one that I should not have banned. Please, let me know what your IP address is (if you do not know, visit this site and it says at the top right) and do not write it here but send me a private message (you should not share your IP address - just like your email address).

                      You can also send me an email message from here.


                      Edit: I have excluded the IP you registered with from the ban list so maybe this whole contacting is unnecessary.

                      Gai...

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                        indrasukmab
                        last edited by

                        @Gaieus
                        thank you for your response. I've already sent PM to you..
                        hope it can be solved.I think it's from my internet provider..
                        thank you

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                          indrasukmab
                          last edited by

                          @Gaieus
                          it's solved
                          thank you very much

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            👍 😉

                            Gai...

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                              napooil
                              last edited by

                              Hello, My name is Jittakorn, I'm from thailand , ive been working with SU
                              Thank you

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                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                Hi Oil and welcome to SCF!

                                Gai...

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                                • Real_ToolR Offline
                                  Real_Tool
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi all 😄
                                  I've managed to design a single storey lean-to extension for the side of my house in Devon (UK) on Sketchup Pro 8 free version, and I think it's good enough to send to the planning department without the need for an architect. Planning will accept electronic pdf drawings which saves sending 4 hard copies of everything, but insist on the drawing being on an A3 sheet, to scale, with a scale bar, so they can print them out and put a ruler on the plans to measure anything that's not dimensioned. I'll need Layout to do this so I was going to purchase it. I see Sketchup Pro8 costs £330+VAT for a single licence @ Sketchupprostore, but following sponsored links from tutorial books sold on Amazon I have seen the licence for £285+VAT @ facade-it, and £255+VAT @ softwareparadise. Does anyone know if these are genuine or fraudulent 😮 resellers, and if genuine are you getting the same software/contract? 😕

                                  Thanks in advance, Andy.

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                                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    Welcome to SCF. Have you tried downloading the SU8 Pro trial? It last 8hrs so you might have enough time to make your plan in Layout.

                                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                                      Real_Tool
                                      last edited by

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      Hi,

                                      Welcome to SCF. Have you tried downloading the SU8 Pro trial? It last 8hrs so you might have enough time to make your plan in Layout.

                                      Thanks Rich, Yes I have but then I discovered 'The Sketchup Show' tutorials on YouTube so I've been making my way through those and already used up my 8 hours of Pro trial. I'm afraid that Exeter City Council Planning are never happy and the planning process takes months/years!! there are bound to be alterations and that have to be made so nice thought but in reality it just isn't going to be sorted in 8 hours. I don't begrudge the money if it saves on the cost of an Architect which would certainly cost more, but why pay £400 if you can get the same software for £300?

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                                        just_user
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi, i'm newbie here... want to learn sketchup... thanks.

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Welcome to SCF 👍

                                          Great forum for learning so don't be afraid to ask!

                                          Rich

                                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                                            blake77
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes, I am a newbe. My name is Ken. I am trying to learn how to use Sketchup for cabinet construction and drawing home plans. I am going through the tutorials to learn what I can, but the select tool is not working.

                                            I am using a Mac powerbook with OS 10.5.8 leopard.

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