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Hello everyone,
I am currently trying to make an interactive picture of a somewhat weird looking solid. I would like to export it into my Powerpoint so that I can rotate it in 3D to better explain the geometry of the object. That is when I stumbled upon Google sketchup and I am definitely enamored by it. I am a scientist by profession and I do see myself using this software to make illustrative models. Thanks to all the developers.
But I am still new to this software and I am wondering if anyone could tell me if I can make such interactive pictures using sketchup. Basically, I am looking to create a picture like the one shown in this webpage (a table):
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=120ac04ddb930aa9b2029d92310f4aeb
If you click on 3D view, the table can be rotated 360 degrees. (The content of the webpage itself is not so relevant, I just wanted to give an example of the kind of picture I am trying to make). Would it be possible to make such an interactive picture and upload that on a .ppt presentation?
Thank you very much for your time and patience.
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Hi Srikanth and welcome!
I am afraid that particular application could not be embeded into a PP presentation. It uses javascript and I doubt that MS would allow it (although I may be wrong).
There is another way however. What I know for sure, the Hypercosm Player can be embedded into a PP presentation (I have done it already) and it has a nicely functioning, free exporter, too (although as I read, it only works on SU Pro???)
Here is how it would work in a PP presentation:
http://www.hypercosm.com/support/howto7.htmlIf it only works in SU Pro, you could install SU Pro 7 for instance and only use it for exporting. Or if you only need it for a project or two, install SU 8 Pro on your current version - after the trial period it will revert back to the free version.
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Thanks for the quick response and suggestions. I will explore the Hypercosm Player and will keep the community updated.
Thank you.
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HEY EVERYONE....I SIGNED INTO THE FORUM TODAY BUT HAVE BEEN USING SU8 FOR A FEW MONTHS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT I SPEND EVERY SPARE MOMENT DOING IT AND USUALLY, ALL DAY AND NIGHT. I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS BUT THE ONE QUESTION I NEED ANSWERED FIRST IS HOW DO I DRAW 3D TREES TO GO INTO MY MODELS? WHAT TOOLS ARE USED AND IS THERE A VIDEO I CAN WATCH ABOUT THIS? I WOULD WELCOME ANY ADVICE ON THIS SUBJECT. THANKS
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Here is an excellent video tutorial on the techniques with native, SketchUp tools. It is also annotated so you can closely follow.
YouTube - From a little circle, grows a tree...
[flash=600,470:27qb5ka6]http://www.youtube.com/v/XRAL6MhoMB8?fs=1[/flash:27qb5ka6]And please, do not use all CAPS in your posts. It is considered rude by "netiquette" as well as very hard to read.
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Hello: I've just started playing with sketch-up 8. I've used Autocad but just barely. I'm an Electrical Substation wireman in the autumn of my career. I'm hoping to work with kids in my woodshop in the future. So far SketchUp has certainly kept my mind active.
Beachcraft -
hi Coen and everybody,
i have always wanted to be a designer/builder/inventor for as long as i could remember but as fate has it, i ended up in aviation instead. for 15
years i feel like i was living someone else's life in that cockpit.suffice to say *SU7 give me my real 'wings', of which i trade in with the metal one.....(on the day i've figured out how to make use of
layers and plane cut (pun unintended)) 
*i've moved up to SU8 since then, but one thing that still bug me is the plugins/ruby. no matter how many ways and variations that i countlessly upload/install/uninstall...the results remains unpredictable at best. what work on one machine might throw chaos on another. i use 2 pc and 2 mac, funny (and half like confession)....as it might sound, i kinda more or less memorise which plugins ended up working on which machine....and so this fool have been drop boxing in between'em like nobody else's fate....
have a great weekend everybody!
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Hi all;
I've finally decided to sign up here- there won't be much I could contribute right now, but there's one thing I can definitely do:
Thank all those who have put a lot of hard work into creating all those amazing plugins (...it'll take me ages to work my way through all those...), the tutorials (they will take me half a lifetime!), and all the helpful contributions and answers. -
Hi all,
I'm a town planner in the UK returning to my profession after a 6 year break. I came across SketchUp by way of an urban designer in the office I have been working in recently, who showed me some its potential. It certainly has a lot to offer in this area. I'm an absolute beginner but have been following some of the tutorials and checking out some of the great tips on this site and thoroughly enjoying myself.
I previously had SU7 on my previous computer and had easily installed some of the basic Ruby plug-ins. Having just purchased my new computer I have updated to SU8 (free version) but I'm now having some real problems installing any of the plug-ins. I only tried yesterday and will seek some threads/advice here of how to get round this.
Knottend1
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Hi,
Welcome to SCF!
Hopefully you'll find the troublesome plugin thread. If not just ask here and we'll get it sorted or point you in the right direction.
Rich
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@knottend1 said:
... Having just purchased my new computer [...] having some real problems installing any of the plug-ins.
Not sure what operating system you are using or if this is relevant but one thing I noticed on my Windows system is that if you right click on the zip files they may show something like "Windows has blocked access to these files to help protect your computer". If you then unzip these files each of the individual files shows 'blocked' when you click on their properties. This doesn't seem to muck up every plugin but it did break a few. I have to remember to right click on the zip and unblock before extracting then it is ok.
I also don't know if there are any Ruby problems - for example I saw some people having problems with Ruby compression https://github.com/documentcloud/jammit/issues/168 but that is just a wild stab in the dark as I no nothing about that subject.
You might mention a specific plugin that's not working and someone can help you sort it out.
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please can someone point me in the direction of a thread about installing plugins?
I'm a newbie (downloaded today!) and i'm tryng to install the shape bender plugin. Although it seems to have downloaded the zip won't display so I can't unzip it! Very frustrating....
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Hi,merlin7777777:
Main Index Page>Resources>Plugins>"Guide to [installing] zipped plugins. This link:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35746Hope this helps. Recomment if there is a problem.
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I think i must have a different problem - i can't actually see the zip file in explorer. I can see the .rb file though.
Any thoughts?
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Well, that is odd to me. You show that you are using Vista OS. I cannot imagine it being any different than xp, unless perhaps you have some permissions setting issues? I am guessing here. Or it is somehow redirecting to the wrong destination? Check your destination/ path before committing the "save to". Should be eg c>programfiles>Google>Sketchup8>Plugins. Or you can plop it on desktop. Rightclicking on the zip the flyout says eg winzip>extract to, or extract to here. Or if you open the zip extractor program console, check your path/destination within that to be sure its not sending to fred over in dumbflat, or somewhere.
Occasionally, I have had a condition where connection dropouts or server hiccups will show the target file as filename.php, instead of .zip or .rb or .rbs But that would not allow you to download or deploy, and you certainly would not see the rb file.
Anybody else? I am stumped. Of course it don't take much.
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When I downloaded models I put them in the resources subfolder by mistake. When I went to windows explorer to move them into the compnents folder they didn't show up. I assumed they hadn't downloaded but when i tried again and the save dialog came up... there they were. What am I doing wrong with explorer? (vista and
i think this is related to the problem i posted earlier about zip files not showing up i.e. an explorer problem rather than a download or sketchup issue.
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You should download the zip file NOT open it or extract it!
The zip contains this file and a subfolder
Put the file and subfolder into the Plugins folder.,,
Restart Sketchup an look in the Plugins menu, perhaps under the 'clf tools' submenu - depending on want other clf tools you have loading... -
Thanks for this TIG but i'm still not quite with you.
I have only downloaded the file that's on offer to the plugins folder which is a zip file. when i go to explorer to unzip it there's nothing visible for me to unzip anyway.
do you mean that i should download the zip to the plugins folder then restart SU and it'll do the extraction itself?
Sorry to be thick...
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Try downloading another zip
Here is a 1 mb zip file on my site with 2 textures
http://stormvisions.com//modules/download_gallery/dlc.php?file=36&id=1251519768see if you can extract the 2 image files. If not it may be that it is a file association issue - if you can take a screen shot of the page that results that might help as well.
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ok - i clicked on the link and the open/save dialogue came up or textures082809.zip.
I saved it to the plugins folder and during this process i could see all the files i've saved there.
i went to this folder in explorer and i can't see these files.
i used 7-zip and i could see your 'textures' folder and the wood and soil textures within it. however when i looked back in explorer the folder can't be seen (I did refresh).
I tried moving one of the jpgs to the plugins folder thinking a jpg is bound to show up but this jpg doesn't show either in explorer in the plugins folder or even if i search on the filename for it.
i'm mystified.
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