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SketchUpNoobie

Hi to all of you guys.
I am new here in this site and also newbie in sketchup.
Thanks for this site.

Hello and welcome to Sketchucation. If you are just learning SketchUp, you've sure come to the right place. These guys and gals are awesome. Feel free to drop ANY questions you have into the newbie forum and get be prepared for a real quick reply. Have fun learning and using Sketchup!

wheeljack

So I'm fairly new to this program and the virtual 3D world in general. I get a little lost when someone explains something and uses one or more words that are specific to the program or 3D programs in general. I know this would be a chore for one person to do but perhaps a thread of such words and their definitions could later be organized alphabetically which can be updated quarterly or something as the thread grows. Just a thought.

Alan Fraser

A Glossary of terms is already well under way on the official site.
http://sites.google.com/site/sagesuwiki/terminology
I hope this helps.

wheeljack

@alan fraser said:

A Glossary of terms is already well under way on the official site.
http://sites.google.com/site/sagesuwiki/terminology
I hope this helps.

thanks a million.

greenbelt

Has anyone else found that the audio on the Sketchup for Dummies tutorials is barely audible? Aiden Chopra also mumbles which makes it impossible to understand anything.

Dave R

@greenbelt said:

Has anyone else found that the audio on the Sketchup for Dummies tutorials is barely audible? Aiden Chopra also mumbles which makes it impossible to understand anything.

I haven't had any problem with the audio on those videos at all. I find Aidan to be very understandable and there's no problem with the volume. Perhaps it's the volume settings on your computer?

DesignChest

Hi

I am new to the forum and looking for help and tips from anyone who has the time to show me a few things.

I am currently trying to create a smooth animation and better rendering but also any plug in advice. I have been attacking tutorials like mad but there are parts of my tool pallet that are lacking that I can't get the icons for when I install the plugins. Seeing lots of screen grabs with all sorts of tools I would love to have but don't know what they are!

Hope you can help

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emerald15

As ever, I learn so much here. However, I still have difficulty, when I've found a useful thread - to find it a second time. I'm making a note of titles etc. & have tried typing the viewtopic codes in... but still haven't found an obvious route. Is there something I'm missing & is there a way to save a record of thread titles?

Box

At the bottom of the page you will find, Subscribe topic and Bookmark topic.

emerald15

Ah Haaa! Thankyou!

Gaieus

You can always bookmark a topic.

Then here you can manage your bookmerks:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/ucp.php?i=main&mode=bookmarks

tireboy

thanks this really helps

FoamHeadMike

This helps a lot Thanks

victor hugo

HELLO CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO REMOVE THE MULTIPLE OR REPEATED "RUBY CONSOLE" FROM THE WINDOW DROP DOWN MENUS?

GRACIAS.

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

HELLO CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO REMOVE THE MULTIPLE OR REPEATED "RUBY CONSOLE" FROM THE WINDOW DROP DOWN MENUS?

GRACIAS.

It's related to plugins you have installed. Can you post a screenshot of your plugins folder?

(Also, please do not use all CAPS. It's usually read as if you are shouting and generally considered bad manners on most forums. Of you do not care for proper capitalisation of word then use lower caps instead of upper caps.)

victor hugo

Sorry for the CAPS, I was doing also Autocad and forgot to change it, but attached is the list.

Gracias.

TIG

You should NOT have 'sketchup.rb' in Plugins, the current one is installed with Sketchup and it's in Tools.
Remove it from Plugins.

There are one or two other files I don't recognize, but nothing that should cause an issue...

victor hugo

Thanks TIG ruby console duplicates are kaput now!!

I'm new with sketchup, is there a plug in to intall plug-ins?

TIG

Unfortunately there are still a few rogue scripts around that install out of date things in the wrong places... BUT very few...
To simplify installation I suggest that you install Thomthom's 'Simple Installer' available in the 'Plugins Index' link...

Jim

@tig said:

Unfortunately there are still a few rogue scripts around that install out of date things in the wrong places

Another victim of the Quarr-IT plugin compilations...