Hi Joe,
I run SU on an ageing but fairly hi-spec gaming machine. I've got the anti-aliasing set to 0. I tried it on 4 and can see absolutely no difference, so I changed it back again...the higher it is, the more work your graphics card will have to do. I'd choose fast feedback over higher multi-sampling, as your system will run faster, especially on larger models. I think SU checks whether you can run higher sampling and fast feedback together on start-up. If your card is not up to the job, it will grey it out.
Latest posts made by Alan Fraser
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RE: Open GL Settings
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RE: Modelling Problem
It sounds like it might be some sort of memory or cache problem. You don't have it saved as a component, do you?
One thing I could suggest is that instead of trying to import the new ring, you open it in a separate file, then copy / paste it into the project file. You'll have to resave the imported geometry as a new component if you need it to be. -
RE: SimLab USDZ extension
Fixed it. The .rb file was pointing to a _loader.rb file in the plugin folder. It's actually a _loader.rbs file. I've informed them. It's still unclear which format will become the standard for AR viewing on smartphones etc....Apple's USDZ or Google's glTF.
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RE: Organise and save the tools in the desk
I'd advise replacing some of the default toolbars...like Getting Started, with more specific ones. That way, you don't get duplicated icons. There was a thread some time ago in which several of us showed how we arranged our toolbars around the drawing window. It's here, https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=37748
Keeping an actual screenshot of your favourite configuration helps a lot when re-installing or upgrading SketchUp.It's also a good idea to turn off the tools that you don't use very often, so they don't clutter the place up. You can do this in View > Toolbars.
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SimLab USDZ extension
Hi all. I noticed that TIG posted a reply in the Newbie forum last year in answer to a question about converting to Apple/Pixar's new USDZ format for AR. He linked an online conversion site.
But I also realised that SimLab has recently posted a new export extension for this. https://extensions.sketchup.com/content/usdz-exporter#I installed this, but unfortunately keep getting a load error...that it can't find the loader.rb. Anyone else come across this problem? The file seems to be right there where it ought to be.
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RE: Looking for good graphics program
As someone who went down that route...Graphic Design - Illustration (yes, that avatar's a self-portrait), I'd advise that you're careful to avoid anything that might detract or distract from his current enthusiasm for natural media. The general attitude of most design courses would be "Just give me someone with imagination and creativity who can draw...we'll do the rest." I'd imagine the same could probably be said about architecture, plus a decent grasp of mathematics and physics.
There are a multitude of programs (cheap or free) that are very fun to use and can turn out (superficially) very impressive results. You just have to be careful not to encourage style over substance.
It depends very much on the age of your nephew. Younger kids can get a lot of fun from playing about with such programs; and it makes a nice break from traditional media. As they get older and still have a desire to follow the graphic design route it probably makes more sense to start using programs which are roughly comparable to the industry standards of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator...although personally I always preferred CorelDraw to Illustrator.The closest free alternative to these would be (for raster images) The Gimp; and for vector images, Inkscape. Some experience with these would at least provide a grounding in the basic concepts of the software likely to be used at college level.
As to the proggies which actually cost serious money, CorelDraw actually comes as a suite, which also includes Photopaint, which is also akin to Photoshop. As such it works out much cheaper than buying the two separate Adobe products.
Quite a few people at the illustration end of graphics (as opposed to maybe typography at the other end) have also moved over to digital media. Corel Painter is a popular choice. http://www.painterartist.com/en/pages/masters/Krita is an excellent free alternative
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RE: Time to stick a fork in it?
@hellnbak said:
I don't know if SU itself has a fork in it's future, but I do know that these forums are not what they used to be. For several years it seems member participation has pretty much died down to just a predictable few. Sad
Can't argue with that. I joined the SketchUp forum only fairly recently, so I'm barely past newbie status yet...but I'm spending far more time over there now.
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RE: FormFonts work offer
Yeah, no idea how they're going to meet the deadline...and I couldn't really care. It was a major company, so maybe they had a whole load of other sub-contractors they could pass the extra work onto. But that's a lot of work to spread around over very little time.
I was an illustrator before I got into this game (book covers or entire kids' books.) Publishers were just the same. They seem to think you're hanging on the end of the phone with nothing better to do, just waiting to commit yourself fully to their demands.
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RE: Organize Component Library
You can do that fairly easily. Just make your component folder with all the required sub-folders...and even sub-sub-folders. Then copy or move the root folder (and hence the entire hierarchy) to the Components folder in your SketchUp program folder...right alongside the Component Sampler and DC training folders.
It will then show up in your component browser. You can then navigate backwards and forwards through the hierarchy using the arrows at the bottom of the Components window.
I've played around with this myself before today, but I've never seen any logical connection between what you set in Preferences and where the browser looks for the files.I concluded that the best way was simply to keep a master folder of components somewhere and then copy it to program's component folder after a new install. Keeping a master back-up is probably safer too.
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RE: FormFonts work offer
Thanks for the interest, suggestions and PMs everyone, but we decided not to go forward with this.
The client revised the deadline even tighter...to the beginning of November (after we'd been dangling for nearly 2 years.) Every freelancer knows the feeling.
Wiggle room for extra work we could have managed, but finding space for something like 1500 man-hours in little more than a month, even with extra help...no way.