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I couldn't say for sure - is the dialog somewhere you cannot see it, like behind the taskbar or on a disconnected second screen?
On a different note, is there something odd happening with SU lately? Yesterday it hanged my display driver two times, never having done it before, and I don't know about having changed anything.
Anssi
@spirp said:
Just a heads up - apparently a dwg/dxf exported from SU is drawn from the center of the exported shape, at least according to my guys. Just thought it could be useful knowledge for someone!
// Olle
For me it definitely does not work like this.
When I select File>Export>3D Model and select the DWG file type from the file dialog box, the 0,0,0 point in Autocad is placed at the SU origin point.
When I select File>Export>2D Drawing and select the DWG file type, the DWG file origin is placed at the center point of my current view in SU. If I have drawn a simple shape like you, and have zoomed to the model extents, the origin is in the center point of the shape (not very accurately, though).
Anssi
I don't know anything about UK airports, but generally there is a simple reason: It is impossible to do a (reliable) check about a foreign person. What if, for instance, the person has been persecuted in his/her own country?
Anssi
This happens to me when I select very quickly after orbiting. If I wait for something like a second it usually draws OK.
Anssi
I would also need the reverse, a setting to keep the paint from adhering to back faces.
Anssi
Hello,
You don't give any details of your computer, but most probably ýou are experiencing a display driver problem. First, you can try turning off "Fast Feedback" in the Window>Preferences>OpenGÖ pane. If that doesn't help, try turning off "Hardware Acceleration" This will make SU run much slower, so keep it on whenewer possible.
If you have an ATI or Nvidia-based display card, try installing the larest (or different) display driver version. If you have a built-in graphics solution like an Intel GMA chip, you may be out of luck and have to accept running SU in the slower mode.
Anssi
@schreiberbike said:
The warehouse does have a lot of junk, but it also has a lot of great stuff. You just have to wade through the trash to get to quality.
So it is not very different from the Internet in general... Or a typical used books store.
Anssi
Olle,
Your case is easy, as the shape is already flat. Just export to DWG as a 3D model, and the origin remains in the same place. Basically, as DWG files go, all are 3D files, there is no separate 2D DWG file format.
So, if, in SU, you draw 2D shapes flat on the ground, and export it as a 3D model, or a 2D drawing viewed from the top in parallel projection, the contents will be essentially the same, except that the 2D export does not contain faces if your model has any, and that the origin is placed in the middle of the viewing plane.
A real 3D model, when exported to a 2D file, however, is exported as a vector image consisting of lines that have been projected on the viewing plane.
Anssi
Yes I have the same in all DWG exports:
The units get exported right ( 1 mm in SU = 1 unit in the DWG file)
BUT
the scale flags in the DWG file all have Imperial values (Measurement, for instance, is set to 0), so if you have your AutoCad set up to recognize the scale values (as per default), everything gets imported 25.4 times too big.
I already posted a bug report about this some weeks ago.
Anssi
Note that using a PhotoMatch scene to insert a background image will keep the original image resolution, but it applies only to the generated PhotoMatch scene.
Anssi
Eport a PDF or EPS file from File>Export>2D Graphic. Illustrator can open a PDF file, and the EPS file is identical in content. When you open a SU-generated PDF or EPS in Illustrator, the image is combined into a single entity. I have found that right-clicking on it and selecting "release compound path" will let the individual objects to be edited. I am not an Illustrator expert, so the exact terminology escapes me. Note that the PDF or EPS export has no textures or shadows.
Printing a SU model to PDF with a PDF printer driver like Adobe Acrobat generally produces a raster image file.
Anssi
I don't think that shadows or lighting can be exported to PDF from any application, I understand that it is limited strictly to it's own lighting features. I am not wuite sure, but I think that 3D PDF does not have a shadow casting option. Shadows in SU are raster features generated by ýour graphics card and there is no way to export them in vector form.
Anssi
I think the most direct route is to export a PDF or EPS from SU, and open that then in an SVG-capable application (Illustrator might do it, have to check Monday). The downside is that textures and shadows cannot be exported.
Anssi
Alan seems to be the official SU teaser. Look at his profile too... 
Anssi
I would say that in almost all of Europe the best architecture is commissioned by public institutions, even if the economic constraints in most cases are much more strict than in this one.
Of course, it seems to be a small part of a big hospital complex, and even with the expensive bits the cost is peanuts compared to even a simple operating ward, that will have a much shorter life cycle
Anssi
@rudbeckia said:
My computer is not that old, and the drawing is not huge.
But the plants may be huge if they are 3D. It all boils down to that. My recommendations:
Anssi
Of course the makers of the export plugins for the free renderers (Indigo, Kerkythea, POV...) have done a fantastic job too.
Anssi
The least they could do was to add a Reset Toolbars/Windows button somewhere for the poor things who have lost their Shadows dialog or some other feature while messing around with dual screens or screen resolutions or other features.
Anssi