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    • ashscottA

      Component "Names" in Component Libraries

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      Point Snapping Error in SU2016 on Windows 10

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      @airwindsolar said: @slbaumgartner said: This is one of the known problems SketchUp has with very high dpi displays: If 1920x1080 is "very high dpi" then their first problem is that they haven't moved into the current decade yet. Please re-read the earlier posts. He was talking about 3000x2000, which I think is still considered very high dpi.
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      Microsoft Surface Book and Sketchup

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      Do any of you that have used the Surface Book with SketchUp have any updates since the last post? I am seriously considering getting a Surface Book i7, 16gb, 512 ssd with the performance base. I want to run SU 2017. Keep in mind I will be using this to mostly present models and make some adjustments on the fly. Most of my modeling will be on my desktop.
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      Random Corruption of LO 2016 File

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      I'd be very curious to see a copy of the file that's giving you trouble, if it's something you can share. My direct address is marc at sketchup.com. Thanks, Marc
    • ashscottA

      SU 2016 Generate Report

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      I can make diffrence templates and run like in this video. But how can i "export" these templates to run in another .skp file? Does anyone know how, please help me, Thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwt7l2y4fUw
    • ashscottA

      Layout To PDF Rendering Issue

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      @unknownuser said: I actually don't keep a single project on one LO file. I create LO files based upon the drawing type - Site plans, Floor plans, Elevations etc. This really helps speed things up and should disaster happen with a corrupted file, your entire project is not lost. Then you can simply book the PDFs into a sinlge PDF if you care to. I keep them separate as it is easy to issue individual files as needed. Makes sense for auto numbering too. Keeping plans / elevations / sections in separate files means numbering prefixes work easily.
    • ashscottA

      Automatic Materials Library Installer

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      here's some code I tested on my mac... module JcB module Add_Skm def self.skm_loader # current best practice puts any added content in the User space # so first we get a handle for that [is this cross platform?]... user= ENV["HOME"].dup # then we look for SU's default folder... materials_path = Sketchup.find_support_file("Materials") # and the plugins folder plugins_path = File.dirname(__FILE__) # because the rbz will instal in Plugins, so will our skm's new_mats = File.join(plugins_path, "move_mats") # check if the user has ever made a material... usr_mats = materials_path.include? user # check if Plugins are in user land... usr_plugins = plugins_path.include? user # using the true/false returns from those if usr_plugins and not usr_mats # if we have a User plugins folder. but no User materials folder, we can just change our folder name to 'move' all it's contents... File.rename(new_mats,(new_mats.sub("Plugins/move_mats", "Materials"))) # then delete this script... File.delete(__FILE__) else # if we don't have a user plugins folder or we do a user materials folder, we need to rename individual skms Dir.glob("#{new_mats}/*").each do|f| File.rename(f, f.sub("Plugins/move_mats", "Materials")) end # but that leave an empty folder, so we remove it... Dir;;rmdir(new_mats) # then delete this script... File.delete(__FILE__) end end end end # this is a hack to make it run the same on all versions I tested v8+ result = UI.messagebox("ready to load new skm's?", MB_YESNO) if result == IDYES JcB;;Add_Skm.skm_loader UI.messagebox("Skm's have been added to \n#{Sketchup.find_support_file('Materials')}") end # I'm surprised it runs when it does, but it works for me and the skms are available from the materials Browser without a restart... and a test rbz to see if it runs on you PC...just adds one of the xtra skm folder from your example... it could be extended to add a help menu item Add Skm Collection, or similar... I think it's easier to modify then worrying about all the different versions of Windows and SU an installer would need. I can't even run SU v6 or v7 on any of my machines so I don't cater for them [although this may work on them]... For this to add a set of subfolder in a parent folder, it would need a PC conditional, as that won't work on a mac... john
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      Externally Referenced Dynamic Component Attributes

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      I'm not knowledgeable enough with Ruby to know whether this can be scripted or not but I guess this would be the place to start: http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/tutorial_attrreporting
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      Tell Me About Your BOM

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      Good insights pcmoor, I've been waiting on the new release to deal with this for many years so I'm not holding my breath. I just forked out for the full version of SpaceDesign and am happy with it. I'm pretty sure that if one were to spend a few days with VBA, Sketchup's classifier and Sketchup's "Generate Report" one could create a workflow that meets basic needs (as kaas points out) but buying the solution is so much easier.
    • ashscottA

      Sketchup Textures and M.C. Escher

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      I use a lot of textures and the model flies well. You can reduce texture size whenever you need/want, it's harder to increase it though...
    • ashscottA

      Sketchup 2015.3.331

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      @ashscott said: What can I say, I'm retro Thanks... I needed that laugh...
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      Making Multiple Part Labels

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      Not right now - but the interface was so easy to use and I was tearing my hair out trying to get anything else to work
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      Sketchup Scenes Directly To Layout

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      @jql said: Still, If you're doing a series of drawings of your model and you want them to match in size and paper position it's easier to duplicate page and change what scene the new page's viewport is displaying. I do all my plan section views like that and it's way easier than having to resize viewports to match each other... That's my workflow, as well.
    • ashscottA

      Video Export Rendering Time Differences

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    • ashscottA

      Leap Motion With Sketchup

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      Sadly, burkhard's expreience sums up our own. We got one in at work for our software development team to look into - after a few hours playing with the provided examples, it went into a drawer, never to be seen again, without so much as a line of 'integration code' being written. Even in the videos, you can see how slowly everyone does everything. It looks like it ought to be intuitive, but everyone's opinion here was the same - you seem to need to develop some kind of special motor skills that don't come very naturally (hopefully before your arms drop off from fatigue!). The idea is really sweet, but the actual experience of every single one of us was "gimme my mouse back!". One has to wonder wonder just just how much practice the demonstrator's had, and how many takes it took to make their marketing videos! As you say "pushing the boundaries", and surely the technology will improve. However, consider this... 'Gestural' technology is not as new as all that. The Theremin (wave your hands in the air musical instrument) is getting on for a century old. Moog had a good stab at popularising it, it was used by many composers (lots of cool sci-fi movie soundtracks especially!), and they're cheap as chips to make. Yet, theremin players are rare as hen's teeth - and ones that can play in tune and expressively rarer still!
    • ashscottA

      Your Recommendations Please

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      Was playing with a couple of flashforges at a hackerspace yesterday - that was pretty cool.
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      Animating Water Spray

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      @unknownuser said: To suggest 3 days is going to get you satisfactory results is not realistic. I guess that was a pretty accurate statement. I don't expect you had much luck with this. I certainly wouldn't expect you to. I think it is a testimony to how difficult it is to find off the shelf animation that can do anything reasonable with water. It's doesn't seem to be available.
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      Portable Workstations for Sketchup

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      I just wondered is it cheaper to Buy Smartphone online shop, laptops - computers in Bulgaria compared to the UK.
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      Geo Location and 3D Warehouse not working

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      No problem, I didn't remember that I have answered it there
    • ashscottA

      SU Not Connecting to Internet

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      Haha, embarassingly, that worked - I had forgotten to clear IE's cache - extraordinary how slow IE 11 is when you've become used to modern browsers. For anyone else facing the same problem: Close all instances of SU Open Internet Explorer Go to tools > safety and clear all cache Open http://www.google.com/ncr Then open https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com Close Internet Explorer Open Sketchup 3D warehouse, add location etc should now be working. Thanks for correcting my noobishness cotty
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