Posts made by Ben Ritter

@bep said:

I had the same problem with sending .SKP as an attachment with Mozilla Firebird.
Some how the files sometimes get corrupted.
I solved it by zipping the files before putting them in the mail.

Thanks. I'll try that.

@tig said:

Are you sure they are the SKP and not the backup SKB files ?
If so change the end B to P and they'll open in SketchUp

Thanks TIG. Yes, they are .skp files

I have a model that my consultant is sending me. But no matter what version of SketchUp he saves it in, I get the same message trying to open it.

What could be the problem?

Thanks.

@bsusala said:

[attachment=0:133yu3cx]<!-- ia0 -->plywood-mdf-design-banq-restaurant-boston.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:133yu3cx]Hi folks, I searched and did not found yet, a plugin/method to create, from a given surface, individual elements to make the surface "discrete", in slices, like in the attached images. Such a plugin will ease a lot making molds, architectural shapes, from flat CNC-cut shapes. Thanks for helping me find a easier solution.

I wonder if this plwyood/mdf has warped yet, or when it does, what it will look like

Oli,

That worked. It just wound up shifting the image a little bit but all I had to do was move it in place.

Thanks again. Ben

Oli,

Sweet, I'll give it a try.

Thanks again for your time. Ben

Oli,

I painted on it on as a texture. Then changed the texture location using the pins. I only converted it to a projected texture after it didn't render correctly, thinking that was the trick.

I guess I need to go and try to re-apply it.

So it should render fine, even if you stretch it with the pins?

Thanks. Ben

Thanks for your help.

Wall.skp

I'd like to render the model with a photo used as a texture applied to a surface to show existing conditions.

What is the trick to getting Podium to render this correctly? SU model image and Podium images below.

Thank you.

@ben ritter said:

@ben ritter said:

Super cool Fredo!!. A big thank you.

Fredo, I can enter model units (inches)for a line length, but as soon as I add a unit (feet), it gives me an error message.

Disregard Fredo. I tried entering 5' as length and couldn't. I realized I have to enter it as 5'-O".

@ben ritter said:

Super cool Fredo!!. A big thank you.

Fredo, I can enter model units (inches)for a line length, but as soon as I add a unit (feet), it gives me an error message.

Super cool Fredo!!. A big thank you.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

@pixero said:

I've said it before, but thanks you!

I think you forgot to say that if you place a folder called BTW_Textures in your plugin folder and choose use Apply material: Rand_Tex it will use all textures in that folder. Here are a few tests I've made:

[attachment=3:1u96rdu7]<!-- ia3 -->Bricks01.jpg<!-- ia3 -->[/attachment:1u96rdu7]
Can you spot the tiling? No, because there is none. This is with 10 small seamless brick textures used.

[attachment=2:1u96rdu7]<!-- ia2 -->floor03.jpg<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:1u96rdu7]
This is just one single seamless texture used.

[attachment=0:1u96rdu7]<!-- ia0 -->tiles01.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1u96rdu7]
This is also just one texture used.

Pixero, thank you very much.

SDMitch, thank you for your generosity and talent.

Figured it out. It helps to read the manual

Scaling inputs can only be done when the camera is in Parallel Projection.

When I export my SKP file to a 2d .dwg file, all the linework gets scaled up about 125%. But when I do so as a 3d .dwg, it comes in scaled to the exact SKP file measurements.

I noticed that the 2d export window shows a Drawing Scale and Size input, but they are greyed out, not accessible for input. Is this the culprit?

Thanks.

Awesome. Thank you again for sharing the fruits of your talent.

Thank you again.

@unknownuser said:

Olishea obliges a hell rhythm!

How do you get the symmetrical painting?

I'm wondering if there is a way quickly return back to your last search, after you download a model into SketchUp from 3d Warehouse? It's very frustrating that it kicks you out of the search window and have to re-enter information again if you want to download more items.