Hi all, I've been inactive for a bit lately. Interestingly though, I'm using SU more now than I ever have in the past. So I'm attempting to come back (thanks to some friendly pushing and shoving from Susan Sorger). Already I think I'm addicted in just a few minutes this morning .

In general I really like the format. It all looks pretty great. There's mor forums than I'm used to, but I tihnk I'll get used to that. They look really well organized. So keep up the good work everyone!

Chris Fullmer

PS I like Avatars of people that look normal. If they start getting all creepy and lame, I might start turning against the avatars being on. But so far, it seems mostly pretty good on this forum (not like some of the other 3d software forums I've been on before).

Hello, their is a built in shortcut for Pageup and Page down to change from scene to scene. I don't think there is aw ay to skip to s specific scene though.

good luck,

chris

Thanks for the nice comments Edson.

I think your link you posted is pointing to the wrong place. That file is not on my server I think you uploaded it here:

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/ProUser/sitetech.skp

Chris

Here's a quick study model of a method I learned on the forums. It involves pushing and pulling, intersecting with model and creates a nice curb on your road and parking lots. This method leaves a slanted road and parking lots. It would be really easy though to make flat parking lots using the stamp tool first, and then finish with this process to make a road with a curb over the terrain. Anyhow, hope it helps. I wish I remembered who posted this method first. Seems like it was Paul Miller maybe...

http://www.chrisfullmer.com/sketchup/road%20show.skp

Chris

Ahh, all my anti-mac snobbishness was lost, since you are on PC. lol, oh well. I couldn't resist putting in the little mac jabs.

If its a problem on the PC, I don't know how to fix that. You probably should contact the SU team. The link is right on the their support page. Its at the bottom of the "Enter Pro Groups" section. There is a link to contact the team with some instructions. Here's a link to the support page:
http://www.sketchup.com/?section=support

Good luck, I hope you get it working,

Chris Fullmer

I am guessing you have a mac (this is a common problem on those unstable beasts). The answer is to "trash your p-list." I hope you know what that means and know how to accomplish it. It will fix the problem though,

Chris Fullmer

Generally you don't have to actually rotate the model 10 degrees, just rotate the view. I agree that snaps can often be too sticky to more "powerful" snaps though. I find I need the black snap often, buts its always over-ridden by red or green.

Chris Fullmer

Oh yeah, good idea Anssi. Pull the stones first, then delete coplanar edges using the script. That is much less tedious than erasing them all by hand Smile

Chris

(Chris Fullmer)

Hi, I've attached a model of a simple method I use to create flat stone work for patios and walkways.

Chris Fullmer

stonework.skp

O normal é para entrar o scale factor - 1.5 = 150% mais grande. .5 = a metade do tamanho. Mas tambem pode teclar um tamanho diretamente. "1.3m" = 1.3 metres. É isto que quer dizer "VCB: Number w/units".

Chris Fullmer

Sei que meu português é horrível. Foi dez anos atráz que morei lá e tenho esquecido muito.....

There are definately a few ghosts in the SketchUp code.......

Chris Fullmer

Hi Susan, you're thinking of editing the component group and resizing everything in edit mode. All he did was select the component and then scale component as a single entity. If you right click on one, you can select "reset scale" and that will clear all scale changes made to a single component and restore it to its original state. Notice also:

Scale Definition
The Scale Definition menu item applies any scaling operations, to the currently selected component, to the component definition in the Component Browser.

That will take the current scale attributes and apply it to the component. It's a handy feature.

Chris

Chris Fullmer

Hi Craig, sorry I forgot to mention it. I am running the latest public build M3 6.0.1099 on windows XP.

Chris

Chris Fullmer

Ok, I played around with it a bunch and found that it was the large grass portion and the driveway/street portion that seem to be splatting SU.

But, then I deleted the Simuterra terrain and replaced it with one of my own. The whole thing draped quite nicely. So it appears that it is actually a problem with the simuterra terrain. I reported about 6 detailed bugplats about what I was doing when it crashed. I also gave them a link to this thread. Hopefully it will help them somehow.

Chris

Chris Fullmer

And here's the rest of the components

Chris
kids 2.zip

Well, since no one had any, i went ahead and altered a bunch of the SU kids to have different skin, hair and clothes. I also made a few people and kids in wheelchairs.

kids 1.zip

Hello, I am in need of more 2d people like the ones that come with SketchUp. Specifically I am looking for more children and perhaps one or two people in a wheelchair. Anyone have anything like that? Thanks in advance,

Chris Fullmer