Posts made by cwmunro

So - I'm really digging the new Section Fill tool.

I am wondering if any of you know a way to only fill certain groups but, not others.

For Instance:

I want my walls shaded but not the masonry. I create a group for walls and a separate group for masonry. I was thinking that I could place the section inside the walls group and select it to be filled and simply not fill the masonry layer (that would keep it white). In my drawings - you have to be able to differentiate the difference between the frame wall and the masonry.

I am trying to upgrade to 18 (through the Help Menu and through the SU website) and it says I'm currently using the latest version (2017).

What's up with that??

@dave r said:

Is it possible the model axes have been moved in the destination file?

I haven't moved the original model axis.

I just looked at the Building Model and the Axis id different on every scene. ARGH!

When designing houses, I use several models (Building Model, Sections Model, Site Model and Interior Elevations Model).

When I have to make a change to the design, I make the change in the Building model and the just reload the other models.

For some reason, when I reload the other, models - they jump to a different location. I have set the Axis to the same location (in all the models). Why is this happening? Am I missing something simple?

I am working on a complex house design and it messes up all my scenes in Layout.

Very Frustrating.

Every time I uncheck a layer, it automatically moves itself to the bottom of the layers list. This has happened before (several years ago) and I don't know how I fixed it. It is quite frustrating because, the layers keep jumping around and it have to hunt for them. I'm sure there is a simple fix, just don't know what it is. Is it some setting I've screwed up? Ideas?

Does anyone know if there's a way to download an entire collection from the 3D Warehouse into one single file?

I have found a guy the models accurate cabinets and I have been downloading each model - one at a time. The real headache is that I've "liked" his collection but, it isn't showing up in my "Liked Models."

This would only save a single step though.

Here's my process thus far:

1. Open 3D Warehouse
2. Type in search query (IE: Shaker Cabinets)
3. Find the modeler I like.
4. Go to his poage and click "collections."
5. Download 1 single model (warehouse window closes).
6. Place model into my file.
7. Repaet, Repeat, Repeat, ad finitum!!!!

There has GOT to be an easier way. Someone please advise. I'm about getting bruises on my forehead from banging it on the keyboard!

Charley

So, you can see that the extensions are going far past the hash mark. I have tried to decrease the size of the Hash Mark but, nothing seems to work.

Thanks for telling me how to copy that - I've always wondered and now I know for the future.

CM

@dave r said:

Can you show an example?

Hi Dave,

I would love to but I'm not sure how. I don't have a program that lets me do screen grabs.

Do you know of a way. i see people doing it on here all the time.

CM

I am dimensioning a set of plans and whenever I create a new string - it creates extra long legs (going the opposite direction). Does anyone know what might be causing this. I've checked my shape style and dimension settings.

Stumped and frustrated.

@cwmunro said:

I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me how to delete templates from the master file in Layout. I have done it before but, have long forgotten how I did it.

Also, is there a way to edit your templates (something similar to editing a scrapbook) instead of saving over the old template?

Many thanks!

I think I have figured out the answer to my own question.

First, to delete a template, you have to go into the C:/Program Data/sketchup/Layout/Templates and delete it from there.

If you want to edit a template, go through the same directory as listed above and open it from there. Once you finish editing, click save and it will just save it (sometimes, it will ask you to overwrite the existing file).

CM

I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me how to delete templates from the master file in Layout. I have done it before but, have long forgotten how I did it.

Also, is there a way to edit your templates (something similar to editing a scrapbook) instead of saving over the old template?

Many thanks!

I have tried to download the Product Connect Plugin several times and it won't load. It keeps saying that Sketchup wasn't found on my computer. Does anyone know what is going wrong here?

I have been perusing and downloading some of the many extensions out there and some of them don't work (or at least I am doing something wrong).

My question is that since 2014 came out, I cannot find the "Plugins" folder oin the directory. When i want to find a plugin (to delete it) it says it's in sketchup/sketchup2014/plugins. the only problem is that when I follow the path on my drive, I cannot find a Plugins folder under SU14. I used to be able to see it in the directory (in previous versions of SU). Am I missing something here? Is it a "hidden folder or what?

Yes.. it does show it as modified. And I've tried rendering as hybrid several times but it still only shows up as a wide frame scene. The only way it works is if I render it as vector. This is on a laptop I got recently. One thought I just had was that maybe my video card isn't beefy enough to handle the transition. I'm trying to do it on another pic to see. Thoughts?

I've wrestled with this thing all night. I have designed a building for a client and when I send the model to LO - the perspectives render in Wire Frame mode. I have to vector render the scene in order for it to show color (and not wire frame). It won't show my textures this way. I have checked my settings and have not even used a wire frame style at any time during the construction of this model. I can't understand why the perspectives only will not translate the style I used. This hasn't happened before.

Someone please tell me I'm missing something simple.

ARGHHH!

And the this newest version even comes with a hot babe! LOL

I have the Google Toolbar turned on in my work space but, only the "add location" button is active. I want to add a photo texture of the building I'm modeling but the "Photo Textures" button is grayed out. Does anyone know what I can do to get this button turned back on?

Okay - It's official, I'm a moron today! I had my numbers lock key off. Geez!

@dave r said:

Try rebooting your computer.

I tried that too. It didn't work.

For some reason, my measurements dialog box has quit working. For Instance: With the Push/Pull tool, I click and pull, then type in the distance I want to pull and hit Enter. No measurement shows up in the dialog box. This worked perfectly until a few minutes ago. Then, it abruptly stopped working. Same with the Move tool, Etc. I tried restarting SU but it still doesn't work.
Anyone have an idea of what I can do to get this working again?