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    Dave R

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    SketchUp version 2026
    Operating System Windows
    Knowledge of SketchUp Advanced
    What do you use Sketchup for? woodworking
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    Best posts made by Dave R

    • Hook on a Pulley

      A hook on a pulley for some sort of crane or something. Based on dimensions given in an old, undated book from Spain of technical drawing exercises.

      Large Pulley no edges.png

      posted in Gallery
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    • A Recent 3D Printing Project

      This is a heel strap for a wheelchair to prevent the user's feet from sliding off the foot plate. It's designed to install easily with no tools required except scissors to trim the strap to length. The clips with snap on covers are 3D printed to fit off the shelf polyurethane toothed belting.

      From the SketchUp model.
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      Partially assembled.
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      Temporarily installed on a chair. Ignore the dog hair.
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      posted in SketchUp for 3D Printing sketchup 3dprint
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    • SketchUp's AO and Vray

      oscillator Vray and AO.png

      Combined a Vray render with an AO export direct from SU24.

      posted in Gallery
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    • Vintage Look

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      Experimenting with creating a vintage illustration style for my SketchUp models. The flywheel is based on dimensioned drawings in a textbook from 1897.

      posted in Gallery
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    • Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.

      Lady Stephanie color.png

      This one is called Lady Stephanie. I don't know who the real Lady Stephanie was but if she was anything like this engine, I'm guessing she was kind of ornery and hard to please.

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.

      After putting her aside I did another engine today. This is a a little crankless engine.

      Experimental Crankless Engine.png

      posted in Gallery
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    • Beam Compass

      From an old book. SketchUp and Paint DotNet.

      Beam Compass.png

      posted in Gallery
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    • "Watt" Micrometer

      A model of what is probably the first micrometer ever made. It's dated England about 1776 and attributed to James Watt although evidence shows it likely wasn't made by him.
      Watt Micro Views small.png
      A larger version of this image is available here.

      All the screws are made and holes threaded. 28 component definitions, all solids.

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.

      Funny guys!

      And here's another one. A little 4-cylinder oscillating engine. As usual, all base level components are solids.

      4 cylinder V Steam engine G.png

      posted in Gallery
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    • A Mahogany Lowboy

      This is from a model I initially made 11 years ago for shop drawings. I pulled it out recently to do a bit of refining in SU2025.
      Lowboy mahogany.png

      posted in Gallery
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    Latest posts made by Dave R

    • RE: Laser cutting from Sketchup

      If you turn off the tags for the parts you don't want and set up a scene to show the object(s) you're interested in, you should be able to export the view. Or use LayOut. It would be better for setting up the view and getting the desired export.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: FredoCorner errors in Sketchup 2026 (on files that RoundCorner has not problem with)

      FWIW, Fredo has acknowledged that FredoCorner is not an exact replacement for Round Corner although they generally do the same sort of things. There are some cases in which one works and the other doesn't. I've found it imprtant to have both extensions.

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: Sketchucation Tools 5.0.4

      @alexpacio2013 what extensions would you not want to update when the author has made updates?

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: Extension to modify the Materials display for SU 2025? SU

      Legacy materials should be displayed as the old style square swatches if you don't have Automatically Enhance Materials enabled in Preferences Graphics. I leave that turned off and only "enhance" materials when I want them enhanced. This is a custom set I made or got somewhere long ago.

      Screenshot - 11_30_2025 , 9_34_29 AM.png

      For new materials that show with the cube, you could edit them to remove Metalness and Roughness as well as any other mapping them might have. Then save the changes by dragging the thumbnails back to the collection they came from.

      material.gif

      So presumably you are still using the Classic Graphics Engine? At least until you get a capable computer you might as well stick with SketchUp 2025. Then you wouldn't have to do anything to not see the cubes.

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: [Plugin][$] FredoCorner - v2.7a - 31 Mar 24

      @talegend said in [Plugin][$] FredoCorner - v2.7a - 31 Mar 24:

      license for round corner doesn't have FredoCorner word and that's why I can't see it

      Round Corner and FredoCorner are two different extensions and each requires a different license. Which one did you actually purchase the license for? Install that one.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] SPGears

      You could probably edit the code but it's simpler to rotate the object after it's created.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Image Trimmer Plugin issue

      @Nicklaus-Tang said in Image Trimmer Plugin issue:

      but everytime I use the plugin, sketchup freezes

      That isn't a surprise. You're asking the extension to create many thousands of edges. That will take a long time. You could speed it up some by eliminating the excessive detail with a simpler silhouette.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: 2026 Materials Dropdown showing ALL folders and subfolders

      I see the same long list of material collections. I have nearly twice as many subfolders as can be displayed on screen at one time. This has been relayed to the developers and hopefully they will revert back to the folder-subfolder thing.

      posted in SketchUp Bug Reporting
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    • RE: adding thickness

      Did you change the number of segments in the corners from the model you shared? I used the geometry in your model and didn't make any changes other than fixing the location of the axes and moving the model to the origin. Out of curiosity what are you expecting for the outside diameter of the round part? What are the expected dimensions for the rectangular part?

      You say you want the walls to be 1.2 mm thick. If you are selecting 1.2 mm for the offset in your model, the walls will have practically no thickness.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: A Shaving Mirror

      @Rich-O-Brien LOL! One side is flat and the other concave as on the real mirror. I was too lazy to set up to measure the exact curvature bit it's pretty close. πŸ˜‰

      posted in Gallery
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