Combined a Vray render with an AO export direct from SU24.
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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.
A larger version of this image is available here.All the screws are made and holes threaded. 28 component definitions, all solids.
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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.
Partially assembled.
Temporarily installed on a chair. Ignore the dog hair.
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RE: Import he NCS color system from .ase-file in SU
@gullfo said:
...and there are also online and github converters to get to rgb or hex...
Did you happen to find anything that would convert all of the colors to RGB or HEX in one go? I could only find converters for single colors.
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RE: Line spacing - Interlignage
I don't have a Mac anymore to be able to make a screen shot for you. In the meantime check out the Help files on the topic of formatting text in LayOut. https://help.sketchup.com/en/layout/formatting-text Specifically under Setting paragraph formatting.
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Migrating to a New Version of SketchUp
This seems to come around every year or so and for a lot of people it seems to be a big problem but it doesn't need to be. This is how I do it.
- Open the previous version and make a screen shot to show the toolbar layout.
- Install the new version of SketchUp.If you are installing on Windows, make sure you log in to Windows with your normal user login. Then right click on the downloaded installed and choose Run as administrator.
- Deal with your local collections of components, materials, styles and if you use them, classifications. I keep them in the directory SketchUp creates and by default looks for. On the PC that's User/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp... There is a similar folder on Mac under User/Library/Application Support. In both cases these directories are normally hidden but they can be made visible. I copy the folders from the previous version to the new one. Leave the Plugins folder alone. Don't copy it unless you enjoy chasing load errors.
Alternatively you can leave the components, materials, and styles where they are and change the file paths in Preferences>Files.
- Download the Sketchucation Extension Store and install it using Install Extension in the Extension manager.
- Open the tool, sign in to Sketchucation and click on the gear icon at the top.
- Click on Bundles.
- The extensions you've installed in the previous version of SketchUp using the tool will be listed. You can install the en masse by clicking on the Install Bundle button.
- Install extensions from the Extension Warehouse by going to the EW from the Window menu. There used to be a method for batch installing extensions you installed with the EW previously. It's currently absent after a recent platform change for the Extension Warehouse but hopefully it will return soon. Install fresh copies of other extensions you might have from other sources.
- With extensions installed, quit SketchUp and restart to make sure they all load.
- Import the screen shot you made in step one as an image and zoom in on it. Use it as a guide to place the toolbars in the same relative locations.
As for keyboard shortcuts, they should take care of themselves. The new version looks for the shortcuts in the previous version and installs them automatically.
I know there are some things that seem like they could be easier. If people were AR about keep their extensions up to date and extensions didn't require updates due to changes in Ruby versions, most of them could be copied from the old version. Evidence has shown that most people aren't good about keeping their extensions up to date and from time to time, Ruby changes requiring updates to some extensions so it's best just to install fresh copies instead.
It would also be nice if there was a way to get toolbars set up automatically but alas, there isn't yet. No point agonizing over it. Just get it done.
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RE: Overhead Line Shaft Detail
@marked001 said:
This is getting better and better.
Thank you.
I got a little sidetracked.
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RE: Split tool to cut contour lines
@Aartrace1 that seems normal if you are locking and unlocking viewports. Why are you locking the viewports and the layer they are on? No need to do both. I would only lock the layer(s). Then, when you update the SketchUp reference, the viewports will render automatically if Auto Render is enabled.
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RE: SketchUp native graphic style
There's more to those images than just SketchUp. There's some rendering in something such as Vray and some work in Photshop or similar.
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RE: Split tool to cut contour lines
You still have to open the group for editing in order to get to the lines. It's a lot like working in SketchUP. When you exploded the viewport you wound up with a scaled drawing group. Also, depending on how the SU file is structured, there may be nested groups--groups inside of a parent group. Double click on the contours until you can select a single contour line.
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RE: Overhead Line Shaft Detail
Thank you sir. Maybe it makes up for my lack of skill with rendering that you have.
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RE: SCFLicense: Extension Licensing on Sketchucation
@danielturnerkaemark said:
but it keeps giving this error
Did you do what was directed in the error message?
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RE: Transfer my plugins from SU23 to S24
@errror404 You really ought to use the Extension Store tool to find and install extensions. It's easier than downloading the extensions and installing them with Extension Manager. It also means that when extensions get updated you can get an alert and update them quickly, and of course build your bundle to make migrating to a new version of to a new computer easier.