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    • RE: Fredo6 Round Corner Crash Sketchup

      @DoCelikkol what version of SketchUp? What's the radius of the round over? Your GIF leaves out important information.

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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    • RE: help with a thread

      @Leggy said in help with a thread:

      where is it?

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: help with a thread

      @Leggy said in help with a thread:

      I'm making progress.

      OK. So you don't need the video tutorial I did? Good enough.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: [Plugin] 3D Text Editor

      Close Sketchup. Go to user/AppData/Local/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp and open PrivatePreferences.json. Look for "ThreeDTextDlg". What are the "x" and "y" values? Edit those to move the dialog onto the correct screen. This is what it looks like on my computer.

      Screenshot - 9_18_2025 , 3_58_34 PM.png
      And here's the dialog relative to the top left corner.
      Screenshot - 9_18_2025 , 4_06_56 PM.png
      Note that the user/AppData folder is normally hidden so you'll need to make hidden folders visible in File Explorer.

      Did you install SketchUp 2025 correctly? That requires right clicking on the downloaded installer and selecting Run as administrator. If you didn't do that it's possible that Windows is preventing SketchUp from making suitable updates to PrivatePreferences.json. To ensure SketchUp is installed correctly, close SketchUp, find the installer in your Downloads folder, right click on it, choose Run as administrator, and when prompted, click Repair. No matter what, it won't hurt to do it.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: [Plugin] 3D Text Editor

      @puttea what version of SketchUp? What operating system?

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: help with a thread

      So what's your problem in trying to model it in SketchUp? What's not working?

      @Leggy said in help with a thread:

      there are only 4 crests on the thread
      When you model it make it 2 or 3 turns longer so you can cut the extrusion off nicely.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: help with a thread

      Are you trying to model a cap or the neck of the container? What is it exactly? I've been trying to find real specifications for the threads on screw top containers but based on what little information you've provided, it's been a waste of time.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: help with a thread

      @Leggy said in help with a thread:

      pitch 2.7 mm

      I expect your first problem is you are measuring the pitch incorrectly. From your images it looks like the pitch is closer to 5mm.

      So far you haven't told us what your actual problem is in modeling these threads. I've shown you before how to model screw threads. The process is the same with these. Start with a helix and profile. Use Upright Extruder.

      Screenshot - 9_17_2025 , 8_02_23 AM.png

      The method Rich described will work fine, too.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions

      @Steve-Rugg said in More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions:

      how do I know what extensions that covers?

      Each license is for a single extension. The extension is named in the license file. This is a license for FredoCorner.
      Screenshot - 9_15_2025 , 8_44_26 PM.png

      As for which one you bought, click on PluginStore and then My Licenses.
      Screenshot - 9_15_2025 , 8_47_41 PM.png

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions

      @EF22 said in More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions:

      thank's but I dont' see libfredo in Window - I use skp on mac

      Did you install LibFredo6? If not suearch for it in the Sketchucation ExtensionStore tool and install it. Then quit and resart SketchUp.

      What version of SketchUP are you using?

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Is This Two Cheeky?

      Thank you gentlemen.

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Is This Two Cheeky?

      @Rich-O-Brien thankee sir.

      posted in Gallery
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    • Is This Two Cheeky?

      Cheek Block Vray render.png

      Cheek blocks for a small sailboat. Rendered in Vray.

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Ribbon Shape Wrapping a Base

      Try my suggestions of softening and hiding the edges. You could also consider radiused edges instead of the hard square edges you have.

      posted in SketchUp Tutorials
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    • RE: Ribbon Shape Wrapping a Base

      How are you going to use this model when it is complete? How large is it? Will those corners really be seen? Maybe simply softening the edges where the flats meet the radius would be enough. Maybe hiding the edges on that component altogether would do it. Simple and quick and without creating a lot of file bloat.

      What version of SketchUp are you using? That would tell us what tools you are using and have available.

      posted in SketchUp Tutorials
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    • RE: Another Steam Engine

      @majid thank you. Are you referring to the animations I posted?

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Another Steam Engine

      @Rich-O-Brien thank you. I don't know. It hink I'd be disappointed in the results.

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Another Steam Engine

      2 Gears Render 4K.png

      posted in Gallery
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    • RE: Annoying pop up

      @Leggy said in Annoying pop up:

      so just scale down by 0.001 then export and we should be spot on in mm

      No. As I wrote:

      said in Annoying pop up:

      No need to scale those models down.

      And as @Box wrote.

      I've shown examples like this before. The SketchUp model:
      53845887723_431de704e7_o.png
      And the 3D printed object.
      53845887438_c3b7a0281b_c.jpg
      No scaling of the model required. The .stl file was exported at Model Units (meters). but the slicer reads the dimensions as millimeters.

      posted in SketchUp Discussions
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    • RE: Plugins to add random textures to random components?

      You could create a bunch of brick textures if you want but I would skip making the brick components and then use a texture made from a photo of a large wall. This is from one of my brick textures. It's quite a bit larger than I show but I can pick out different sections of it as needed. Can't get any more "trustworthy" than that.
      Screenshot - 8_26_2025 , 3_45_33 PM.png

      posted in Extensions & Applications Discussions
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