@hannaconner said in Sketchup 2017 suddenly closes:

I use SU 2017 as a subscription doesn't make sense

You're right. That doesn't make sense since SketchUp 2017 was never available as a subscription. What kind of license do you really have?

@hannaconner said in Sketchup 2017 suddenly closes:

Anytime I try to do a cut and paste or other action that increases or adds to it, it suddenly crashes.

What operating system are you using? What are the specs on your computer? What is the graphics card? Most likely you have exceeded your computer's capability. It's also possible that you have a bad object (component or group) in the model.

You might try purging and otherwise cleaning up the model before trying to add more to it.

You could share the file with us so we can see if it can be fixed. Upload it to DropBox or We Transfer and share the link.

@sentur How about modeling it flat and then bending it withShape Bender?

That's normal behavior for the method you are using. Easier approach to get the correct result would be to add the corner radius before cutting the large arcs.

I don't believe there are any extensions to do that. You could use 3D text and drawn 3D dimension and extension lines to create the geometry. I find it's simper and faster to combine a couple of image exports; the render and a dimensions-only image direct from SketchUp. This is a quick 10 second render to show the idea.

The render:

The dimensions-only image export from SketchUp:

And after combining them in an image editor:

The layer for the dimensions is set to Multiply in the image editor.

Did you look at the video on it's ExtensionStore page?
https://sketchucation.com/plugin/1103-extrudetools

I still don't have time to do a video on the entire process but maybe this will help. I copied out the needed edges from the L I already made for this. Note that the straigh edges at the ends need to be divided into multiple segments and welded to make them curves. Two segments is enough, though. Going through the options I chose to no delete the original curves. Since the entire letter gets done in stages, you can't delete all of the edges after an extrusion because you'll need them for the neighboring steps.

Sorry. I don't have time to make a video right now.

What version of SketchUp are you using? How much experience do you have?

To illustrate what @Rich-O-Brien described, I made a 3D model in SketchUp based on your image.

I imported your image into SketchUp as an image to trace. I made it quite large--200m tall--to avoid the tiny face issue. I used a combination of straight edges and Bezier splines drawn with FredoSpline to outline the letter, draw in the ridge lines and connect them at the various ends. Then I used TIG's Extrude Edges by Rails to create the sloped surfaces. Bybreaking it into a few sections, Extrude Edges is more controllable.

The blue edges show where I divided things up.

Output Override is a Document Setup setting so yes, you can save that as part of your template like the rest of the Document Setup options.

@Sekta what operating system?

Can you share a LayOut file with dimensions set up like you want? I'd like to see if it works differently on my end.

Note in my gif it's only the short row of text within the text box that is moving. I wouldn't expect the text to move in the text box unless the text box was wider than the text. The text box for dimensions is normally just wide enough for the text so there'd be nothing to justify.

You can move the text box along the dimension line or outside of the extension lines if needed.

How are you trying to use justification for dimensions? The standard would be to have the dimension text centered in its text box.

FWIW, if you have a multi line dimension text box justification works just fine.

@bzqp The first post in THIS thread was last updated in 2017. SketchUp has changed since then. I gave you the link to the version of Joint Push/Pull which works in newer versions of SketchUp.

The current version of Joint Push/Pull requires LibFredo6 and Sketchucation ExtensionStore..

@bzqp use the current version of Joint Push/Pull. Theold version is not suitable for SketchUp 2023.

SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

SketchUp Plugin and Extension Store by SketchUcation provides free downloads of hundreds of SketchUp extensions and plugins

(sketchucation.com)

Make sure to also install the latest version of LiFredo6 and the Sketchucation ExtensionStore which are both required.

I was nosy and poked around until I found it. Here is the .json. I hope pasting it into that folder fixes it for you.

json_encoder.zip

@simulat I wonder if the issue is with the SketchUp version, maybe your computer's graphics card, and the excessively large size of some of the textures. There's no benefit to having those large textures since SketchUp will down sample them.

Although I doubt it's involved in your issue with using Thru Paint, It would also be a good thing to fix incorrect tag usage.

Also purge unused stuff.

@panixia said in Convert groups to components:

contextual menu -> group copies -> select all -> contextual menu -> group copies -> convert into components.

This of course requires Selection Toys as Rich advised.

@simulat that is typical of incorrect installation on Windows which prevents SketchUp being able to write the required file that stores the toolbar locations. . Correct installation requires right clicking on the installer and choosing Run as administrator. That's not the same as running SketchUp as administrator.

Are you running a cracked version of SketchUp 2020?

@Loikkanen123 using inferencing as Rich and Box show makes it easy. You need to be grabbing the object by a point that corresponds to the destination point on the other object.

Another thing to consider is modeling objects in the location you need them so you don't have to move them into place.

@Woodarc said in VEIL OVER SCENES:

I had the axes in the wrong place and, in effect, was looking at the scenes from below ground level.

FWIW, the "veil" wasn't due to the location of the axes. Just that the camera was below ground level and the style had ground displayed and Show ground from below turned on.

The location of the the ground plane is fixed in the model space and not tied to the location of the axes. By default the axes are positioned such that red and green lie on the ground plane and cross at the origin. Moving the axes doesn't move the ground plane nor does it move the origin.

Export Options aren't part of the template settings, though.

The Text Position command also shows in the Context menu for a single selected dimension, too.

There's no need for a keyboard shortcut if you're going to change the text position in Entity Info, anyway.