Topics created by drafter

Don't have Verizon here but we've plenty of merry-go-round services.

Think outside the box and you still end up going in circles.

There's already a member going by "drafter" on the SketchUp forum. Is that you?

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No it's true tutorials for learn this not so easy evident MS Physics! 🤓
Some 26 chapters + some other ones very well done! 👍

Like the Ford example. Some things we hope to be "cheap", meaning inexpensive, but serviceable. Also a person can be cheap, meaning they won't spend money even at a reasonable cost. Some other uses are too derogatory to mention. But it also means something that is poor quality. This is my experience in the US anyway. A common warning: "Those aren't exactly cheap."is more about the cost than the quality.

Sharing in Zoom is easy. Look for this symbol It's also on hte screen bar when you are in a meeting.

YOu can also request control of the presenter's screen as well. hope this helps.

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Physics-based engine takes constraint and simulate the result of a movement, considering these constraints (joints, gravity, etc...).

In Animation plugins (like Animator), you really specify each movement of objects and cameras. So it's not a simulation. Indeed, you have more control on the result, since it is always exactly what you designed.

Both have their learning curve and need practice.

Normally there is forum from any Program! (and now some FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram even Discord, Twich etc who are less practical than traditional Forum) 💚

@drafter said:

@shawb said:

Simple answer - trust nobody! We have to get our collective heads out of our collective arses and start thinking for ourselves.

Does anybody have the guts to say "I trust God"?

It has nothing to do with guts, People that just leave issues in an imaginary deity's hands to handle are not only stupid but also reckless.

With the Slope Marker by Steve Baumgartner and John McClenahan you can use the tricky Sheet Metal Bender by Sdmitch!

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I understand that. If you aren't inserting the files into your model, it'll be more efficient to just work through your browser.

Well, I've never had anything to leak. It just seems like a big leap to a conclusion that doesn't have any merit and it feels a bit like stirring the pot.

That item causes SketchUp to scan the model's geometry database looking for conditions that violate the database's integrity rules. That is, data that should not have happened yet somehow did, and that affect the engine's ability to traverse the database - such as an illegal object id. As in any other database, allowing such violations to persist runs the risk of causing more violations and eventually causing SketchUp to crash. So far as I know they have never documented the rules (just as they have never documented the database schema itself).

My own experience is that most of the time the fixups involve internal issues that mean very little to the end user. And, most of the time the fix has no detectable effect on the model. On rare occasions however the fix can destroy geometry that was entangled in the violations. I don't know whether your disconnected dimensions would be considered an integrity violation or not.

As usual, Dave is correct. Probing with Ruby in the console I see that all three of the dimensions that appear to relate to the rack have lost their connection to geometry in the model. I don't know how that happened, but they should be deleted and recreated.

I must be in the Twilight Zone....ya, that's it.....
@rich o brien said:

Are you referring to the component axes? You can toggle those off under preferences.

Or do you mean you want to start with a sloping grid? You can rotate the "from scratch" grid up (or down) to 1:12 with the rotate tool.

Yes. And it's not new to SketchUp 2017. That's been a feature for years and years. You have the secondary pane displayed. You can hide the second one by clicking on the up arrow in the upper right corner of the window.
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You can set one to the In Model collection and the other to another collection. The In Model materials are the ones that can be edited and the tab is displayed only in the primary pane.

You can also use the second pane to save new In Model materials. Set the top one to In Model and the other to your desired custom collection. Then drag thumbnails from the top to the bottom.

This has been discussed many times on the forum, the short answer is, so far, no.
The best workaround I know of is to explode every group and component down to single entities, this makes the model pretty much useless for modification.

There are some developments in converting Skps to view only formats. IE; WebGl.
I don't know much about this.