Ok i'll give it a try.
Thanks

Thanks for the replies guys.

So basically I need to download an add on to convert the skp files to PDF..?

Hi All,

Just wondering if someone could please help me out with this please, I'm using the free download Sketchup and notice that I can't export the files to PDF format unless I'm using Sketchup pro. Is there anyway possible I can export or convert my sketchup drawings to PDF format?

Thanks
Geoff

Sorry for the late reply Gaieus, but you sloved my problem.

Thanks Heaps mate,
Geoff

Hi,

I was using sketchup 5 but recently downloaded google sketchup 7. I was just wondering how I can change it so that when I open it I don't have the picture of the man and the grey back ground? I found if I change the template from mm to meters that get rid of the picture and get the white background but I want mm not meters.

Thanks for your help,
Geoff

Thanks James.... give it a go when I get home from work tonight.

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to design a TV unit and I'm slowly learning some things about how to use sketch up and have started to draw the unit - the problem is i want to ad a door with a window drawn separately and dragged into place onto the unit as when i draw it on piece by piece in place it really mucks things up.... can someone help me please? I'll attach the picture to help with my problem.

P.S how do I attach a picture i've drawn in sketch up please?

@daniel said:

You'll want to place the different components (legs, slats, etc.) on different layers, and turn the layers on/off as needed in the pages.

Do you know of any video tutorial links that can show me how to do that?

Thanks
Geoff

Hi again

I'd like to make like a slide show - or something like a power point display of something I want to draw in sketchup. I sort of want like a step by step display if that makes sense??

What I'm trying to achieve is I'm drawing a bed OK, and I want the first scene to be of the legs along with a measurement beside it and then the next scene to be like the side slats with the measurements beside them and so on and so on and finish with the bits and pieces put together as the complete structure. Maybe it would be easier if I knew how to explode a complete drawing and add the measurements and details to that....??

Thanks in advance gang
Geoff

@frederik said:

In SU5 it's not called "scene" but "page"...
View > Tourguide > Add page

Thanks Frederik.