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@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

Really, that fixes it? Never would have guessed.
Still not a real curve, no matter how many times you roll your eyes.

you have to use another software if 100% true curves are required.
simple as that.

Is 100% curve even possible?

yeah.. it is..
(though on screen it's not totally possible because pixels are square.. when output to a robot saw though, the cuts can be absolutely true)

[edit] a sort of similar problem comes up in nurbs apps.. the surfaces shown on screen are actually render meshes.. basically, they look like sketchup surfaces.. but the underlying calculations are there so when output, the true surfaces will be cut/printed)… likewise, when inferencing and what not, sometimes things will appear not to line up in the nurbs app because of the render mesh being used to represent the surface whereas intersecting with the surface is actually determined by the true surface… basically, with nurbs apps, learn to trust the wires and ignore the surfaces

Knowing the 3d printer capabilities you can tweak the final output. All of my models for my side business Hobby Fuzion http://www.shapeways.com/shops/hobbyfuzion are made in Sketchup. Designed for the tabletop, the models are perfectly round to the touch and I use about a 64 segment circle for these to conserve polygon count (some are old and the early Shapeways had tighter poly limits that they have increased over the years). The original .STL plugin was from a request I made on the old @Last forums years ago Course while the sample models are not very detailed on my shop (that was mainly due to resoluztion limits, not lack of Sketchup capacity), the test planet/moon model was a hollowed half-sphere base in Sketchup and surface detailed in Zbrush from a picture of the Moon made into an alpha brush. I've also made some jewlery for familiy (not shown) usine Shapeways silver printing that had curves without facets so it's doable.

Wow, can't say I've really posted on this board since the @Last Forums, but this was a shocker for me today when I was perusing for new plug-ins (which I use a lot - Special thanks to all the developers over the years and the core team that allowed the software to be flexible). Looks like the "Trouble with Trimble" seems to be the main fear here (rather than a TOS Star Trek episode), but rightly feared or not it's not going to be addressed until the final paperwork is done. Personally I am more concerned about my software license being handled correctly in a corporate transfer (Google did bring more than free users into the fold)! Just glad the main managers are still onboard is all so far.

Loosing Google is not a good thing (mainly name/capital), but agree that development on the core functions stalled somewhat (or rolled out version imporvements we already had coverd by the plug-in writers and nobody get credit for making software run smoother, that's expected weirdly enough when it actually happens). I am not really woried about Trimble's websites, Google's for Sketchup really wasn't very good either, but I am concerned about new development, especially in making the product more dificult to use (something easy to an engineer is not easy to others, and I have an Architect background). One of the great thing I like about Sketchup is the vast uses for it outside of traditional architectural design development, something that I hope the new company takes a least somewhat into account. In addition to the software's intended use, I use it for art design, 3D printing (including base-modeling for Zbrush), CNC/Laser cuts, as well as a host of other simulation experiments thanks to our robust developer community. Hell, did you know that both Marvel and DC Comics artists make use of Skethup so much that it's in their artbooks as a recommended program? Really the program is well past the toy or just Architecture stage, something a lot of competaters really can't compete with. Just hope this isn't lost is all I am saying.

Oh, and for the love of God more polycounts please!!!!! Sure I'll just try to criple the new system.....

Anyone else having trouble installing Sketchup Pro 7.1? After accepting the EULA it just hangs saying downloading 1 of 1 file. I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2 on this machine with latest .Net and Windows installer already.