@dave r said:
Sorry.
Are there any local GIS data suppliers around you?
I've never had a need for one before as I'm expanding my services a bit to include town planning instead of only landscape design work. I went straight to google initially but it has only offered me a great deal of mediocrity.
@dave r said:
Are you still using SketchUp 2017 as indicated in your profile?
No, I'm on the latest version (time for a quick profile update methinks!)
Hello.
I'm after a few recommendations for good quality 3D terrain and building file providers please. I thought I'd found a good one at zmapping.com but I've been waiting a long time for quote information to come through from them so I'm wanting to look elsewhere. Any suggestions?
PS; The building structures are essential, so the Near-Map option in SU isn't good enough.
Hello wise sages of sketchup.
I've started working with a company that designs and constructs timber framed buildings in the UK and I'd like to know which of the various extensions are the most efficient. I'm currently modelling everything as efficiently as possible using components and a free extension called Open Cut List to create a materials list, but I've seen videos for the Medeek suite, PlusSpec, Quantifier Pro etc and I want a budget friendly solution that will help me model and quote faster. I'm assuming that the aforementioned and others can also be set to metric from the default imperial measurements, that's essential, plus I need to be able to alter the construction specification to how we do things.
I'm leaning towards Medeek presently, but I'd welcome any input from experienced users. I'm more accustomed to landscape/garden design work so I need all the help I can get.
@ntxdave said:
Interesting. Thanks for sharing the box shot link.
You might also want to check out sketchfab and Shapespark.
Sketchfab is another great one! You chaps are brilliant.
@glenn at home said:
Try this....
Koru - WebGL Export Software
Koru is a WebGL authoring and export software with large materials library and simple user interface. Koru supports snapshots, different scene configurations and is a nice replacement to 3D PDF.
(boxshot.com)
If I can figure this out then it might just be absolutely perfect! Thank you very much indeed. 
Hello fine folks of the forum. Can anyone point me in the direction of a way to allow clients to view rendered ineractive 3D versions of product models please? I regularly use panoramas to present landscaping projects, but this time I've been asked for something that would work for smaller models such as furniture, and I'd like the model to rotate around a fixed point in space so they can view any side of it and they won't get lost when viewing.
Thanks in advance.
Excellent, thank you.
I've never encountered that issue before in my 8 or so years of using Sketchup!
I've still no idea where the select function has gone, it was part of the large toolset but now I just have a dead, empty space.
There was a Windows update immediately prior to things going wonky, but I've just updated all my drivers and the problems persist.
Stuff it, I'll worry about it next week, time for a beer.
Hi.
Firstly my select arrow button has vanished, it has been gone for several days now and endured multiple pc restarts - it's not a major problem on its own, but if any of the other icons start disappearing then that will be an issue. Also, I'm noticing things are taking longer generally and more miscellaneous errors cropping up. The cynic in me is thinking that it's a sneaky attempt to encourage me to move onto annual subscription 
Thanks Dave, you nailed it. I just printed it from a PC instead of a Mac and it was fine.
Hello.
A new problem that has never happened to me before has just occurred today, I've printed out an A1 layout of a landscaping project and the background to the SU model appeared as solid black rather than white as it is in SU, layout and on the pdf. Another little quirk is that a .png logo image that I have used before also appeared with a black background where it is normally transparent. I'm probably missing something simple here, would you mind pointing it out please so I can be ambarassed for a few moments and then move on with my day
Thank you all, you're brilliant 
@tig said:
What is it that you want to measure ?
Areas, linear or items ?
There are several possible solutions, depending on what you need...
I primarily need to list areas (sq/mtr) per material so I can calculate the associated costs, plus I'll also need volumes (cubic mtr) in some cases too. I've not had to do this before so I was hoping there might be people here involved in landscaping who have and can save me a bit of time/heartache
@juju said:
which have you tried?
I think they were named Open Cut List, 3Skeng and Wisext. I've used O.C.L in metalwork projects before, but it's just not suitable for Landscaping, and the other two seemed like a bit of a jumbled mess. There must be a simple solution.
Could someone with landscaping experience advise of the best Bill of Materials extension that exports to excel. I've tried 3 today and none of them were suitable for Landscaping projects, they seemed to be designed for metal/woodwork projects.
Thank you.
Hello.
I've tried multiple times to create a simple shape using "follow me" in both 2017pro and 2018make, and it comes out bizarre every time. I'm only trying to create a shape like a paper cup, ie a circle with a larger circle directly above, certainly nothing I've ever had an issue with before.
[mod=:1jmh9vda]Moved from SketchUp Bugs because this isn't a Sketchup bug.[/mod:1jmh9vda]
I too found it odd that going into 2017 version and into "updates" doesn't bring up the 2018 version, but it's available using the link in the email named "where do I get started?".
Following on from this, how do I recreate the same settings from 2017 in 2018? I hoped it would import all of this stuff automatically, but it's in it's most basic mode when I go into it. I don't want to have to set it all up again from scratch, so surely there's a more efficient way.