Thanks Dave, you nailed it. I just printed it from a PC instead of a Mac and it was fine.
Posts made by grizzler
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RE: Pdf export looks fine but prints background black
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Pdf export looks fine but prints background black
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
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RE: Bill of materials extension for landscapers
Thank you all, you're brilliant
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RE: Bill of materials extension for landscapers
@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
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RE: Bill of materials extension for landscapers
@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.
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Bill of materials extension for landscapers
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.
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Follow Me has gone weird
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]
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RE: Upgrading for dummies ..just HOW do you update ?
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.
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RE: .dae import fail
Alternatively, could you share a .dae file that you know to be fine with me please?
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RE: .dae import fail
How about this instead as 7-zip was taking too long. https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5to8cecwnevkkm/ECO2%20-%20DAE%20Model%20File%20%282017-09-29%2008-34-01%29.dae?dl=0
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RE: .dae import fail
Hi Dave. I've tried it with several files from here http://efcembim-specifi.com/login?p=des and it's the same with them all. I'm also struggling to upload it to here too as it says the "dae extension is not allowed"
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.dae import fail
I've searched the forum for answers to this, but everyone else seems to be struggling with additional software and more technical issues than mine. I simply wish to import a collada file into sketchup Pro 2017, but it just says "Import Failed" every time - I've nothing to go on other than that, so I don't know what is going wrong. I've tried every configuration of the options (merging coplanar faces on/off and validate dae file) but it makes no difference.
I'm running the latest version of sketchup and following the simple steps listed here https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000168, so I don't know what's going wrong. Can you help me please?
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RE: Scale tool peculiarity
@dave r said:
That sounds like the behavior of a dynamic component with constrained scale parameters to me. Could you share the component that is acting weird?
It's a component from the warehouse named "Out-Swing French Door - Tuscany Series". It is a dynamic component, but I couldn't see where I could alter any constraints on the scale parameters, so I just exploded it a bunch of times and re saved it as a component which seems to have done the trick.
Thank you for helping.
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Scale tool peculiarity
Sorry if this has been covered already, but I did a quick search and couldn't find it.
As of this morning I've moved from SU8 to the latest 2015 version, but within minutes I encountered a problem when I tried to scale a component. I grabbed the relevant point as usual and dragged it to the size I wanted (aligning with another point), but when I let go it just snapped straight back to its original size. I've tried it several times now, but I'm assuming the error is somehow with me rather than SU as everyone would be going nuts about it otherwise
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RE: Starting from scratch with hard/software
I'm afraid that anything with a "steep learning curve" will be avoided as I'm just too busy to give them the time they deserve to get the best out of them. Often while I'm creating one model I have the next two or three jobs waiting for me already, so I seek efficiency rather than perfection when it comes to rendering and post processing - automated settings corrections are my best friend .
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RE: Starting from scratch with hard/software
Thanks for the reply. I've commented below.
@jql said:
Pretty generic questions here...
Best render engine - Thea! But for what quality? maybe something like Lumion suits you well it's faster to get some nice videos, but it costs as much as your new rig and it won't achieve absolute photorealism. Have you considered Blender? - Luckily I don't have to worry about photorealism too much, that's why a "one click" render engine like Podium has been ok so far. Also, my work tends to be more focussed on getting a lot done rather than perfecting one image - RenderIn has caught my eye in this regard.
Post processing for still images - might be Photoshop... just not Elements, then you could try Gimp that it's free and, in many aspects much better than that or even on some functional aspects it's even better than Photoshop (though PS is king!) - Gimp is definitely where I will be heading for PP. PSE just came pre-loaded on my current laptop
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Starting from scratch with hard/software
Oh wise and learned folk of the forum, I seek thy counsel:
I've reached the point where my 6GB Dell laptop running SU8 Pro, SU Podium, Podium Walker & Photoshop Elements 9 just isn't really performing adequately. I am willing to invest £2-3k in something that I hope to get 3years minimum out of, but I'm terrified of throwing my money at the wrong thing. I work from home and site so I need to have a device that can go with me and my models are always commercial building interiors and exteriors, so a good library of textures/models is always good. SU Podium served its purpose in the past, but I think it's rather dated now, plus I would like to use render software that previews renders rather than wait half an hour for a render that has failed for some reason or other. Anyway, if you would be so kind as to advise on the criteria below, I would be overjoyed.
Best Mobile Workstation (small details will mean a lot to me here as I've no clue which graphics card etc to get)-
Best Render Engine (must include ability to make video) -
Best post processing software -I'm posting it in the Sketchup forum as everything hinges on it. Without Sketchup then the other software is useless. I'm also acutely aware of various threads in a similar vein to this, but I'm a new one man business and I am really hoping for some customised advice as I don't know where else to turn to.
Thank you.
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RE: A Way to import .SAT files into SU
Gah! I thought I was onto a winner when I read this post, but alas it wasn't to be. I've been supplied with hundreds of .sat files that would help me out enormously if I could get them into SU. I need two of them for the project I'm working on today, but as I didn't create the .sat files I can't control the settings of them, and I assume that is what is preventing me from importing them into Draftsight.
I don't suppose there are any other suggestions are there?
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RE: Intersect Faces issue (please help ASAP)
@tig said:
The 'Intersect' tool is limited by SketchUp inbuilt tolerances, so if the curved surface is very very faceted, and it could result in new edges <~1mm, then some might be missed out... [your screen-grab did not have hidden-geometry 'on']
The intersection geometry appears in the current context, so if you are editing an object when you do the intersect the cut lines appear in that context...
I did alter the number of facets from 12 to 48 for the curve, so maybe that's it, but 48 doesn't seem too much of a request for something that size... or does it?