I believe that SketchUp exports images at the resolution of your monitor, say 72 or 96 dpi (dots per inch). You printer setting may be, say 300 dpi. So the print will be 96/300, or .32 times smaller then what you see on the screen. SketchUp was never designed to export or print scaled drawings. I think it is possible to match a exported image to a printer, but you have to calculate the print (not paper) size in dpi, then export the image at (in my case) 300/96=3.125 times the SketchUp window size. Say my SketchUp display is 1100x900 dpi (you can get this with the print functions), then I must export the image at 1100X3.125 by 900X3.125. SketchUp has some export limits I do not recall off hand.

If all you want to do is print from SketchUp a image as large as you can on your printer, set the printer properties to "scale to fit". This will typically be a low resolution image. To get around that, export a large image to a file, open the file with the default viewer, and print "scale to fit".

In any case, always print with a preview, that way you can see if the result is what you want.

Boo, good for you. Thanks for the post. Having survived, and witnessed the aftermath of a tsunami back in the 60's always gives me cause to pause, and reflect when viewing pictures resulting from other natural disasters. Below is a view of a run off canal a few blocks from where I used to live, and played as a child.

Having said all that, my own marginally functional table. It's off the floor with a 3 1/2" high by 2 1/2" recessed toe space, and the pullout probably needs a caster at its tip.

Ditto on the table top thickness unless you are going to use a 3/4 inch slab of tempered glass, or similar stiff material. There are good reasons why the legs are recessed from the edge of tables (has to do with the way table tops are approached, stood in front of, and used). If you look carefully, even the "trestle's" are set back a little.

I think that access to the shelves will be difficult, and the concept is more for decorative then functional situations.

As for securing the legs, you could have holes drilled into the counter top, and using some nice stainless steel connectors, lock the table top to the legs. While it won't suddenly collapse, it may still wobble a bit when hit.

You are welcome. Often IO dxf from a third party (non Acad) application will not be perfectly accurate. only good enough to suite the needs of that third party application. Although far better then most, even the SketchUp Dxf translator has small flaws in it. Here is my take on part of the problem, if you are interested.

Not sure what you mean, and if you post a screen snapshot of the parts of your model you would like to modify, it will be a big help.

I don't think what you want can easily be done, that is to edit the 3d wall's, 2d plan lines, then have the application automatically regenerate the 3d walls.

However, if you are looking for a way edit by stretching or shrinking parts of your model, one way to do it is in Camera > Parallel projection view, in one of the standard view that is best suited for the selection of the desired walls (say plan view) that you want to edit. Then select the walls you want to edit, from left to right (not the other way), and stretch or shrink the selection, with the "move tool". You may have unexpected results if part of the selected walls are groups or components, and will have to experiment to find the best way of doing this. If you are adding or deleting new walls, it's easier to do that in "Iso" view.

Btw, you can search for and use a "draw walls" plugin that will insert 3d walls in a single go.

This is the update link for Dxf_In v2.2. Functionally it is no different from v2.0, but I have added messages regarding use of ASCII Drive\Path\File.dxf names, and ASCII Dxf files.

Do you have a lot of similar components in your model? While I am able to open and orbit much larger models, I have a problem with one small 8Mb. model. It contains (among other things) about 190 components (a pine tree), each uniquely rotated and scaled, Each instance contains sub components (3,000 in the model) also scaled. each of the 3,000 instances contains 180 entities, including textures. The model orbits with difficulty, and fails to render. Attached is a SU export of the model.

If you are looking for a plugin to move the sun around regardless of being astronomically accurate, look here. This plugin will not provide you data, but will move the sun in gross increments around the sky as reflected by the shadows cast. Fine movements are by the controls provided by SU.

Neat, a desktop and tablet networked together with a virtual tablet on the desktop to access, and run the tablet application on the desktop. Wounder if there will be any license problems. Should not be if the "remote control" access (like in virtual PC) prevents use of the application (unless it is a multi-instance application like SU) when running on the desktop.

Will the tablet network with a desktop? If so, and if Apple supports it, you can hookup you desktop to the tablet, and use Apple's version of "remote control" to see and run the application from the desktop.

I do this on a pc all the time, especially when linking to virtual computers. I havn't looked at this subject for a year now, does Apple or PC have virtual tablets?

Addenda: I think PCs do. Don't know what the PC hardware requirements are. Do you need a touch screen? Or is there a mouse driver that will substitute for the touch screen?

After all that, would it be worth the effort to save a few bucks?

You can go here for Sketchup v7, but I think (like the v8 trail) it is also a trail version that reverts to "V7 free" after 30 days.

@merlin7777777 said:

......I have to say, though, that for such a sophisticated drawing package it still seems strange to me that it can't do something that the most basic MS office program can do with it's drawing tools!

Keep in mind that SketchUp is a tool that was originally designed to build Architectural models, not to make 2d drawings.

The faithfull, and their temple:) Hmmm..... To each his own I guess. I still have my original two floppy drive IBM Pc with keyboard, and green screen. Watching that vidio makes me want to toss it in the trash.

SketchUp is a modeling program with only some ability to output scaled views of the model. For more elaborate presentation, or scaled views you must use LayOut, or output the model for use in other applications.

Below the input box is a "Upload attachment" tab.

I see that you are using Sketchup v6. I read on the Internet that you should be able to import dxf files up to Acad V2007. If your file is higher then v2007, use the translator from ODC to convert it into a compatiable file.

Sorry Dan, Guess this is over my head, but thanks anyway.

@unknownuser said:

Radioactivity at intake of No.3 reactor rises

Radioactive materials in the ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant rose to 3,300 times the legal limit on Sunday.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it measured 200 becquerels of cesium-134 per cubic centimeter on Sunday morning near the water intake of the No. 3 reactor. The level was higher than on the previous day, when it was 2,300 times the legal limit.

220 becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic centimeter was also detected. At 2,400 times the legal limit, the level exceeded the one found the day before.

On Wednesday, highly radioactive water was found leaking into the ocean from a pit located near the water intake of the No. 3 reactor. 32,000 times the legal limit of cesium-134 was detected there.

TEPCO also reported 2,100 times the legal limit of radioactive iodine was found in seawater near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor. Three points among four research areas along the shoreline also exceeded the legal limit. And 1.7 times the legal limit of Cesium was found close to drainage gates near the No. 5 and No. 6 reactors.

TEPCO says the changes in readings are within a margin of day-to-day volatility. The company will continue to monitor radioactivity levels near the plant.

Monday, May 16, 2011 05:31 +0900 (JST)

Years from now, long after the effects of the tsunami on the infastructure are repaired, the problem with the nuclear power plant will remain.

@unknownuser said:

TEPCO looking into radioactive water leak

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is trying to identify where highly radioactive water from the No.1 reactor's containment vessel is flowing to, as the reactor is believed to have suffered a meltdown.

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says the meltdown at the No.1 unit created holes in the reactor and damaged the containment vessel.

A large amount of highly radioactive water is believed to be leaking out, but it is not known where it is flowing.

TEPCO says the water could be flowing into the basement of the reactor building, but that workers cannot enter the site due to fear of high levels of radiation.

The company is examining footage from Friday's survey conducted by a remote-controlled robot of the first floor of the building, while analyzing data on radiation intensity.

TEPCO also began installing air-cooled heat exchangers on Friday so that water collected from the containment vessel can be reused for cooling the reactor.

The company plans to bring in 10 heat exchangers by Tuesday and connect them to pipes.

Water can be sent to heat exchangers only when the containment vessel holds a certain level of water. Uncertainty regarding the current level of the water is another challenge facing TEPCO.

Saturday, May 14, 2011 13:04 +0900 (JST)