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    • JClementsJ

      Exploded Views of an Assembly?

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      Rich O BrienR
      Pilou's Exploded View is in the ExtensionStore
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      A 3D "Spacer" to fill gap between shower wall and downspout?

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    • JClementsJ

      Can Architectural units syntax be used in Flex Tool's fields

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      halroachH
      Hi JC, The units will always appear in decimal, but you can enter them in fractional. See this post: https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-use-inch-fractions-in-dynamic-components/15949
    • JClementsJ

      MAJ Followme Extension

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    • JClementsJ

      PlusSpec extension? Anyone considering or using it?

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      Did you get yourself a copy? If you do I would be interested to know how it goes, what works well, what doesn't, if you don't mind sharing that information. I'm always concerned about the workflow and user interface issues from the perspective of a developer who is trying to understand the perspective of the user. It is always nice when a tool you are using is actually a joy to use (physical or software), and of course either a major time saver or it somehow allows you to do something that you could not do otherwise.
    • JClementsJ

      Edges: Remove any Material assigned to an edge?

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      I've noticed, mostly from models from the 3D warehouse or from folks new to SU, that there seems to have been unintended edge-coloring. Normally, I wouldn't have noticed, except when doing more "artzy" modeling or when emphasizing functional elements in the model such as process equipment and I turn on Edge Style > Color by Material. I know that I have often been in a hurry, triple-clicked surfaces or done a Select All and applied a material to edges mistakenly. So the script is handy for reviewing a model and doing a quick cleanup.
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      Windows - Preferences - File Locations; Defaults for Win10?

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      JClementsJ
      Thanks, Rich.
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      QUESTION: Soften and Smooth. Is this a "stored" attribute ?

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    • JClementsJ

      REQUEST: Color Front Faces in Group or Component

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      How do you propose to determine the 'material' to be used for the [selected front-faces?] I think the simplest way is for the user to be required to pre-select the color they want to use by choosing a color in the Materials windows. Then run the script. A. The script would use the color chosen by the user and create new color by copying it and adding a custom suffix or prefix to the name so it could later be identified to assist in reverting all surfaces with that color, if desired, back to the default front face color. B. I would be happy to manually turn on monochrome style before running the script to assure the front faces are oriented properly, but I suppose if you want to build that in as feature when the script is run that would be up to you. C. Perhaps the Paint Bucket cursor would appear and the user could paint the selection or the script would just automatically apply the color to the pre-selection Is this tool used on a selection of components/groups, or more globally on all such 'containers ? The user would have to do a pre-selection of geometry (if there was nothing selected a message would occur to notify the user to make a selection and run the script again). The script would disregard components/sub-components found in a pre-selection. If inside an entity which contains subgroups, then a pre-selection of objects would still be required and pertain only to that pre-selection and its subgroups. D. Hopefully, the user could use Ctrl-Z to undo the changes immediately after the script has run. What about badly modeled geometry with textured back-faces etc ? They would not be considered. Note: Trimble Connect currently can not render texture or patterns with transparency either. As far as the logic for nested components goes I see why it would be very tricky. I'm thinking that I could get by with only the un-painted front faces within nested groups being affected. I not sure, now that I have read your posting, that we want to include the faces of nested components as it could have unexpected results. Perhaps that is something that could wait for later on and add in if really needed. For reverting the painted front faces back to the default front face color, could a script then search recursively for any geometry with the custom color name (mentioned above in Step "A.") and replace them with the default front face color? The user could then manually purge the custom color.
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      Todd Burch (of Smustard) ???

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      soloS
      I believe he lives in Chappell Hill, Texas now. According to his posts on FaceBook, he did get some damage but all seems fine. In his words: @unknownuser said: We've had some driven rain come into the house and had to rip some carpet out. Will have to open the wall to remediate at some point. Otherwise, we're ok! Thanks!
    • JClementsJ

      REQUEST: SketchUcation Plugins and Extension Managers

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      Getting Rid of Duplicate or Similar Colors in Model ?

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      FrederikF
      This is great! Thanks TIG! You always seem to have a small - yet powerful - plugin to solve all sorts of issues we may have...
    • JClementsJ

      New Mac Book Pro graphics?

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      I don't have any direct experience with the new gen MacBook Pros, but from a reply I gave to a similar query on the other forum: I have a late 2014 13" MacBook Pro with the following specs: 2.6 GHz Core i5 (4th Gen / Haswell) 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM Intel Iris 5100 integrated graphics It runs SketchUp well and drives a Dell U3415W external monitor without any problems or latency. Given that the Touchbar model is two generations newer for both CPU and GPU, (with associated increases in speed/power) it should work well. The 13" model can drive a 5K monitor with a single TB3 cable, the 15" can drive two. I wouldn't worry about Intel integrated graphics compatibility — there have been associated issues reported with Windows PC's but never heard any from recent MacBooks. Maybe because they use the higher spec'd Iris graphics (vs the lower-end HD graphics often found on PC ultrabooks)— plus you don't have wonky driver issues on the Mac, which support the latest OpenGL spec. Sorry for the cut & paste, but hope the info is marginally useful.
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      Question for Whaat regarding Place Maker

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      ntxdaveN
      I also wonder how it handles terrain. If the area being captured is hilly, is that shown/handled by the plugin?
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      REQ: A Hybrid of Make Faces

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      JClementsJ
      @SDmitch Excellent. Thank you!
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      Draw Lines from Endpoints of a Selection to Specified place?

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      cottyC
      I would use Curviloft in this case... [image: bTv5_autofoldfredo.gif]
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      Paste Image directly into SU from the clipboard ?

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      The problem with windoze, especially post the very large 2025 update, the option to install or "Run as admin" os mostly absent. Another nanying move by microsnot? I have two hotmail/outlook accounts, one of which is the mocrosnot account associated email address. I MUST log into that account first or I go round the houses with failed login screens. What a bunch of absolute yoss pots. Sorry, transposing t and y for some reason.....
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      Draw a Guideline Circle or Convert edges to guide lines?

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      Thank you, one and all!
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      SMplayer. Free video player offered by SourceForge

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      SU BootCamp and BaseCamp 2016; Someone to Share a Room

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