Hi folks.
The Guide Tools extension also provide a Point at Center for circles, among others, in contextual menu.
The procedure would be to draw a circle centered where you want a Guide Point, add the Center Point for the circle and then delete the circle. The remaining Center Point is then the Guide Point that you want.
Its much quicker to do it that to write this.
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Hi folks.
This is normal since Open-GL has limitations.
When viewed from short distances, the ratio of the thickness of the panel to the viewing distance is relatively large and Open-GL is able to discriminate between the two and shows the correct object.
As you move further apart, the ratio gets smaller and eventually, Open-GL cannot discriminates between the two and then shows both geometries, the panel face and the shelves edges behind it as if the panel has no thickness.
The workaround is to hide the edges of the shelves that are against the inside face of the panel so they are not shown.
A simpler approach would be to assign the shelves to a layer of their own. Then, create a scene for distant viewing. On that scene, make the shelves layer invisible. You can also create a scene for close-up with the shelves layer visible.
Once that is done, clicking on the appropriate scene tab would get you the best of both worlds.
BTW, you can create scenes named "Work" and "Render" or whatever suits you. Then, on scene "Work" the shelves layer would be visible and on the "Render" scene it would be invisible. In the Scene Manager Window, uncheck the button that save the camera settings. This allows you to switch mode without changing the Zoom, Pan, Orbit settings you may have done and that you don't want to loose.
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Hi Aytac, hi folks.
Make sure that the columns, fire place and mirror models that you insert are components. Copies of component take up much less space than copies of groups or loose geometries.
IMHO, the sizes of 2 Megs for a column, 10 Megs for a fire place and 5 Megs for a mirror are a bit excessive.
Try finding smaller models of these or a, least, try to simplify them.
As you wrote, you purged your file. That is a good habit to avoid piling up unused components and textures in a model.
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Hi folks.
I use a Logitech wireless mouse on my Mac. I did not install the driver that came with it. The Mac OS Mouse driver does the job very well.
If you use a driver, usually, you assign the scroll wheel as button 3.
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Hi Arthur, hi folks.
Maybe you can rename each scene with the hour. This wold work for an animation seen using SketchUp.
Or use layers to make visible, in turn for each scene, a screen text showing the time for that particular scene. This would work for escorted animation.
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Hi folks.
See added scene 4 in this SU file for an idea that doesn't affect the terrain since it is a separate group.
Any of the blocks can be made as a component or group and then manipulated as you wish by moving or rotating. You can use the Push/Pull tool to modify the dimensions of each making it shorter/longer or narrower/wider.
Hi Gerrit, hi folks.
Yes, wrong file, sorry. I corrected it.
Best regards.
Hi folks.
Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for another method.
Hi Kathryn, hi folks.
Try using these steps:
1 - From SketchUp, use File menu --> 3D Warehouse --> Get model;
2 - In the window that opens, type palm tree in the search field at the top;
3 - Choose the one you want. Scroll down to see more, I got 1746 results when I tried it.
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Hi folks.
To rotate a Section Plane, try these steps:
1 - Select the Section Plane;
2 - Choose the Rotate Tool;
3 - Rotate it like you do with any other geometry.
The Move Tool works also if you want to move a Section Plane.
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Hi bobomyrat, hi folks.
Make sure that you have the latest driver for your graphic card.
Try choosing the anti-aliasing setting with the highest number.
On your image I see that you have highlighted one with 0X in the rightmost column. Try a 2X or even a 4X if one is present.
Click OK to validate then, to be really sure, quit SketchUp and restart it.
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Jean
Hi Ryan, hi folks.
Maybe the Offset Tool can do that.
Can you post an example of what you want to do.
Best regards.
Hi Taipi, hi folks.
If you are going through the trouble of modelling inside wall beams to get an accurate count, dont forget that, cutting a hole is not sufficient. You must add some additional framing elements to account for the material removal caused by the hole, for example, lintel at the top of a window or door and extra studs on the sides and bottom too.
See tis page for example:
http://www.small-house-building.com/framing/window-framing/
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Hi folks.
If you have SU Pro, you can export from SU as dwg then import the dwg into a new empty model while specifying "Merge coplanar faces" when importing. This shall eliminate all this triangulation.
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Hi Arnold, hi folks.
Can you temporarily switch units to meters, insert your smart label and then switch back to millimeters?
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Hi folks.
If I remember correctly, there is a button on PC keyboard that is labeled "Print Screen".
Press it and, normally, a copy of the image of your screen is placed into the clipboard.
You can then paste this directly in Microsoft Word. Open Word than press CTR-V (Paste).
You can then resize the image if needed.
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Hi folks.
To complement on my previous post in this thread, see this SU file for ideas.
I already posted this trick before but it may help new users.
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Hi Goggin, hi folks.
Make sure that your lines are not too far from the axes origin.
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I folks.
If you want to learn the powers of SketchUp (SU), and do it without any plugins, click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas.