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.

Just ideas.

Circular array evenly distributed around a circle.skp

Hi Goggin, hi folks.

Make sure that your lines are not too far from the axes origin.

Just ideas.

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.

Multiple bolt holes.skp

Hi folks.

Maybe the triangle is a bevel all around.

This can be done using a triangle and the "Follow me" tool.

Make sure that the model is large enough to avoid generating very small facets that will not close automatically, leaving holes in the model.

Just ideas.

Hi folks.

I also use a Logitech wireless mouse on my Macbook Pro.

One day, It was not working. The trouble was that I had accidentally unplugged the small device that plugs into one of the USB ports to link the mouse to the computer.

Just ideas.

Hi Garry, hi folks.

Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SketchUp model for ideas.

Ramp following contours.skp

Hi folks.

In fact, it is really simple.

Import the file into SketchUp (SU). Don't bother with the 1:40 scale.

Find a line that is shown with a written dimension on the drawing. Lets pretend that the shown dimension is 50 feet.

Select the Tape Measure Tool.

Measure the chosen line by clicking on one end and then clicking on the opposite end with the left mouse button (LMB). Remember, a click is a press and then a release of the LMB. Don't press the LMB on one end then slide the mouse to the opposite end and then release the LMB. This won't work.

Once you have done the second click, the Dimension Window (DW) shall show a value which is what SU sees as the length of the measured line. Don't bother what is the actual number. Immediately type the correct value of 50 feet. If your model is set to use feet as the basic unit, you can type only 50 without any suffix to specify the unit. SU uses the default unit which is feet, thus correct. If you have already set the units as anything else than feet, type 50' to let SU know that 50 shall be taken as feet instead of your default unit. Don't click in the MW, it becomes automatically active when needed, like in this case, and await an eventual input. Conclude your typing by pressing the Return key or the Enter key to tell SU that you have finished entering the value.

You shall get a pop-up window asking you if you want to resize the model. Click Yes. The model will be resized so that the measured line is now 50 feet as it should be in real life.

If the resizing is very drastic, the model may become very small or very large and you may seem to be lost in 3D space. Don't worry, use the Zoom extend button to see the whole model.

Choose whatever unit you want like mm, for example.

Save the model and you are ready to go.

Just ideas.

Hi folks.

It is Noah that took animals on an ark.

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Hi folks.

See this SketchUp file for ideas.

Wrapping around a building done simply.skp

Hi Trev, hi folks.

Use View Menu --> Hidden geometry. Hidden face will show with a hatch pattern that look like a grid.

Right click on such a face to bring up a contextual menu and choose Unhide in the contextual menu.

You can also use section plane to "cut" a model and thus reveal the inside of a geometry.

You can use layers to control the visibility of objects, like walls and roof.

You can use scenes to memorize the status of the layers and hidden objects shown or not, etc.

Just ideas.

Hi Jerry, hi folks.

The ones that can be downloaded here:

Just a moment...

(help.sketchup.com)

seem to be legible.

However, the most recent is labeled for SU 2014.

However, SU 2015 is not much different from 2014 so it is still useful.

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Bonjour.

Ton objet est relativement petit et contient donc des arêtes de moins d'un millimètre. Suite à l'intersection, ce sera pire.

Or SketchUp ne peut créer une face si une de ses arête a moins d'un millimètre (approximatif).

La solution consiste à grossir ton objet en utilisant l'outil Mettre à l'échelle. Utilise un facteur de 100, par exemple.

Une fois l'intersection réalisée et le nettoyage complété, utilise à nouveau cet outil avec un facteur inverse correspondant (0,01 dans cet exemple). Les faces, mêmes celles ayant de très petites arêtes, referont fermées.

Si un facteur de 100 est insuffisant tu peux utiliser 1000 ou même plus. Attention l'outil Mettre à l'échelle n'accepte pas de valeur inférieure à 0,01. Pour utiliser un facteur de 0,001 tu dois procéder en deux étapes (0,01 puis 0,1 ou l'inverse).

Salutations.

Hi Erwin, hi folks.

A method I used is to draw the rooms with furniture in place to make sure that each room is large enough.

For example, for a living-room, I may position a sofa, two armchairs, two end tables, a larger coffee table, a TV and a few lamps to get a nice layout with enough room to move between furniture pieces.

Then I will add a rectangle that covers all these. This will be the perimeter of the living-room I may add more area if I don't mind an overall larger house.

I repeat for each room to get their optimum size.

Then I play with the rectangles representing the rooms to optimize their layout. For example, if I join a living room and a dining room to make one single large room, the free space between the living room area and the dining room area will serves both areas so I can reduce the total overall length of the two adjacent rooms.

When all rooms are positioned, I get the house size and shape.

I may consider using two floors or even a finished basement with even more rooms. Then the placement of staircases comes into play.

Then I adjust all things together to optimize the dimensions in order to fit standard lumber pieces to save on cutting and scrap. For example, a corridor which is 4 feet wide will be faster to tile with 24" x 24" tiles. Inside walls that are multiple of 4 feet will waste less sheetrock, etc. Of couse this is not possible everywhere but it may help in reducing material and labor costs.

I even figure out shafts to allow passing piping, HVAC ducts and wires from one level to another. Why not consider a laundry chute to connect upper floors to the laundry room in the basement.

Need a garage, consider it attached to the house with an inside connecting door.

I also try to avoid making a complex perimeter which will translate in a complex, and expensive, roof.

Of course, all this depends on the style that you want to achieve.

Just ideas.

Hi pisosse, hi folks.

If you use the Help menu from SketchUp, then choose the Knowledge Center and then type printing to scalein the search field and then click on the first hyper link, you shall eventually find this:

http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36227

The 1:50 scale can be set in the dialog window.

When printing, select a pdf printer to produce a pdf file.

Just ideas.

Hi mtr, hi folks.

Try doing it in two steps: first the curving then the slanting or, maybe easier, the slanting first then the curving.

Just ideas.

Hi Kico, hi folks.

If you don't want to physically delete the geometry but simply hide it from the view, you can use a Section Plane.

A Section Plane, like any other object, can be moved and rotated.

Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas.

Angled Section Plane.skp

Hi folks.

Here you go.

Spoon.skp

Hi Dave, hi folks.

A good start would be to use SketchUp's help menu and choose the choice labeled "Knowledge center".

This will take you here:

Just a moment...

(help.sketchup.com)

Then, you can use the search box to see if there is some help text covering the word or expression you saw in a post.

Just ideas.

Hi Martin, hi folks.

If you observe the text that SketchUp (SU) is showing in the status bar, to the left of the dimension window, you will read, immediately after you select the From Scratch Tool:

Select the first corner of the Sandbox or input the grid spacing of the Sandbox.

SU is constantly trying to help with these messages when selecting and when executing the different steps of any operation.

Just ideas.

Hi folks.

To select all layers:

• On PC: Ctrl-A

• On Mac: Cmd-A

Just ideas.