Posts made by JOEJOEJOE

OK guys, do you know how to make the edges thinner on my drawing. On edge style all i have selected is display edges....can i thin down the edges any further???

Making a png file would mean i would have to redraw the roof and several others to fit my scheme.

"you will have to adjust the colour of every edge you have painted differently before" - Gaieus

"If that roof is a group/component, do the same to its edges as I described above." - Gaeius

this is not possible for me to do so, as u explained above, i have said this before. This is THE PROBLEM!!!

This does not seem to be getting anywhere.

I have been trying that for some time. The problem is that when i switch from "color all same" to "color by material" the edges also change!

image 1 color all same

image 2 color by material

the edges change to the same colour rather than staying black. All i want to change is the lines on the roof. That is all.

Do you understand now?

1. All of the lines in the whole model change colour, (which i have stated before)

2. the colour does not change if i select the lines and change the colour. they are components and if i change the colour of one line they should all change BUT they do not.

I do not expect SU to mind read. Im telling you your methods do not work.

well simple things such as changing the colour of a line should be blindingly obviuos but it isnt. you have to go to here, then there, then click on another option just to do basic commands. And even then the problem isnt solved completely. I have been told that this program was the easiest of all 3d programns to pick up yet i disagree. Ive used 4 other 3d programs and they are by FAR easier! My judgement comes from the picking up the program and using it for a month......so i dont think my statement was rash.

Thanks for the help but This program is shit.

@gaieus said:

No. I meant to go back to the Styles dialog > In model > Edit tab > Edge settings.

You can either have ALL edges coloured by the same colour (in this case black - but you can change that) OR by material (or by axis but you don't wnt that now).

So if you need different colours, you have to paint your edges so and at the same time use that setting.

ive just done that .....i have selected the seams which needed to be grey and then "Color by material" was selected. However as i did this the seams did turn grey but other parts in my model turned grey also when the should have stayed black!!!!!

@gaieus said:

Then go back to coloured by material mode, then your grey parts which you want to have the edge black, go to wireframe mode (faces not displayed), selet all edges and paint them black. Now go back to shaded moe.

Im confused by this....by "coloured by material mode" do you mean use the "Entity Info" to change the colour or change the colour by using the "Paint Bucket" tool????

These are the ways i have been trying to change the colour but the roof seams will not change coloyr they just stay black unless i change it through the styles box as youve said before but that changes every single line in the whole model.

P.S why is it that in this program you have to go around in circles to get to a simple POA?
I have used 3d max and vectorworks 3d but sketchup is sush a pain!

Hi ive just notice that every single line has turned black.

How do i keep some lines black and others another colour?

Attached is an image of the roof. I wanted the roof lines to be light grey but keep the rest of the model outlined in black.

Regards.

@gaieus said:

What I am saying is that the edges SHOULD be there. So what did you do that they don't display?

Just a guess:
Go to your styles dialog (Window menu) > In model (little house icon) > Edit tab and under the leftmost icon, make sure that edges are set to display "all the same" (and not coloured by material for instance) and the colour is black.

This setting is the bottom most and you may need to resize your dialog if it is covered by its edge.

THANKS MATE THAT HELPED! i dont know how i got rid of the lines i just realised that they had gone and had to amend them. Thanks again!

HI guys sorry to confuse you. On the image there is an octagon shaped object which is grey. This is the gutter.

Problem is that the faces are grey but they have no black outline to define the object.

How do i add a black outline?

Heres an easy one for you guys that im stuck on......attached image is my dilemma.

How do i make the "Grey Gutter" and "Grey Internal wall structure" have a black outline similar to the surrounding cubes???

OK. is that thwe quickes / best way to do it? isnt there a way of doin it solely on Sketchup? Was hoping i wouldnt have to do it through photoshop...

HI ive done that already is there any way where i can soften it more? the lines are too powerfull. how do i tone down the contrast?

HI im trying to render my buildings but they have quite heavy and dominant lines.(below)

How do i change the render to form a softer kind of quality of render?

Thanks for the plugin!!! that helped!

Sorry, there was an upload limit. Had to decrease the image, nevertheless you can roughly make out the surrounding area of greenery......so what do you think is the best way to trace such irregular shapes? what tool(s) should i use?

Hi, Im currently tracing a 2D drawing (which i have imported) on Sketch-Up.

(ATTACHED IMAGE OF TREES/PLANTS/GREENERY IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IM TRY TO TRACE)

The problem is that i cant get a good trace of the image as the image is uneven polygons. I am using the arc tool or line tool but the image that im tracing does not have regular curves or straight lines also when i try and join the lines up they DONT! I have to zoom in all the way just to see the end of the line and then snap.

What is the easiest way to do this?

After tracing the image i am hoping to extrude the polygons to 3D by using the push / pull tool.

Thanks for the help guys. i did purge my model and it brought my models file size down to 2.6MB from 50MB!!!!!!!!

Thnkas again...ive decided to import the site onto the buildings rather than vice versa and seem sto be working fine (for now)

will let u know if i come into any more problems on the way.

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