Some more learning

Here is my latest render. Some progress I think but one thing I am still struggling a little with is setting the scene in SketchUp so that it will produce the view I want in the render.

@majid

Wish I had the talent to do things like this.

Wow, what a great start!

Just curious, what tools/plugins (if any) did you use to draw this?

I was thinking about trying this myself. I was thinking about putting the image as a background and then drawing on top of it.

@Rich-O-Brien said in Twinmotion 2025 ecosystem:

I just want SketchUp to remove the yearly charge and let me purchase perpetual as I see fit.

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I, I figured it out………

@majid
As usual, Majid - nice work. I wish I had the talent to generate something like this.

@majid Looks great Majid.

I have a web page that is used to show SU model. It has 3 iframe oh the page. One of the iframe is a list of models. A second iframe will show the model a the third iframe swill show the model information. What I want to do is when the user clicks on the model name (in iframe 1) show the selected model in iframe 2 and a full description about the model in iframe 3.

I have looked at several web sites and have not found a solution yet.

@rich o brien said:

We are not SketchUp or Trimble so maybe vent on their platforms

@ntxdave
I spent a couple of years in Germany while I was in the US army (late 1966 to late 1968) and I think I drove through Munich but am not sure.

@tuna1957 Well, I am beginning to learn but I have a LONG way to go.

@tuna1957 said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:

@ntxdave “Tools on Surface” allows you to draw on curved surfaces. Turned on hidden geometry which helps to keep things aligned. You just have to play and experiment to get used to how it works. The upper twists are 24 copies of one component.

OK, I just installed Tools on Surface but I am having problems trying to figure out how to draw things like you did. Any advice as to any tutorials or places to learn how to use the tool?

@tuna1957 said in I’ve Been “Boxed”:

Drew the path for the upper twists directly on the globe. Fredo’s Tools on Surface makes short work of it.

I need to understand how you drew the path.

Thanks @Dave-R

BTW: Is there a way to move the status bar text box where you enter the measurements?

For those of you who create the great tutorials that we all view and enjoy, would you mind sharing what software you use to create toy videos (both gif and mo4 files)?

OK, here is a little more information about playing tutorial videos while you are in SketchUp:

Hope this information helps. I think it is very useful if you can play a tutorial video while you are inside SketchUp. With the processes above you have the ability to resize the video window and pause the video so you can follow things step by step.

Well, thanks to a user on the SketchUp Forum, I have found a way to download Box's YouTube videos and add them to my folder. Since they are mp4 videos they can then be played via Media Player (which launches in a separate window and allows you to pause them).

There is an extension for Microsoft Edge called Internet Download Manager. Here is a link to a video that will tell you how to install it in Microsoft Edge: How to install Internet Download Manager

OK guys, I have figured out a way to view tutorial videos while you are using SketchUp with the ability to pause them during the process:

• First, I went through several thread on both SketchUcation and SketchUp and saved the videos to a folder on my hard drive.

• For gif files: I installed GIF Viewer. That allows me to open one of the gif files with the ability to pause the video while I am trying to "imitate" the process in SketchUp

• For the mp4 files: I installed the Windows Media Player. That allows me to pause a mp4 movie video while I am trying to "imitate" the process in SketchUp.

• For the YouTube videos I could not download/save them so there is not similar process to allow you to pause one of them while you are trying "practice" the process in SketchUp.

Hope this is usable for those who want to watch one of the great videos and "practice" the process in SketchUp.

There are tons of great tutorials out there with great advice of how to do things in SketchUp. Many times, you must watch them multiple times in order to take advantage of them you must watch them multiple times. In this thread, I hope to share ideas of how to pause them so that you can take advantage them and apply the techniques provided by the creators.

In many cases, the creator of the tutorials have posted them as gif or mp4 videos. In this thread, I (and hopefully many of your) will share techniques for being able to view the tutorials while you are working in SketchUp by being able to pause them at various points so that you can use the techniques being presented.

This information from this post has been moved to this thread https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/164314/tutorials-how-to-take-advantage-of-them/2