That is very interesting. I wonder if this also applies to rendering plugins? I had this issue yesterday while showing elevation renderings vs. perspective to a client. My model had a brick texture, and Sketchup colors representing Sherwin Williams paint colors. There was a marked difference between the paint colors, but the brick texture was the same. I didn't know it was a Sketchup material thing, I just thought it was the difference between the sun angle between the perspective and parallel views.

If I have time (funny!) it would be neat to apply a texture of the spec'd paint colors and rerender, just to see.

Oh boy. I do believe I started with version 1.2, or at any rate, before you could smooth curves. I remember feeling drunk with power when smoothing was finally possible! I was pretty active in the @last forum—I remember Alan Fraser, Mayor Mike and Susan Sorger most of all. One memory in particular: One of the guys on the @last forum (my brain is telling me his name was Steven, but I can't be sure) had a serious health problem and was stuck in a hospital in Milwaukee. We all pitched in and bought him a laptop so he could SketchUp in bed. What an effort of brotherly affection!

I still have the tutorial to make SketchUp output into pretty decent watercolors somewhere in the server here at work.

The first model I shared was a Titanic deck chair that I spent hours on. Looked exactly like the one in the FormFonts catalogue

Yes this has been around since the @last days. I only come across it when I've inserted a siteplan or similar from AutoCad. It used to be reported as a bug a lot, but I guess it's been grandfathered in as something that can't be fixed? Or maybe it just keeps being put on the "next time" list.

Well Mike, I have a vacant house here in town, and some punks made off with our copper gas lines, and the copper coils in our two AC units. They would have got the plumbing as well, but thankfully it's not copper.

The AC guy I have replacing the units says they never even turned of the electricity to the larger unit, and may have gotten a shock when the pulled all the wires. I sincerely hope so.

Just a quick note to say that the evil gang of thieves who cost me $6000 damage to my AC and gas lines are terrorists and should have airstrikes called on them.

You guys are making me feel old. I started with V1.x, before you could smooth the facets on a cylinder. As a renderer whose favorite rendering software had just been bought by Autodesk (Lightscape), I was desperate to get away from anything to do with Autodesk. Perfect timing for @last.

Those early days on the @last forum were really fun. Mayor Mike and Alan Fraser. Jean LeMire ("just ideas"). And remember we bought a laptop for Steven, who was in the hospital and couldn't use SketchUp. Susan delivered it to him personally. Such a small tight community.

There are so many of us now that I can't remember who taught me what, but I'm grateful for all you guys. We're all so happy to share what we've learned.

Sorry for the hijack Kris.

I wonder if the team who developed this logo knew that Microsoft was going to change theirs. The two are very similar.

The mark itself is successful; it shows an object, in perspective—the default view for SketchUp—and it has clearly been push-pulled, another SketchUp original. The color doesn't even matter to me. It can be any color and still be a successful mark. To the R-G colorblind out there it's probably brown.

Could be, I don't know...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3068231/google-maps

@unknownuser said:

Didn't some crazy inventor create a life sized Replica of th Falcon in his backyard, I'm sure he made a speederbike hybrid which functioned as a hovercraft, not only is he an inventor but a star wars fanatic

I didn't know this. It seems that there would be a lot of rainfall issues with a hull that has so many nooks and depressions on the top. Still, that's what I would make. The ultimate RV

A functional Millenium Falcon.

Well it's 18 pages in on this thread, and I only just heard about this Trimble business from a coworker. I haven't posted here in a long time—haven't even been lurking actually. But I'm out from behind the bushes now to say I'm both scared and excited. SketchUp has been such a big part of my work life since V1.2.

Funny thing is, I read most of the posts in this thread and it seems like the same sentiments that I remember from the Google buyout. I was excited as I could be back then. This time, I'm trying to take it easy. This time I'm going to take it easy. This time. I need a paper bag.

I've never seen this either. This is how I always imagined soccer could be improved. A man should be allowed to uses his hands in a sport

ok I've got PMs with links to those who contacted me. Thanks for all the help fellas.

Thanks for the replies y'all.

I sent them (I believe these came from the manufacturer, through "channels") a request for the files in .skp, .3ds, .dwg and .dxf, the file types I'm most familar with. So far, utter silence.

I also offered some advice for them, to cut down on the poly count: remove the interior and wheels (which I can replace easily), and cut the body in half so I can mirror it. I'm going to render with Twilight, and I figure I can do it in passes.

Earthmover, I'll send you a test file so you can at least tell me what these models consist of. I can't even view them.

I can understand Autodesk wanting to protect their format but it has put me in an awkward situation.

Well it's finally happened. I've been sent a bunch of automobile models for a rendering but they're in .max format. I don't want to have to buy 3DS just to convert three cars, so can somebody direct me to a converter? I can find nothing on the web.

Or, you could PM me if you have Max and can do the conversion for me.

70s progressive rock. The more pretentious and overbearing the better.

We have a lot of Judges, Doctors, and Senators here in the Deep South

the most recent I got was
"You have good ideas and should write a book."

I think the companies that make these should run their fortunes through a translator, into chinese and back again.

so a fortune like "don't drink and drive, you could kill someone on the drive home" would be:

"Don't the drink are too many or you can kill somebody to have you in the way automobile"

Yep, that sounds authentic.

@unknownuser said:

@phil meadows said:

Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". So I shorten it to Phil.

So does that mean you love ponies?

No, I shorten it to "Phil" because I don't love horses. "Phil" is greek for love... one of quite a few different words for love, actually.

If I had been able to choose I'd have been something like Phillip Prince De La MacO'senson and I'd have hailed from Fieldlandvilleburgtontownabad.

Phillip is Ancient Greek and means "lover of horses". So I shorten it to Phil.

Prince means prince.

Meadows is english and means "lives in the meadow".

So I'm a prince who loves horses so much he lives with them