Sorry TIG. I am working with SketchUp 8 under Windows XP.
Your Tools Collection now appears under the Tools Menu.
I tried it and it works great. The component recieves shaduw too.
What I do not understand is how to let the component face the camera and to project shadow.
EDIT: That problem has been solved too.
Thanks,

Rob

Hi, TIG.
Thanks for your help.
I placed your tool set in the plugin folder, but when starting SketchUp 8 and opening the plugin Menu it is invisible. Also the rbz extension is unknown to me.
What did I do wrong?

Thanks,

Rob

Hi, that works fine.
There is one problem to be solved:
When the component is de-selected there remains the outline of the image, placing a rectangle around the component.
I do not know how to get rid of it.

Thanks,

Rob

Hi, does anyone know (or is there a tutorial) how to create people components based on photographs of people with a pixel-free background?
Thanks in advance,

Rob

Thanks Solo,

I also found some other video's with "Compositing a model with Photo Match".
It turned out, that the possibility of hiding the pgotograph has disappeared in SketchUp 8, so I had to save the file as version 6 and go on working on it in this older version, which worked fine.
Thanks for your help,

Rob

Hi, I have to make an architectural rendering of a building filling a gap between two existing buildings.
I made a pgotograph of the situation. In Vue and Strata3D I could use this photo as a background, enabling me to move the model ( and camera) in such a way that it corresponds with the perspective of the photograph.
Is this possible in SketchUp 8 or is there a trick to get the model fit for using it in the photograph?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

Welcome, Derek.
An impressive collection of models!
There is one thing I am missing: Light and shadow. It would make your scenes even more realistic and make the volumes stand out more.

Rob

Thanks Dave.
What a good explanation. I will try it right away.
EDIT: So I did, and found out that the line color was solid black! After comparing both versions I saw that the guide lines in SketchUp 8 were thinner than in 6.
I do not know if that can be changed. At least I did not find where I could change that.

Rob

Hi. I upgraded from 6 to 8 and it works fine, except for one thing:
In 6 the tape measure tool gives a clearly visible black guide line.
In 8 it has become a greyish guideline, which - because my eyes are very bad - is almost impossible for me to see when the object has already materials attached to it.
I have to switch to a plain white presentation in order to see them a little better.
Is there a way to influence the appearance of the guide lines in SKP 8?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

Thanks for your replies.
Afterwards I found out what was wrong: I had to select the terrain first and then apply smooth edges. I did not see anything about selecting first in the manual, but - anyway - it works now.
Thanks,

Rob

Hi, no doubt a newbie question: I am experimenting with the sandbox from scratch system.
With the smoove tool I modeled the terrain.
Now I went to WINDOW and clicked Smooth edges. I get the impression nothing happens and a dialogue box appears which is greyed out.
My major question is: How do I get rid of the grid lines of the terrain to get a nice smooth shape?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

Thanks. A pity my Cad software cannot handel OBJ files.

Rob

Hi, I desperately wanted to export a model as Acad DWG or DXF, but the free version only supports Google Earth.
Does anyone know if the Pro version makes this possible?
Thanks,

Rob

@fuzzion said:

They have some free and some pay for use SU instant road,roof,etc plugin. Stair maker being my favourite

Vali Architects | Instant Scripts | SketchUp plugins

Vali Architects | Instant Scripts - Vali Architects provides ruby scripts, tools and plugins for architectural modeling in SketchUp.

(www.valiarchitects.com)

(www.valiarchitects.com)

Thanks for your reply.
This looks very intersting and usefull.
Do I understand well it is only for the Pro version?

Rob

@steved said:

Hi, do you have the sandbox tools? If not you need to download it and use the drape tool. Google: 'how to use the drape tool in sketchup" In utube they have how to download and use the drape tool in sandbox

Thanks. That is a good idea.

Rob

Hi, I would like to create a small road on a Curviloft shape.
How can I do that?

Rob

@unknownuser said:

I assume you have SU free.. solid tools are a pro feature. (except outer shell)

Thanks, that explains it.

Rob

Hi, I created two solids by push pulling a square. Selected them and turned each into a group. Object properties says they are solids. I moved one a bit into the other to subtract them, but the solid tools ( except for the first one) stay grey.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your reply,

Rob