Posts made by sawhack

Do you think guys that sketchup needs to reformat itself and recreate itself as BIM tool, or either create a separate Sketchup for Architect who needs effeciency in time using Sketchup, e.g. by using a dynamic wall they can adjust its height, length by selecting just one wall and everything on its type will be automatically adjusted. And instead of hollow space inside wall they can interact with its properties by selecting it and all wall material properties including spot section can be viewed just a Revit does. I think its too ambitous but they need to follow along the flow of 3d software so they can sell the product.

Is there a plugin or any chance of making sketchup into a fully functional BIM tool?, such as making a style where we can see a section cut with standard line symbols, earth symbols, concrete cut, brick, etc. that usually find find in construction drawing. So architects using sketchup wont bother about the standard construction drawing symbols??

Hi,

I tried to export my self created topographic map in sketchup and the file units is set to meters, after saving I exported it into a 3d Autocad file, but when I open it as Autocad the units become inches instead of my default millimeters, I checked all the options in exporting skp to 3d autocad but the only options there are autocad version, dimension, etc and nothing about units.. Did I missed something or the problem is in the units in Autocad??

P.S.
I checked the default units in Autocad and everytime I open it the units is still in millimeters.

hello,

I know that sketchup was too far to achieve the capability of 3ds Max but i hope that it was not too far for sketchup to compete completely with 3ds max. i'm just thinking if its possible for Vray or Multiscatter to create a scatter technology in Sketchup using proxy like they did in 3ds max using a less memory for scattering million objects without putting pressure on RAM and can render fast. i'm just wondering if its possible to do it in sketchup. I read that by using a normal scattering tools in 3ds max plugin the memory can use up to 100MB but with use of Multiscatter technology you can create forest with only 700kb memory and fast to render.

Hi,

I want to import google earth maps or use the geo location in sketchup but it is possible i can import the older maps? i find the older maps are more clearer than the new ones. please help me.

Best,

Saw

Hi, fredo

sorry if i reply very late. i don't get what you meant about the tangenal continuity and i should do it with vertical section once. but it seems good if i will apply what you said. can you show me some photos how you did the ship hull using curviloft? I know that where using both the same process i used the body contour of the ship to make the hull but it is by section. you made the hull as a whole without any visible ship body contour. i know you're the one can help me about this fredo.

thanks

Saw

Hi,

i don't know where to put this thread but i asked this question before, but haven't received any replied. Does anybody knows how to fixed sketchyphysics UI controllers? when i clicked this it only shows the selectable tabs but i can't click on it. i know this problem occured to some but i don't get the solution for almost half a year. please help me fixed this.

my Sketchup version is 8, operating system: Vista OS 32bit, IE 9.. i heard about the wine but i don't liked it because i think it cause bug and i tried it before but i didn't understand how to do it. And if it is applicable for windows vista or not.

Sorry for my english.

advanced thanks to all,

Saw

did you make the monster head using only this ruby script? can you make a complete tutorial for that organic shape? FFD i only found it in 3ds max and you make for sketchup great plugins

thanks

hi,

I installed Sketchyphysics 3.1 windows a long time ago but since then the Ui tab was not functioning. i trid to reinstall sketchup and sketchyphysics but nothings happen.

anyone knows the problem?

Saw

hi,

I just downloaded VRay Vismat Material and Material studio but i don't know its function nor even how to install it. I read a forum about it but it says it have be converted because sketchup does'nt read .mat and no tutorial how to install it.

can anybody help.

Saw

Thanks Gaeius I found it out a while ago, I watched it in Go 2 school Projecting the photo to terrain.

Hi Gaeius,

Sorry for the wrong title for this post, i don't have any problem using the UV toolkit. I mean is I already have a contoured surface and I want to apply materials on it, but i don't know if UV toolkit can managed the already curved surface when applied with material. I watched a video using the remember UV but it was a flat surface when applied with material then curved the surface then restore UV.

Saw

Hi,

I just recently downloaded the UV toolkit plugin's but i don't know if the plugin fit to my needs this time. I create a contoured surface based on a contour map and then applied material. I don't know if UV toolkit is applicable this time because the tutorial that I've watched were they create a surface then applied material> remember surface then create a contoured surface then Restore Surface. In my case I already have contoured Surface and what only need is to apply material.

Someone can help if UV toolkit can be used in this case. Please give me a tutorial if possible.

Saw

Hi,

I having trouble in using the lights of both podium and v ray rendering. when i tried to render the scene using artificial lights the objects always appears to be black but no light produced. i tried it on both podium and v ray and appears to be having the same problem. I tried to reinstall sketchup or the podium and v ray but nothings happens.

can anybody help me please.

saw

hi,

i have a problem rendering 2d trees and people but when rendering finished, it appears to be a picture or plane having 4 corners and trees within it. how i will remove the background of trees and make it transparent? so the building on the background was not being block.

Saw

Hi,

I have a problem about the artificial lighting in my V- ray version 1.48.89. when i tried to render using all kind of artificial lightings it seems to be having no lights. I tried to returned it into default setting but still the same, i tried to applied other rendering software such as podium but appears the same no artificial lights even though have. is this a bug problem?

Saw

Hi,

I want to grab an imagery from the google earth but it has street view i want to remove the street view but there are no toolbar option for that what am i suppose to do?

saw

hi,

I think everything is getting worst now,i'm trying to add location now in sketchup and everything is the same just like what i said earlier in this forum section, but when i tried to visit the location of my site, what i saw is black, grey and violet imagery. it was not the same when i visit it earlier this week, the imagery was clear but not today when i visit it, hope they can fix it soon..

saw

but what really exact happened, is it the problem in google maps? or in sketchup?

does anyone have encountered the same problem just recently? another thing is i can grab large google map now than before, before i can grab small imagery but i can add imagery, it was better before because i can clearly seen the vegetation when i zoom in the map in sketchup.