'Meccano' was, and still is, a very popular construction toy with a large following on the web today. The model shown is based on a design from the 1960/70s. I added a generic oil lamp for illumination. I hope you will enjoy these renders.
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As juju mentioned, TC is cloud based and can be used for collaborative work but also as a stand alone storage facility. I think a user would still have to set up a file/folder system to suit their individual needs on the TC platform. Having said that, this would be no different to designing a file/folder workflow on a local PC/Mac?
One avenue to explore is using a spreadsheet containing 'Hyperlinks' to all the different files - new file, add a Hyperlink, updated file - overwrite the current Hyperlink. A quick look at the 'net shows that multiple Hyperlinks can be opened with one click although I didn't try this. I use OpenOffice and just did a quick experiment with inserting one Hyperlink, to a SU model, into a spreadsheet. Just clicked and the model opened.
Perhaps this is what Trimble Connect does? (Shipped with SU Pro but never looked into it myself)
A misinterpretation of the OP's question. I will now head to the refrigerator for a slice of humble pie.
As I reviewed my post DaveR's reply came up and I amended my own post with reference to DaveR's. The amended version didn't, however, make it. Apologies for that! So, to paraphrase myself, DaveR's suggestion was probably what you were after but as I had already composed my own reply I went ahead in the hope it would be an additional view.
Hi John,
You seem to be halfway there already. In the attached screenshot I have an elevation scaled at 1:20. The detail 'blow-up' is a duplicate viewport (hold down Ctrl + move) but this time scaled at 1:5. A non-filled circle, or most any closed shape, is placed at the detail area required. Select both the viewport and the shape. Right mouse click and the menu that appears should show 'Create clipping mask' down at the bottom of the list. Click on this and the rest of the viewport is hidden. You can move this clipped viewport wherever you need it on the page. A simple circle and a linking line show the detail area within the main elevation. If the drawing seems to disappear when scaling the viewport just extend the viewport boundaries to pick it up again.
Hope this is what you where after!
Try: Modern Practical Joinery by George Ellis (Amazon). Originally published in 1902, it does contain a detail for a sash window and much else besides of a period nature.
Make sure that you have only selected the surface/face and not any edges i.e. just one click. If you are working with a group or component you will need to open the group/component for editing and then select just the surface. Hope that helps!
Select the wing/surface & make it a Unique Texture (right click context menu). Right click context menu again and this time select Texture/Edit Texture Image. This should open the unique texture in your default image editing program and will be the shape of the surface. I use Gimp so post is based on that. Edit as needed and in the Gimp File dropdown click on Overwrite ***.jpg. Back in Sketchup the texture is updated.
A workaround for this would be to hide the floor element in the SU view and then place the hatch on a layer below the Sketchup model layer in Layout. Hope this is what you meant - I tried it with both a sectioned and a non-sectioned view. Layout file in version 2015 attached.
Import the dwg purely as an underlay. View in Parallel Projection and place a, grouped, transparent surface above the dwg and use this to trace over the road markings. Model as many markings as possible as Components and place as needed on the transparent surface. Both JHS Powerbar and 1001Bit tools have a 'copy along path' feature. Use the traced lines to array which ever component marking is required. For instance, trace a centreline along a section of road and use this with a dotted line component and 'copy along path'.
To then drape the markings onto your terrain select individual components or all instances via the component tray. Explode them and, whilst the items are still selected, drape onto the terrain. Texture as needed.
Check the licencing requirements for the extensions/plugins mentioned. Hope this helps, I would abandon the messing about trying to fix the AutoCAD dwg.
As a workaround omit the transparent surface in SU but add a transparent shape in LO. Attached example LO. Not great if you have a lot of separate transparent surfaces!
Really liked the atmospherics in your first rendered version, many will identify with the 'all nighter' I'm sure. The damaged plaster on the wall is a nice touch as well. Can I suggest the addition of a desk lamp for task lighting and slightly less light emission from the screens?
Its late but try this:
Bring in your new style to the model so that it appears in the 'In Model' panel of the Styles window.
In the Scenes panel Shift_select all the scenes shown for the model.
Un-check all the options except 'Camera Location'
Click on the desired new style in the 'In Model' panel
Re-check all the other options that you require including 'Style & Fog'
This should have changed all scenes to the new style. Hope this is okay!
'Align selected entities to pick points' is in 1001Bit Pro. Have not used this feature myself so maybe look for a YouTube vid?
The problem, if it is a problem, may lie with CAD and not Sketchup. I no longer use CAD but have suffered, along with the OP and many others, the frustration of trying to use CAD dwgs in SU. In SU a line drawn over another line results in just one line (although the resultant line will be broken if the underlying line was a different length). In CAD the reverse is true and where there appears to be a single line there could be any number of separate lines all occupying the same location. Therefore when a dwg is imported into SU a conflict occurs when SU has to accommodate multiple instances of geometry all in the one place.
In applemango85's original post it appears that the brick arch is the problem. At certain zoom levels some of the lines seem to be thicker. If the CAD dwg was constructed using an array of just two bricks (top & bottom course) then there will be multiple instances of lines in the same place. This is just my take on the situation of course!
In the Dimension Style tab click on the 'Length' drop down box and select 'Fractional'. Set the precision you need in the 'Precision' drop down box. Can also be set in the main menu File/Document Setup/Units.
Hope this is what you meant. The stack is diagonal, not sure if there is horizontal option.
From the Camera dropdown menu select 'Zoom Extents' which should bring you back to your model. Hope this helps!
Plus one! You can almost feel the fluffiness and texture of the duvet in your hand. I really like the stair arrangement with the purple statement colour and use of space beneath. I keep looking at the sofa and have the feeling that it should be a lot bigger scale wise?