Excellent! Thank you that worked.
Daniel
Greetings,
I am having problems getting hidden geometry to become visible.
On some components or even exploded components that are composed of many faceted faces, I try and unhide the lines. For example, if I take a 3D person, select the all the faces and edges (with hidden geometry turned visible, or not) and then try and unhide the edge, the hidden ones still remain hidden. Is there a way to make visible all the edges that composes faces?
Thanks,
Daniel
That is simply amazing!! I hope you post it soon!
@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
the ability to offset lines once they are drawn
This tool can't make the trick?
Just close your lines, make the offset, erase lines that you don't want
Unfortunlaty it does not. That will offset the surfaces and not the line. Keep in mind, I am not complaining about the ruby at all either.
This script is AMAZING. Coen showed it to me at 3D base camp and he has made fun of my reaction since. This latest update has pushed the ability to use SketchUp into a new direction.
I have one request, unless it can already be done, sommeone please let me know - the ability to offset lines once they are drawn. Ther reason: I want to lay out a trail or walk on a surface. I can use the line on surface and the arc on surface - once I draw the first one, I want to create an offset to make them parallel.
THANK YOU AGAIN
Simply amazing
Daniel Tal
I did this about 3 years ago from a tutorial I found on the old forums. Not sure if its 100% correct so let us know if it does work.
I would open the tree image / sketch I want in PhotoShop.
I would create a path around the tree. Make sure its a closed path.
I would then import / export the path into illustrator. The export option is under File - Export -> Export Path to Illustrator
In illustrator I would give the path a line weight (not sure if that is needed for this next step as follows: When you open the illustrator file it will be blank. Use the marquee tool and select the whole area. You should see vertices selected. Give them a line weight / color.
Then export the path / line from illustrator and save it as a DWG / DXF. THe export options are under the file menu. I think you can just Save As a DXF.
Open SketchUp and import the DWG / DXF and create a surface out of it. Delete the edges around the surface (to define the shape. THis might be tricky depending no how complex the outline is. Also, you will loose some of the defintion of the shape but it should still be ok.
Import the PNG from PhotoShop of the tree and paint it onto the surface.
Adjust the texture on the surface using the right click context menu to adjust textuers.
Let us know if that works : ) cause its been a long time since I tried this but made some nice 2D trees with this method.
Daniel Tal
Hello All,
I have many things on my wish list, but the first one that stands out (other then many many ruby scripts) is having Shadows not cast on the Camera Vantage point.
When running eye level animations or taking snap shots and having objects cast a shadow on the cmaera vantage / view point, screws up the shadow and can have strange unwanted affects.
When creating animations, this creates a Shadow flicker that distorts the scene.
The only solution now is to find all offending objects casting the shadows and doing Entity-Info -> Uncheck cast shadows box. This is not feasbile for animations.
I have a feeling this might not be possible but it would be nice
TY
Daniel Tal
I am not sure what SketchUp uses as hardware. I use gaming systems for modeling since they are designed for handling 3D models.
The only thing I am sure about SketchUp is it is single-core and that is because of the real-time rendering stuff. One of the Devs explained it to me but I am not that tech savy (so take this whole e-mail with a grain of salt).
The system that I just bought is this one:
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668093.php
I know that RAID drives is recommended for some 3D games. And since I am a gamer (added bonus) I look for the most intensive graphics games I can find and see if my system can run it.
The current problem is VISTA and Shadows buts that only limitation I have run into. I am hoping SU 7 responds better to Vista since we do not have a choice any more but to use it.
I do know with Vista that JPEG snap shots I cannot take in XP, I can in Vista with high-rez. Your system does need to be designed for 3D graphics though โ what ever that might be, which is why your survey is a GREAT IDEA!
Thank you again.
Daniel Tal
Tommy,
Welcome.
Thank you for this survey. I think its a great idea.
One suggestion, if possible, is to add a question of if any given system is using RAID hard drives and also a question on hard drive speeds.
I am currently using a VISTA Laptop (Core Duo 2.4, 4 gigs ram, NVIDA GeForece 8800M and Raid hard drives) and it handles SketchUp in ways I did not think was possible. I have very large models as well (1 million to 3 million faces) and it was jaw dropping. Its not perfect with Vista for somethingโs but I have a feeling the RAID is making a difference.
Thank you
Daniel Tal
Whats up Craig.
It was great to meet you the other night. I was sharing the room with Coen and saw him strubmle in.
I will give the drivers a try for sure. Its a laptop with one of the GeForce cards on it. I'll let you know. I have already scene a marked improvment in some functions with SketchUp in Vista on my desktop at work. (Exporting images that I could not in XP and at a higher setting to boot!)
Also, if you have any landscape terrain that you are doing for GE that you could share, would love to see it.
Peace
Daniel
Hello all,
Thank you for the warm welcome and comments.
If you have any questions, please, I will do what I can to help.
Hello Todd!! Hope you had a good weekend.
Peace
Daniel
Greetings to the Sketchucation forums.
I wanted to say hello. My name is Daniel Tal.
I have been a long time SketchUp user. I recently presented at 3D Base Camp, doing two sessions: half of the AutoCAD and SketchUp Session with Mitchel Stangl and the Sandbox session. It was great fun and I got to catch up with many people. Faces got placed with names, which always makes things more real.
I want to say a big thank you to Coen. I got to hang out with him in Boulder last week and drive him down to the airport. I got to know more about Sketchucation. I have not been part of an on-line SketchUp forum since Google bought @Last but this seems like the best place to be.
I currently work for a multi-disciplinary firm in Denver called RNL with Jim Leggitt who also presented at 3D Base Camp.
I hope I can provide help to users but also get answers to questions.
So, I have my first question.
I recently bought a new laptop (for gaming and work). It runs Vista. I have avoided Vista like the plague. But seems like the laptop will not be able to run XP so.
I have read the FAQ about SketchUp and Vista on the Google SketchUp page but it was not much help.
I would like to know what I need to do to get SketchUp to work on Vista. I know it will work at base but I already can see issues with my work computer, SketchUp and Vista (I have a duel boot system). I cannot get some menus to work (like shadows) and have strange performance issues. On the up side, I have noticed that for some tasks, Vista out performs XP with leaps and bounds when it comes to SketchUp.
So, hello and thank you for the Help!
Peace and nice to meet you all,
Daniel Tal