Thanks for the advice the file is much faster now, don't know what we were thinking when we made those grommets, Since this post already has the file on it we would like to ask one more question about how this file is exporting. When we take this file into another program to render out (Cinema4D) the materials are coming over fine but in the materials manager there are multiple materials for the same color so in sketchup we have several different black materials coming through. So we are wondering what is going on. If a color has the same RGB value as a color in a different component doesn't that make them the same color and if so why are they exporting as two different colors.

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Hello,

We are currently trying to export one of our files to Cinema 4D to render out some photorealistic images, we are having issues on both ends of the process. The SketchUp file appears to have some issues because when we try to export the file as a 3DS file the program crashes before completing the export and when we export as a collada file it is way to slow when we open the file in C4D. So does anyone have any advice on how to reduce our file size so we can export usable files, or better ways to export from SketchUp. Here is the file we are working withThe file is zipped because it is rather large

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TeamSDA

Yes we have tried Fredo's new Round corner tool and it is amazing

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Thank You Very Much , you saved us a lot of time and trouble.

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TeamSDA

Sorry about the dumb subject title we couldn't think of anything else. What we want to know is how to change the name of a component after it has been saved to a local collection. We tried changing its file name but when we open the local collection and bring the component into our new file it still has its old name . So basically we made a collection of components with names we now want to change but we cant, those components still come into our new files with their old names. So if anyone knows how to do this please help.

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We dont mean to harp on this.... yes we do , but The current way DCs work is not working for us. Every time you start dragging DCs into your project and changing your settings you end up with legions of unwanted DCs. We just want to ask that in the future DCs either have the ability to stay as one component in the Component library or that if they must multiply when changed, then there is a way to automate the way they name themselves so we can keep track of which one is which.

TeamSDA

We have heard of these plugins we tried them out and we discovered they don't work that well with more complex geometry. But thanks anyway.

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Hey Google,
In the next version of this great program it would be even greater if you added a tool that would automatically take selected edges of an object (all or only some) and it would smooth the geometry. The tool could have options to either bevel, fillet, or bullnose the edge. We understand there are current ways to do this using the follow me tool and the SDS tool. But the process doesn't always work and it requires a lot of time. Many objects in the real world have rounded edges instead of hard edges, and so it would be great to have a tool that just did this for you. Until then we will keep wishing and waiting.

Team SDA

Thanks Again
Scaling things up helped us out a lot. We have been able to intersect things in an easier way with much cleaner results than before.

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We are working on building a block of truss. The piece requires that several cylinders at odd angles intersect each other. We use the intersect tool a lot to piece things together, it also allows us to delete unnecessary geometry that is left over from an intersection between two objects. Anyway, this one piece we are working on doesn't intersect right. Below is the file we are working on. The cylinders have been intersected but as you can see they did not intersect quite right and a mess is left over. So is there a better way to merge this piece together or does this piece just require a lot of cleanup. Any help would be appreciated.
Joint Piece.skp

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@alan fraser said:

If you type clipping into the search box, you'll find a ton of posts on this topic.
The official Google Help is here http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36261

Thanks for the link, it lists most of the possible problems we could be having. We'll be sure to use this resource the next time clipping happens.

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TeamSDA

We are having a visibility issue. Sometimes when we are navigating through our model this happens . We figure its either satan or SketchUp Gremlins . If anyone has any idea how to fix this we would greatly appreciate their help.

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TeamSDA

That would be a great. But we have only begun to learn about DC's, we have not had the time to learn more about how the reporting function works, except that it looks like a lot of complex spreadsheet functions. We are currently working on a large project and do not have the time to learn how reporting works. Right now we are not using the reporting tool, but we will in the near future. So for now we just want to keep our component libraries clean. We will be coming back in the near future with more questions about how the reporting function works.

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The problem is that we have large libraries of components and a bunch of DC's would needlessly clutter up the file even more. The other issue is that we track the number of specific components we use, and then compare those numbers to our actual inventory. So having 10 DC's representing one real life item in our inventory makes our lives harder when we have to generate reports from SketchUp to compare with our inventory. Anyway, thanks to all for helping to clarify this situation. Hopefully in the future this will be resolved. Till then we will wait

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Team SDA

Thank You, this is close to what we are trying to accomplish. The only problem with the file you posted was that whenever we set the slider Cubes to a new setting another dynamic component would be made. We have built extensive libraries of components, so when we are working with a file we would like to have only one dynamic component instead of a bunch of them. We understand if this is just not possible but we wanted to ask the SketchUcation community just to make sure.

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Team SDA

Hello Everyone
We have been working in SketchUp for a while now and we are just begining to delve into Dynamic Components . Already We need to ask the more experienced minds of this forum some questions. We are currently working with an adjustable Tv hanger. So we thought we could use dynamic components to create a single hanger with preset options for the different adjustments.
We got as far as creating these different adjustments for the hanger and then discovered that when we set one hanger to a specific setting using the component settings window all other hangers in the file would become the same. We were wondering if there is a way to have each component at its own specific adjustment without having 20 different dynamic components. Any help would be appreciated.
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TeamSDA

We also want to Chime in and agree that a professional grade tool for bullnosing and filletting is much needed.

Team SDA

To: xrok1
The text is an example of brand specific text and thank you for all your helpful input.

To: Daniel S
The video is from a post you made, just wanted to reach out again to the ruby script community. Thanks for the link.

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Team SDA

Thank you all for your input. Looks like the follow me tool will work well for us on simple geometry. We hope that in the future someone will develop a commercial grade bull-nosing and filleting (edge smoothing) script with capabilities similar to what is depicted in the attached video.

Team SDA

A Bull-nosing plugin with these capabilities would be ideal.

Yes but we are having issues with extra lines showing up and the process is a little time consuming. Was hoping for a tool that was a little more simple in it's approach.

Team SDA