@vishnue wrote:
Hai,
I am a M.Tech student. I would like to know about creating of 3D structure like pipelines , power supply networks using SketchUp.
Is It possible to create 3D pipelines and cables, of required size , etc?
Thanks
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@katelawrence23 wrote:
I have always been able to load 3D warehouse products into my model but recently after taking over someone elses document none of them seem to loading, or if they do they must be so tiny I can’t see them (as they are appearing in components). Is there way i can check the size of my model to make it the appropriate size?
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@koolestani wrote:
Basically I’m interested in finding out more models like the above mentioned human figure primarily for ONE REASON… they rotate along the blue axis. Or maybe orbit along the camera is more appropriate way to describe it.
I understand that I may not be asking the correct question here. Is there any way to “fix” any object to move in the described manner?Thanks in advance.
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@naiangeli wrote:
Bom dia pessoal!! Estou tentando instalar o sketchup 2017/2018 e em ambos tenho esse erro durante a instalação. Já atualizei os drivers, instalei o visual studio… nada funciona e não encontro mais nada na net sobre. Alguém sabe como resolvo?
O erro que aparece é o HRESULT-2147024770
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@Daan32 wrote:
Hi,
Could anyone please tell me how I can find the center of a text, I have tried everything I can think of…
Thanks in advance,
-Daan
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@Rolli wrote:
I am having problems exporting a 3D model to DWG. Keeps messaging “An error has occurred while attempting to create this File. Please make sure this file is not open in another application”, which it isn’t, I closed and re-opened SU and then even rebooted computer. My Graphic card details are: AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2 GB Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
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@Ole1969 wrote:
Hi
How can you make a pipe using the follow me and path
It is for electrical pipes and it must have different radio
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@JxL wrote:
I have made quite some progress, but suddenly I realize that despite all the videos I could look to, There is somethign I dont understand.
When I select a component and look to its attributes, I see its position (X,Y,Z).
I just dont understand where is the origin of this measure in the component ?
I thought that the Axes tool allowed to define it. But I see now that I am wrong. Changing the axes origin does not change the (X,Y,Z) components. Or do I do something wrong ?
Thanks
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@rmoseley wrote:
I’ve created maybe 100 objects without problem. Yesterday I added 3D text to a new object, but after a few manipulations of the text I found the pencil tool would not create a line on an existing surface. Same result with the rectangle, but the circle continued to work. I closed the drawing and opened a new one. Same problem. I closed Sketchup and then reopened Sketchup and opened an old (and different) drawing. Same problem.
To be clear, the tools work for a new object in a clean, empty design, eg, draw a new line. But after the first line is created, the line tool will not draw a new line that is connected to, crossing, or touching an existing line. But it will draw a new line in open space.
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@ttaylor wrote:
Hi All,
Is there a way to get Layers to populate with a new default template? At work I usually build out white models for the other designers and I try to split the building up by layers (ceilings, floors, etc.) however I’ve been doing this each time I start a new file.
I opened a blank file and created all the layers I would normally use so that I can take the unused ones out later when I build a new model. However after saving this to a new default template, and opening a new file, the layers didn’t re-populate… I couldn’t find anything on a cursory Google search, so if it’s not possible that’s fine. I’m just hopeful someone on here has some advice.
Thanks,
T.
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@v.aaron21 wrote:
Is there a way to put all our templates/styles in our server and have everyone linked to that same location?
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@kate.h.content wrote:
Hi all,
I am working on a landscape drawing. I have a few different scenes set up:
- Existing: a scene for the property as it is before any work is done - I have drawn the existing driveway and the existing walkway.
-Base Plan: a scene where the existing driveway and existing walkway are each in their own layer and are turned off
-Concept Plan: a scene where I am trying to draw a new driveway, part of which will overlap the existing driveway.Here is my problem: When I try to draw the new driveway in my concept plan, I get a message saying that my recent operation has caused visible geometry to merge with existing geometry on a hidden layer.
What has caused this to happen and how do I fix it?
Thanks in advance!
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@shdesign wrote:
Hello there, I am trying to create a rounded edge around a curve. Could anyone please assist?
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@wiscdev wrote:
I’m interested in SketchUp Pro but my primary OS is Ubuntu Linux 16. Are there plans to support this in the future?
I’ve started taking a series of construction courses at the local community college and a lot of the plans that the teachers share were created in SketchUp. I am also interested in enough of the Pro features to want the Pro version.
I’m concerned you won’t be able to accurately gauge interest from the Linux community since users must create an account in order to make a feature request in this forum. I see some spotty posts about Linux in this forum but nothing telling me whether there is a path to SketchUp Pro on Linux.
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@NewThinking2 wrote:
Does anyone know why I would not be able to get a face when clicking on a surface 3 times:
I’m trying to get rid of the vertical line on the side of this road exit so i can slope it down 4’ to meet the X-street adjacent (the imagery is actually not the right street’ THAT ought ot be part of an overhead highway, but one problem at a time…).
Nothing is locked, and I was able to slope down the sidewalk running alongside:
But I can’t get either the line of the vertical face behind it to start my manipulation.What to do?
P.S. I’m also using Placemaker to get the imagery. This seems to add some overhead, but I’m still surprised it became so much slower than the main model which is 10X bigger (~ 540MB)
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@RTCool wrote:
The level of work in some people’s Gallery posts on this forum has intimidated me a bit from posting any of my own examples, but I since I’m working on some portfolio materials these days, might as well get some coments.
Match Photo has got to be my favorite tool in SU. Here’s a recent one that could be considered a neat SketchUp “success story.”
I did a SU model for a long time friend and colleague who uses the same 2D software I do (PowerCADD). He doesn’t do SU, so I provided those services on his project. He measured and drew the existing apartment, designed the renovations, etc., and, without setting foot in the place until completion, I just did SU modeling working off his 2D work.
There was an existing classical moulding that needed to be modeled for the existing condition model and then replicated for the renovations.
All I had were his 2D plans etc, and an iPhone photo of the moulding that he took. It was just about the right angle to look straight on at a mitered corner.
What I did was:
• Model the blank wall, and use Match Photo to line up his picture.
• Create a rectangle working surface hanging off the corner corresponding to the 45° miter.
• Trace off the profile of the mitered trim on that rectangle.
• Delete the unused parts of the rectangle to leave just the trim profile.
• Rotate the profile 45° so it was square to the wall.
• Scale it in the perpendicular direction by 1/sqrt(2) to compensate for the elongation of the miter.
• Use that profile with Follow Me to make all the existing and new molding.No, I didn’t bother modeling all the dentils, even though Profile Builder 2 probably could do that. That would have added too much excess geometry, and this representation seemed good enough.
I was pretty pleased with the results.
A couple section perspectives in B&W went into the final drawing set. One shows the use of fog to keep the background stuff in the model from competing with the foreground.
Now that the project is completed, I’ve put on my other hat and gone in as photographer to do finish photography. I’m messing around with both the model and the photos to do some more interesting portfolio work.
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@HDKingQ wrote:
I was wondering if anybody could make the Milwaukee Northwestern mutual tower and upload it to sketchup.
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@newstu17 wrote:
Hi everyone, first-time poster here and also just started learning SketchUp on my own recently. This is a project for school and I like what I have so far but I’m having trouble figuring out how to close up the middle section. If you have any other comments about my design from what you can see, please feel free to say so. I’m here to learn
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@GosuGuru wrote:
Does anyone know why the photo texture from Google Street view is deactivated?
The link in the Sketchup Help Center below describing how to import texture from street view is also deactivated.
https://help.sketchup.com/it/article/3000114#snip-google
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@fgibb wrote:
Moderate Beginner in SketchUp Pro.
I only use Sketchup Pro for drawing 2d plans which has mostly been successful. Now I’d like to take those plans into Sketchup Layout. I’ve understood the concept of creating scenes and inserting them into my Sketchup Layout template.
What i’m struggling with is Line Weights. In softwares that I’ve used in the past (like Vectorworks) you could manually adjust each individual line to any desired line weight. When I’ve researched how to do this in Sketchup I can only find tutorials on how to do this after having created a 3d model via ‘Styles’ (which is something I don’t want to do)
So, is there a way to achieve adjusting line weights on a simple 2d floor plan, be it in Sketchup Pro or Layout? NB: I do not want to create a 3d model.
Thanks in advance.
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