Google Sketchup Updates/Questions/Tips

[mikeR]

ok so I have a question

I just got a new laptop with xp professional and I am having problems running sketchup

It's really hard to explain whats going on but the only way i can discribe it is the screen randomly freaks out,usually when i'm trying to draw a line. Does anybody know how i can fix this I've already uninstalled and reinstalled but it still does the same thing.

[Aleks]

Wow, I wanna work for Google (not really). Anyways, MO! Remember that link you posted a while back? The one where you could download various shades of glass?

Can you post it again?

[Mocholate]

For Kerkythea ?

http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/inde...nc=select&id=3

[Dac150]

Would anyone mind if I house a branch of a company from any of your city's in mine? Such as Peter's Goliath Bank or Patrick's GALcorp. If you don't want me to that's perfectly fine.

I won't build anything until I get a green light.

[Austin55]

That was really wierd,I just logged in to ask the same question! whoah....

Wuld anyone like an ad in SF's times square thingo?

DAC: sure,James Is a big box kinda Company!

[Dac150]

Originally Posted by austin55

That was really wierd,I just logged in to ask the same question! whoah....

Wuld anyone like an ad in SF's times square thingo?

DAC: sure,James Is a big box kinda Company!

Sounds good, I'll make a building for a branch of that company.

You can also use some of my companies in your Times Square:
-WorldCom -Howell & Hughes
-TRI -Jackson Steinway
-KeyLife -Oceanic Shipping
-Vishay -Vanguard Holdings

[Austin55]

[Dac150]

I posted the WolrdCom Logo in the San Felix thread.

What type of company is James?

[Austin55]

In the east coast its mostly marketing,banking,stocks,ETC.

[Mocholate]

Here are 2 demo's on how to create a 3D landscape

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...986063e14d3b88

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...ece5cd5bd92e22

[IntotheWest]

^I'm running Sketchup on XP Professional, no problem - so, I don't think that's the problem. Maybe its your video card?

The screen sometimes locks up on me - for a brief moment...but usually on larger models. What do you mean by "freaks out"? Is there anyway you can capture the screen? Does it lock-up Sketchup, or does it return to normal after drawing the line?

I'd check to make sure you have the most up-to-date video drivers installed first.

[mikeR]

ya i figured it out it was my video card i just got a new computer and hadn't installed all the drivers for it yet

[wemery]

I just wanted to post a reply about putting the floor plates (lines) into the complex shapes.

This is something that's useful not just for this, but it makes things a hell of a lot easier.

If you're making multiple copies of something (shapes or components), and you want them equally spaced (like building floors) you can do the following:

Make your first shape, for the sake of this illustration I'll say I want to make a 100' tall building with 10' tall floors. So you draw your first 2D square, then use the tape measure tool to measure exactly 100' up in the air. Then you option-move (on a mac) to make a copy of your square, and move it up to your 100' mark. Then, before you do anything else, type in /10 and you'll get 10 equal spacings (exactly 10' apart). Then you can select that whole thing, move it onto your pre-made building shape then intersect with model.

Conversely, you can copy the 2D square up 10' and then type x10. It's really a matter of preference.

I've found this to be much faster than measuring out every floor. It also works for putting multiple windows on a building too.

Cheers.

[treras93]

thats what i do. it definitely is a very good tip

[Aleks]

Question. Please help! Fast!

What looks better?

Intense, bright colors, kind of unrealistic?


Pastel-ish, more wall colored, realistic?

[Peter]

^I like the second one better. What is that for? Is that in the house you are modeling? Did you make that cactus yourself?

[Austin55]

Could someone maybe help me out a little?

http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/

since I gave upon kerk and podium sucks.(though ,free trials never expire now!!)

[Aleks]

Wow, great find Austin. I wish I could make something like this but I'm not good enough. And I hate the textures for Kerk. You have to copy and paste in the right place and bdjkasghksdgh! My house renders don't look realistic but like little plastic models.

[Austin55]

I wish the gallery would say what its made with.

[Austin55]

Holy Shit

I made this vid,not the model though

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