The SketchUp 2023.1 performance update introduces the new Snap position, a new horizon color, and auto-associating labels and more often requested tool improvements.
you’ll now see an “*” next to the file name in the application title bar. Mac users:you can determine this by looking forthe gray dot at the center of the red Close button to show you that your progress isn’t yet saved.
The Details A Snap is a custom point you can add to a group or component. Once added, a snap allows you to both position and orient objects at the same time. Snaps can help you create models with components that are easy to place, layout, or assemble. While using them, snaps appear ...
SketchUp moves the selected objects by the distance and direction between the two move points. Enter 2x (or whatever number works for you) and adjust the spacing to fill the wall with windows (Figure 1-13). Figure 1-13. Figure 1-13 Now you can copy all of these windows to the back ...
Here is an example of this: To learn more about what are caustics and how to render them - please checkthis page. Creating the required objects The focus of this tutorial is on creating caustics suitable for a body of water, a pool in this case. To achieve this, appropriate geometry...
Guest Origin –Determines how the objects are positioned relative to the random Scatter points. Bounding box bottom center –The bounding box bottom center of the object.Bounding box volume center –The bounding box volume center snaps to the instance.Object origin –The original object origin point...
In the center, each has two materials assigned, one to each side. On the right, the red material are assigned to the whole group, and one individual side of the box has a different material assigned specifically to it. The colors on the outward facing sides all translate to Unreal, bu...
Model at or near the Center of the X, Y, and Z Coordinates SketchUp has difficulty in displaying a model that is far removed from the origin of the X, Y, and Z axes. In this situation, you can get rendering errors while using the Orbit tool O (or click on the middle mouse button...
When you grab a point that is obscured in an object (like a back corner or a center point) and start to move it, your object will automatically go transparent as soon as something in your model interferes with the object you are moving. This works with both the Rotate tool and Move to...
objects that are on the ground, as for example a car wheel that is on a displaced ground, so in this case you would set the center to 1. Normal Smoothing: This opons should be enabled for surfaces with smooth edges. For models with sharp edges (box, plane, etc) it should be disabl...