SImple quick tip from Bayu

This is a simple trick from Bayu Kartika of Sketchunesia on how to model those artificial landscape rocks in the garden..

Tips and Tricks No. 7_Work-around on VFSU error due to missing materials

We have seen  many complains about crashes due to missing materials in VFSU especially with those models converted from 3ds to SketchUp. Here is one of them.

Here is the report.. Ohoh...

According to the report, there is missing texture called Textile_pattern_leopard. I want to delete this in the material editor, I used purge, still no progress. What shall I do?
 

 The solution is pretty simple. All you have to do is select the model, click Edit/ Copy or use shortcut Ctrl;+C.

Open another SketchUp window. Paste it to the new window.

Well let us smoothen in further and maybe add a bit of color.

Here is the render using VFSU no more Error.

Tips and Tricks Series No. 6: Quick saving of component

Here is a quick way to save component and reusing them.

Step 1: Select the components you want to save.

Step 2: Saving components

Once all the components were selected, right click mouse, then click "Save As"

Step 3: Write File name and save it on any desired folder. In this tutorial, I saved it on the desktop. (Too lazy!)

 
Step 4: Importing the component

Here is the imported component.

Cheers!

Nomeradona

Tips and Tricks Series 5: Quick way of installing SketchUp Plugins

Here is a quick and easy way in installing SU Plugins.

Tips and Tricks Series No.4

How to create Vray light components.

I have seen many times, there are several VFSU users who edit their lights one by one. Why not create components to that when you edit one light all the lights will be edited at the same time. How to do it? Here it a simple tip.

Step 1: Create a receptacle and make it into component.

Step 2:  Type the name of this component. (say ies)

Step 3: Open the component/group

Step 4: Place the IES light inside the component and close it.

Step 5: Copy the component

Step 6: Edit the IES light inside the component. 
Notice all the ies light icon were selected at once. When you edit one of the lights the other lights will be edited too.

Tips and Tricks Series 3: Tilting the camera

Here is a simple trick which I know sometimes we don't see as useful. But for me its a good compositional trick. Tilting the camera.

To do this you need to hold the middle of the mouse and hold CTRL key of your keyboard at the same time; while holding both drag your mouse. Observe the rotation is different from orbit when you just hold the middle key of your mouse. This time you can make the camera tilting from left to right.

Tips and Tricks Series 2: How to speed up SketchUp by Zernan Suarez

Here's a tip on how to speed-up SketchUp when working with big scale models.

Download PDF HERE

TIps and Tricks Series 1: Saving and Restoring Toolbar

There are so many shortcuts, tips and tricks for easy workflow with SketchUp and Vray SketchUp. Here is the first one; saving and restoring SketchUp toolbar.

Have you ever experience these jumbled toolbar and you spend lots of your time closing or repositioning them one at a time?

Here is the tip on how to restore them quickly.

Step1: Load all the toolbar that you are using often. 

Step 2: Save the toolbar position

Once satisfied with your toolbar position, go to view/ toolbar/ save toolbar positions.

So next time you will have the same problem as the above, normally after SketchUP crashes, do the next step.

 

Step 3: Restoring toolbar position
Go to View/ toolbar/ restore toolbar positions.

The previous saved positions of your toolbars will be restored back.