https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/helipad-for-3d-warehouse-model.444746/post-817325
Hi Gary,
I have no idea why this procedure is not working. For clarification, what version of Sketchup are you using? I'm using 8.
FYI: I have re-tested the above work-flow steps on a fresh installation of Google Sketchup version 8 (free) downloaded from a Trimble file server via this link:
https://designerhacks.com/get-the-google-sketchup-free-download/
http://download.trimble.com/sketchu...KJyJphZmXug_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAITRMO3ODNM6MFOEA
Please take note of the
'Edits' I have made to my latter posts above.
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/helipad-for-3d-warehouse-model.444746/post-817325
I did some experimenting yesterday, and I found a feature where you right click and it "Separates Components." One "Component" was the general part of the roof - not the exact point I'm looking for - where the helipad is located. I used the Push/Pull Tool, and that allowed me to enter a numeric value. If I were to select the correct component, could that solve the issue?
Please be more specific about what issue you are trying to solve.
At this point in the above recommended multi-step procedure, we must place a Guide Line, and then re-position the 3D model down by 20' 5 3/8".
Next we must Re-position the Axes ...before beginning work on the placement position for the raised WS03 Helipad (assuming you
still want it to match 'real life').
AFAIK, we are merely using the Sketchup Tape Measure tool to place a Guide Line across the Face of the imported
*.KMZ 3D model 20' 5 3/8 " from the bottom Edge of that Face.
Note that although the bottom Edge of that (South) Face lies in the horizontal plane of the
Red (
East) Axis arising from the building SW corner at the Origin Of Axes for that 3D model, the 'front' plane of that Face itself is
not aligned on the Red Axis.
However, that does not matter at this point, as we are only going to draw a Guide Line from the bottom Edge of that Face vertically up the (
Blue) Z-Axis.
Note that when one first
imports a
*.KMZ or
*.SKP object, it will be loaded into the work-space
inside a Group or Component which has a "Bounding Box".
That "Bounding Box" is not visible
until some portion of the 3D space for that 3D model is 'clicked' (selected) by the end user in the Sketchup work-space.
Do
NOT 'click' into a 'context' of the 3D model bounding box (which appears as a Blue box 'frame' surrounding the 3D model if one clicks anywhere upon it).
[
EDITED]
If you have entered the 'context' inside of a Group or Component, please click multiple times on the 'sky' or 'ground' area somewhere away from the 3D model to go back
outside any multi-level Groups ...to the "Top" level of the Sketchup work-space.
It is in that "Top" level of the Sketchup work-space that we will be placing a Guide Line ...on the "
Outside" surface of the Group or Component of the building (...the Sketchup inference engine will still be able to interact with that Guide structure for purposes of our intended procedural steps outlined above).
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END_EDIT]
After you have imported that *.KMZ building:
1.) Slowly move Tape Measure cursor along the middle bottom Edge line of that (South) Face until you see a "
Midpoint in Component" tool-tip message
2.) When you see a "
Midpoint in Component" tool-tip, Left-click (once; do
not hold button down) Tape Measure cursor on that
Purple inference point
3.)
Release Left Mouse button, then drag the Tape Measure cursor from the bottom Edge line of that Face,
vertically up the (Blue) Z-Axis to
draw a Guide Line.
4.) Be certain that you move the Tape Measure
at least 21 Feet above the building bottom Edge line
before releasing the Left Mouse button.
5.)
Hold that 21 Feet minimum cursor position firmly and then release the Left Mouse button to
place the Guide Line at that vertical Face position
6.)
Immediately type on the keyboard:
20' 5 3/8", and press the <
Enter > key
7.) With the Tape Measure Tool, verify that the above Guide Line ended up
above the bottom Edge of that building Face by exactly
20' 5 3/8"
If the Guide Line position is correct as specified above, then try the Z-Axis re-positioning procedure.
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/helipad-for-3d-warehouse-model.444746/post-817325
I tried using the selection tool, but did not have any luck.
Should I reach out to Google on the Sketchup forum to see if there is a known issue with their software?
Regards,
Kevin Davis
IMHO, this is simply an issue of needing to become familiarized with how the Sketchup 8 Tape Measure Tool works.
Beside the fact that
Sketchup version 8 was a Google product, and is no longer supported by them or Trimble, IIUC, there is not an issue that requires you to seek additional input from users on that forum (former 'version 8' developers rarely reply there, and only the current Sketchup 2019 version will ever be 'fixed').
You may benefit
more from:
* practice with Sketchup's tools to learn how they work
...
and:
* memorizing what inference messages appear during Sketchup's tool procedures.
PS: I recommend viewing Aidan Chopra's YouTube video tutorials:
Note that because the demo 3D object is
NOT inside a Group or Component, inference tool-tips are slightly different than they would be if the 3D model was 'Imported' (...that always puts objects inside a Group or Component).
GaryGB