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Fuganater
10-02-2007, 10:21 AM
I've been searching the forums on how to post a Sketchup picture in to the forums.... and I come up with nothing. ImageShack doesn't recognize it and neither does Photobucket. How do I post a Sketchup pic to the forums?

Thanks for the help,
Fuga
xRyokenx
10-02-2007, 11:13 AM
You could always take a screenshot and post that:

Press the Print Screen button.
Open up MS Paint or a similar program.
Paste the picture there.
Crop it to your liking.
Save as a .png or .jpg.
Put it on ImageShack or wherever you like to use.
Post on the forums.

The PrintScreen button's in the upper right of the keyboard in that second section above the arrow keys.
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 11:45 AM
The PrintScreen button's in the upper right of the keyboard in that second section above the arrow keys.

WOW!! So thats what that button does?? :P I was wondering if there was another uploader that did it... but thanks for the info.
xRyokenx
10-02-2007, 11:51 AM
You're welcome. I didn't know about it for a while, but I use it quite a bit nowadays...
Spawn-Inc
10-02-2007, 03:05 PM
thats what i do with my sketchup's, and then i also include the file to download so you can see it yourself.
Xpirate
10-02-2007, 03:57 PM
WOW!! So thats what that button does?? :P I was wondering if there was another uploader that did it... but thanks for the info.

Back in the really old days, the "Print Screen" button made an actual printout of the screen. Knowing keyboard shortcuts can make you powerful.
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 04:00 PM
was a joke....

+ I wasn't around back then :P
.Maleficus.
10-02-2007, 05:14 PM
Or use the Export feature and save it as a .jpg or .png.
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 05:33 PM
Ahhhhh. That would work out fine being that the Save As feature doesn't do that.
Thanks!!
Eclecticos
10-02-2007, 06:04 PM
I started doing a drawing of my next mod. . and it seems to be 2d?
Its the first time i've used the program so don't laugh :)

Anyone know why? . .Or have any links to information that would teach me how to make a 3d model?
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 07:26 PM
What program are you using?
Spawn-Inc
10-02-2007, 08:01 PM
well if your print screen doesn't work you can always try this!

http://www.c2sp.com/images/commonerrors/print_screen.jpg
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 09:11 PM
Lol
Eclecticos
10-02-2007, 10:32 PM
Well I was messin' around and made this, and when I use the Orbit tool it's 2d?!

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1076/eclecticosns2.jpg

It started out being a media center case mod. . now its some sorta' demon seat. . lol :D
Fuganater
10-02-2007, 11:09 PM
I take it your not using SketchUp then...
Eclecticos
10-02-2007, 11:17 PM
Yea, Thats what it is Google Sketchup. I think I got it figured out.
Have to use the Make Component button.

Edit: Ahh.Ha . .its the Tools set under the camera/magnifying glass.
Spawn-Inc
10-03-2007, 01:17 AM
my first time with google sketchup. i was trying to make a model of rendermandan's turbine rad and it turned into this.

http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/5295/2538097110100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/4707/2169193860100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/5115/2771469150100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/5921/2897374820100511463S600x600Q85.jpg


the model has since changed for the better but its ony my other hdd.
Fuganater
10-03-2007, 04:55 PM
Thats pretty sick looking. I'm trying to get better with the program but its kinda rough at first. Also I found that if you go to google, you can find peices that people have made like fans and such.

Linky: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?tags=gallery
Greco101
10-08-2007, 11:57 AM
awesome link for sketchup! +rep
Xpirate
10-08-2007, 02:46 PM
I've downloaded sketchup and used it enough to have some real respect for folks who can make nice pictures with it.
Spawn-Inc
10-08-2007, 05:13 PM
here is the updated jet/plane of the first model i posted.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8093/newjetug6.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newjetug6.jpg)
Fuganater
10-08-2007, 05:55 PM
Thats crazy. How long have you been using the program?
Spawn-Inc
10-08-2007, 06:59 PM
that was probably my 20th time using it maybe. its just a matter of learning its quirks and the tools properly, i still don't know how to use it fully though. the first time i tried it i was like wtf, got pissed off and uninstalled it. then i tried it again and got the hang of it for the most part.

i still don't know how to have an area filled in without connecting it with lines. if you look at the upside down view (blue and white) you can see i had to add a line on the one side and not the other to get it to fill in an area. (i think that makes sense)