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Dave R wrote: Open SketchUp and go to Window>Components. There's a search line where you can type in what you want to see.
Robert wrote:I never knew that search was there as well! Are the results different to just going File > 3DWarehouse > Get Models ?
RogerS wrote:One thing you can also do which might help, Mark, is to take an actual photo of your house and garden etc and then insert into that photo the SU drawing of your outbuilding.
Dave R wrote:Depending on what you need and find, Mark, you may find that it takes less time to measure and draw simple boxes for your tools than it does to make components you download from the warehouse usable.
TrimTheKing wrote:RogerS wrote:One thing you can also do which might help, Mark, is to take an actual photo of your house and garden etc and then insert into that photo the SU drawing of your outbuilding.
Ooooooh, I didn't know you could do that!!!! How????? Please!!!!
That would be absolutely perfect for something I am trying to do for my planning application!
Cheers
Mark
Dave R wrote:.....
Depending on what you need and find, Mark, you may find that it takes less time to measure and draw simple boxes for your tools than it does to make components you download from the warehouse usable.
RogerS wrote:TrimTheKing wrote:RogerS wrote:One thing you can also do which might help, Mark, is to take an actual photo of your house and garden etc and then insert into that photo the SU drawing of your outbuilding.
Ooooooh, I didn't know you could do that!!!! How????? Please!!!!
That would be absolutely perfect for something I am trying to do for my planning application!
Cheers
Mark
I'm afraid you were going to ask me that! I hope that DaveR can answer that far better than I can. It's highly likely that he may have already covered it in his blog.
I also seem to remember that you can stick down a tree of a defined height and known geographic location (long/lat) and then watch how the suns shadows affect the surroundings as the year progresses.
Dave R wrote:You can insert an image from Google Maps onto which you can add the shop building and other structures. It'll also give you guidance for placing the photos you've taken.
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