Sketchup Question

Discussion in 'Ship Plans' started by U.S.S. Arazona, Feb 25, 2014.

  1. U.S.S. Arazona

    U.S.S. Arazona Active Member

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    How do you all import the deck plans into sketchup? The files are too large for sketchup to use, and when I resize them for importation and then blow them up, it's almost too blurry to work with. I'm probably missing something simple, but I don't know what?:plain:
     
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  2. Remo

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    How are they to large ? Does sketchup give you an error or is it just very slugish to use ?
    I'v used some pretty large image files in sketchup and Delfship without problems , it might simply be a memory issue (but then I have 48BG ram in the MacPro) , are you using a 64bit OS ?
     
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  3. U.S.S. Arazona

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    SketchUp only allows pictures with a pixel size of 1024x1024 pixels. For reference, the Kronshtadt plans listed in the free plans section are over 10,000 pixels long, with the widest rib being just a bit under the size limit:mad:
     
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  4. Tugboat

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    I haven't run into that, and I've used files well over that limit. Are you using the File-->Import function? I just now imported a 3kx1.5k image to test it and make sure, and had no problems...
     
    Tugboat, Feb 26, 2014
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  5. U.S.S. Arazona

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    I am, It might just be the file I was using, but it wouldn't import until I resized it. I'll try another file here in a bit and see if that works.
     
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  6. U.S.S. Arazona

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    It worked with a different file, now to figure out why it won't work with the other one.
     
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  7. Tugboat

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    Check the format of the other file that doesn't work. jpgs work, no problem.
     
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  8. U.S.S. Arazona

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    It was a PDF converted to a JPG, it's probably the way it was converted that made it mess up.
     
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