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   FatRoman | Mar 07, 2009 06:50am | #1

   Don't think so.

   "SketchUp will run on 64bit versions of Windows, but it will run as a 32bit application."

   http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36208

   Did see some references about lots of people wishing it were out, but no promises from Google that it would be. Least not anytime soon.

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   bambam | Mar 07, 2009 07:02am | #2

   Thanks, I wasnt sure if they had a beta or something I could try.Where there's a will, there are 500 relatives

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   danski0224 | Mar 20, 2009 04:32pm | #3

   Can you take a digital blueprint file and turn it into a 3d model with SketchUp?

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   john7g | Mar 20, 2009 04:42pm | #4

   not that I've seen.  Here's one way:

   http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=723&sid=023582aac9b118b124221d6c841c8567

   You're not doing much more than importing the plans and tracing the walls and such on in SU.

   What file type (***.???) is it that you have?

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   danski0224 | Mar 20, 2009 04:54pm | #5

   That looks like it will work... never done it though :)

   I do not have a file yet. It runs $10 a page to create digital scans at Kinko's. I do not know what file type those scans create.

   I have a set of plans I want to mess with, and I figured it would be more efficient to start with those plans than to try to recreate them.

   I just have the "free" version of SU.

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   john7g | Mar 20, 2009 05:03pm | #6

   SU free is all you need for that. 

   In thread 117869.1 is explain my way of importing which may be the same as in that link I gave previoulsy.

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   danski0224 | Mar 20, 2009 05:17pm | #7

   Thanks

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   danski0224 | Mar 26, 2009 05:39am | #8

   One key thing not mentioned (or I missed it) is the imported file must be no more than 1200 x 1200 pixels.

   Scanning a print page, turning it into a .jpg or .tiff and trying to import a 2MB+ file doesn't work.

   I also found out that Photoshop works best for cropping and resizing a print page (24" x 36") so it can be magnified from 1200 x 800 pixels and (about 4" x 2") still be legible. Didn't work out so well for me with Irfanview. 

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   Piffin | Mar 26, 2009 01:00pm | #9

   Irfan has a sharpen image tool and you can change the number of pixels per inch to deal with all that. 

    

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   danski0224 | Mar 26, 2009 01:29pm | #10

   Oh great, more stuff to play with.....

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   john7g | Mar 26, 2009 01:42pm | #11

   Hadn't done very large image imports so the 1200x1200 is good to know for future ref. I've got other software for doing plan sets but rememebred the link I posted to you. 

   2mb import is going to be big for just about any software. Glad you figured how to resize it.  I've not messed with Inranview and use Paint Shop Pro (Corel now owns it, originally it was JASC). 

   One way to reduce a file size, especailly a print you're going to import is to reduce the colors used. For BPs I'd try Black & White and then start reducing color counts maybe all the way down to 2 colors checking file size vs quality along the way.