Sketchup question
 

I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online, which
I haven't tried). I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions! I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

Sketchup question
 

On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online, which
I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible. You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.

--

Sketchup question
 

dpb wrote:
On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online,
which I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible.Â* You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.



Thank you! Your reply is helpful. I think I'll try the newer online
version and see how that goes.

Bill

Sketchup question
 

dpb wrote:
On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online,
which I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible.Â* You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.

--

I looked at the free online version and it is primitive compared to
"Sketchup Make". You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make.
How did I anticipate that was going to happen? I saved the (old) install
program. The program is more than sufficient for most of my purposes.

Sketchup question
 

On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 1:40:32 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote:
dpb wrote:
On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online,
which I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible.Â* You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.

--

I looked at the free online version and it is primitive compared to
"Sketchup Make". You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make.
How did I anticipate that was going to happen? I saved the (old) install
program. The program is more than sufficient for most of my purposes.

"You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make."

I never tried Make, so I don't if you mean "You can't add text at all in
Sketchup Web" (you can) or you can't add in the same way as in Make.

If you meant that you can't add it *at all*, try this:

On the Measuring Tape pop-out menu, there is a Text option

On the Rectangle pop-out menu there's a 3D Text option.

I probably wouldn't have hidden the Text/3D Text options in those menus,
but that's where they are.

Hope that helps.

Sketchup question
 

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 1:40:32 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote:
dpb wrote:
On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online,
which I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible.Â* You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.

--

I looked at the free online version and it is primitive compared to
"Sketchup Make". You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make.
How did I anticipate that was going to happen? I saved the (old) install
program. The program is more than sufficient for most of my purposes.

"You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make."

I never tried Make, so I don't if you mean "You can't add text at all in
Sketchup Web" (you can) or you can't add in the same way as in Make.

If you meant that you can't add it *at all*, try this:

On the Measuring Tape pop-out menu, there is a Text option

On the Rectangle pop-out menu there's a 3D Text option.

I probably wouldn't have hidden the Text/3D Text options in those menus,
but that's where they are.

Hope that helps.


Thank you for informing me. I may take a 2nd look at the web program,
but the text feature doesn't sound like a substitute for a "textfield
with an arrow". I am currently exploring my other options as I worked on
two different drawings today and I'm not thrilled with them (and that's
ALL I've done today...LOL!) It's partially my own fault for having
grown "rusty" with SU.

Sketchup question
 

On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 5:29:45 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 1:40:32 PM UTC-4, Bill wrote:
dpb wrote:
On 4/12/2020 10:50 AM, Bill wrote:
I noticed that SU isn't a free app anymore (except to use online,
which I haven't tried).Â* I still have an older version

My question is: How to get supscripts into a textfield: like x1, where
the 1 should be a subscript.

I have a Windows 10 machine, and already have over an hour invested in
this stupid problem... all to make something that "looks
professional"... lol

Thank you for any suggestions!Â* I have to step away from the machine!!!
Oh, and Happy Easter!

Bill

If you're talking about the old free "Sketchup Make" standalone version
(which I've still got here as well; haven't got into the subscription
model stuff yet and haven't tried the online version, either), it's not
possible.Â* You can change font/size/color of the text as an entity but
that's all the sophistication built into the text box in Make.

Layout has the facility, but it requires the Pro license and at least
here I can't run it any longer...not tried to see if there are any ways
around that.

--

I looked at the free online version and it is primitive compared to
"Sketchup Make". You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make.
How did I anticipate that was going to happen? I saved the (old) install
program. The program is more than sufficient for most of my purposes.

"You can't enter text at all like in Sketchup Make."

I never tried Make, so I don't if you mean "You can't add text at all in
Sketchup Web" (you can) or you can't add in the same way as in Make.

If you meant that you can't add it *at all*, try this:

On the Measuring Tape pop-out menu, there is a Text option

On the Rectangle pop-out menu there's a 3D Text option.

I probably wouldn't have hidden the Text/3D Text options in those menus,
but that's where they are.

Hope that helps.


Thank you for informing me. I may take a 2nd look at the web program,
but the text feature doesn't sound like a substitute for a "textfield
with an arrow". I am currently exploring my other options as I worked on
two different drawings today and I'm not thrilled with them (and that's
ALL I've done today...LOL!) It's partially my own fault for having
grown "rusty" with SU.

There is also a Dimensions feature which provides arrows.

Perhaps you could get creative by using a dimensions arrow, hiding part of
it behind a text box.

I haven't tried that in SU, but when working in Power Point, I often use
shapes with no border to hide parts of imported pictures, etc.

There's a tiny free program called pixie.exe that tells you the exact color
of the point under your cursor. By using that you can re-create that exact
color to use as the fill color for a shape (or font color, etc.) to help
blend your edits into the original image.

Sketchup question
 

DerbyDad03 wrote:

There is also a Dimensions feature which provides arrows.

Perhaps you could get creative by using a dimensions arrow, hiding part of
it behind a text box.

I haven't tried that in SU, but when working in Power Point, I often use
shapes with no border to hide parts of imported pictures, etc.

There's a tiny free program called pixie.exe that tells you the exact color
of the point under your cursor. By using that you can re-create that exact
color to use as the fill color for a shape (or font color, etc.) to help
blend your edits into the original image.



I went back and redid my models with SU. I made them a little simpler,
based on my earlier experiences. SU seems far better than the next best
thing available to me. Sometime I take the jpg files I make with SU,
and retouch them with a photo-editor(MS Photodraw from Office 95, I
think!).

Sketchup question
 

On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:54:06 -0400, Bill wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote:

There is also a Dimensions feature which provides arrows.

Perhaps you could get creative by using a dimensions arrow, hiding part of
it behind a text box.

I haven't tried that in SU, but when working in Power Point, I often use
shapes with no border to hide parts of imported pictures, etc.

There's a tiny free program called pixie.exe that tells you the exact color
of the point under your cursor. By using that you can re-create that exact
color to use as the fill color for a shape (or font color, etc.) to help
blend your edits into the original image.



I went back and redid my models with SU. I made them a little simpler,
based on my earlier experiences. SU seems far better than the next best
thing available to me. Sometime I take the jpg files I make with SU,
and retouch them with a photo-editor(MS Photodraw from Office 95, I
think!).

I have a low-end computer and TV in my shop, where I can easily see it
from my saw. It helps to be able to view cuts while actually doing
it. I've always had trouble with printing SU models, particularly
with dimensions.