Well, since it’s likely too large to upload here directly, download it to your computer using Download in the hamburger menu button in the top left. Then upload it to Drop Box or Google Drive and share the link.
Here’s the link, mate.
This is still a large file especially as you are a hobbyist.
After correcting incorrect tag usage…
And purging the unused stuff from the file…
That reduced the file some. About 11%. You’ve chosen to add trees that have a ton of geometry and will drag the model down. The cars have a fair amount of geometry, too.
As far as your question about hiding or softening edges, you could open the various objects for editing and hide or soften the edges. There’s no way to do a bulk hiding or softening of the edges in the free version, though. In the Shop or Pro version you can edit the style to not show edges. Here I’ve turned off just Profiles. (I’ve also turned off the textures which shows you have lots of reversed faces.
This shows all the edges turned off and materials on.
Thanks, Dave. You’ve been immensely helpful with your expertise. I’m thinking this will be the first time these clients have seen a presentation like this anyway, so they should be more than happy with it. I’ll try it with the edges turned off and materials on when I show the design to them.
If I thought this might lead to more work along these lines then I might consider upgrading to a better version, but as a retiree on a modest income I can’t see my way to affording the monthly subscriptions.
Again, many thanks for your help, for your patience, and for “being there.”
You’re welcome.
Since this is for your business use you need to be using SketchUp Pro or SketchUp Shop. SketchUp Free is not appropriate. Using the free version for commercial work is a violation of the the terms of use you agreed to. Clearly for projects of this scope, Sketchup Pro would be a better choice because of the ability to handle larger files.
The subscription is annual, not monthly. The Pro subscription works out to $25 a month. Surely you can pass on that cost to clients.
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These are the statements that made @DaveR believe you are using SketchUp professionally, not as a hobby.
Then this one tries to find some middle ground between hobby and professional.
With the disclaimer that I don’t work for Trimble and am not a lawyer, it seems pretty clear to me that the terms of use are based on whether you are getting any income from use of SketchUp, not on the amount of income or your retirement status. I agree with @DaveR that you should view this as a cost of doing business and pass it through to the client. If your clients won’t accept the equivalent of maybe 1/2 hour of professional fees/month, you need to find new clients or rethink your business plan!
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Apologies. I didn’t realise I was violating the terms of the Free version as I’m not charging them anything. But I’ll have another look at the cost of the other versions.
Generally the term “client” implies you are working for them in exchange for payment of some sort.
After a lifetime of working as a graphic designer I’ve fallen into the habit of calling everyone I do a ‘job’ for as a client when in fact, as is the case with this 3D project, I’m merely doing it as a freebie for a friend of a friend. Besides, it has been over a decade since my last foray into SketchUp and I wouldn’t even feel comfortable charging for my time when it’s really been a case of my learning as I go. Apologies for giving the wrong impression in my posts.
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To my thinking, if you are doing it for free as a favor to a friend, that doesn’t violate the non-commercial terms regardless of what language you use. Thanks for clarifying!
Thanks, and again, I apologise for the mix up.
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