https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2 AI is not good source for a solution. You could be going down a rabbithole to nowhere. A better option would be to upgrade SketchUp if that's in your budget.

@fredo6 This plugin is fantastic and very useful but not well known, which is why I would like to write an article about it for an Italian group, but I have a problem. Being disabled, when I open the Freddo Batch windows, they open at the top, above and outside the limits of the open SketchUp window, and due to my inability to use a normal mouse, I use a virtual mouse (eviacam). It's difficult for me to move the window because the top bar is used by eviacam but is not editable. It's only my problem, but this is the only plugin I have this issue with. Is it possible to have the windows open inside the SketchUp window? [image: 1767352063969-yljde2xlc5-resized.png]

Thanks so much, its very useful.

Let me try and explain what I'm trying to do because I have a few things I'd like to accomplish... this being what I think should be the first step. Though I tend to change/modify my ideas as I work on them. Basically I have a cabinet plugin I'm working on and one thing I'd like to do is add nesting/cut sheet/layout functionality... so basically... identify all the top faces of the panels (I can do this). make a copy of the faces before adding them to an array... still need to figure this out. launch a new instance of SketchUp and adding the faces from the array I copied... I was thinking of making a ruby script to do this and then launch/open a plugin to manage the nesting options. I got the idea after finding this... https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/139502/sketchup-command-line-switches Hopefully that's not to confusing and makes some sense.

Looking good, Steve, very good.

@L-i-am Thanks for the kind words, Liam, much appreciated! And have a great New Year!

That is not a four edge geometry..

Yeah, I think you'll definitely need to live with the compromise, because there's not some "universal" solution to this problem (and it can get even more complex with multiple nesting levels and/or multiple instances of the "father" component with different scale factor. You will indeed loose the "instancing" benefit, otherwise it will be a mess.. No matter the code. Buon anno a te!

@jaime_s Sorry, but I made the decision early on to not sell any of my models. That would make it seem more like work rather than something I do because I enjoy it.

The developers haven't have made any changes to SketchUp 2021 since late in 2021. The .3ds exporter in SketchUp 2021 wouldn't have been changed, either. You can be certain that the developers won't be looking at the exporter in old, unsupported versions of SketchUp. Maybe there's something in your model that is resulting in the slow down. You could share the .skp file. We could try the export in the current version and see what happens. @onzki said in Export to .3ds takes forever: I’m using 2021 Pro Your profile says you are using SketchUp 2024. Do you get a different export result with that version?

Have you tried scrolling down a bit. [image: 1767063670691-gif-30-12-2025-2-00-29-pm.gif]

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Thanks @krass for putting it in a new topic! That makes it easier for me to keep track, instead of tracking everything in the huge release thread. I typed up a comprehensive guide: https://rayscaper.com/faq/licensing/#how-do-i-release-a-license-seat

Thanks, thought I had messed the system up somewhere.

A belated THANK YOU, Dave!

Merry Christmas, Rich. All the best for you and your family, and thanks for all the help and support in developing Rayscaper.

@ntxdave said in Create new or adjust materials: The only problem I am having now is that when I rotate the object (actually the camera) So you mean orbit the camera? @ntxdave said in Create new or adjust materials: the image on the back side of the heart comes and goes Sounds like Z-fighing. Make the image of the heart a texture and apply it to just the back face of the heart. Turn on Hidden Geometry so you can paint the back separately from the rest.

Amazing!

@HornOxx Wonderful, made me smile today. Meryy Christmas folks, one and all. I hope you get all you need and 2026 proves to be the year to improves the lot of everyone single animal on the planet. I know but we CAN live with hope.