You could mark corners of the object on site before making a photo, just for help...In the case when there is no orthogonal lines, I would use that photo as watermark image in SU (under style). You can adjust your view of the model to match the watermark background, which stays fixed while rotating the view. Later on, you can use it in render application as background.

Also, there are some users who are completely lost as to scale and 3D computer space.

Thank you. That makes sense now. I do use layers, so I can turn them off when needed.

@kanastrous said: In SU8Pro - if I change a setting (shadows, or hidden geometry) in one scene, the changed setting ripples through -all- of the scenes, whether desired or not. For example, if I want to hide one item in Scene 2 of 5, as soon as Scene 2 (and -only- Scene 2) is saved, the item is now hidden in -every- scene. Ditto style and shadow settings: it becomes impossible to have changes in style, shadow, hidden geometry etc from one scene to the next. I figure that somewhere there is something like a save-current-changes-to-current-scene versus save-current-changes-to-all-scenes but I can't locate that on any of the menus and (surprise of surprises) the 'Help' index is of zero use, in tracking anything down. Can anyone tell me what I am missing? Thanks in advance karl Open the scenes window. At the bottom are check boxes for what gets saved with a scene. They can vary scene-to-scene.

Fredo6s ThruPaint (part of FredoTools) has a tool for this: [image: mNqW_tp_uv.jpg]

No help. That's the reference to the modifications to the *.dat file which I did.

And with Su2Components by Suforyou you can make a little planete! [image: file.php?id=124146]

Thanks Cotty.. hah, I never looked at that!

Use any rendering program needs some training! Here a cool tutorial "An Introduction to Photorealistic Rendering in SketchUp, using SU Podium". (Night and Day light) adaptable at any rendering program!

Make sure that you choose "save as" and change to version 8. Don't hit "save" afterwards in SU again, because this will overwrite the file with a 2013 version.

[image: FF7I_TableforThomas.png] And not a plugin was called. The short version. [image: 4iUQ_Taperedleg.png] Draw tapered section of leg and Follow Me path. Square plan of leg centered above. Run Follow Me on tapered section. Extrude square through the tapered portion with Push/Pull. Delete faces at top of tapered section and bottom of square section. Select the remaining geometry and run Intersect Faces>With Model or With Selection. Erase the stuff that isn't part of the leg. Soften edges as required. Make it a component.

http://sketchuptips.blogspot.fr/2007/08/plugin-mover-2.html by Jim ( personnaly not tested with ffd )

@pbacot said: Can't on a Mac. Ditto. The values I type are ignored, they don't appear in the VCB and don't affect the point's location.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQFpCQS_y4 Section Cuts within groups.

See Importing an Adobe Illustrator File SketchUp can import Adobe Illustrator files in the for of AutoCAD Drawing (.dwg) or AutoCAD Interchange (.dxf) file formats. To Import an Adobe Illustrator file: Export the Adobe Illustrator file as either a .dwg or .dxf file from Adobe Illustrator. Run SketchUp. Select File > Import. The Open dialog box appears. Navigate to the .dwg or .dxf file. Click the Open (Microsoft Windows) or Import (Mac OS X) button. The file is imported. A Google search will turn up a lot of information.

@dave r said: It doesn't, huh? I wonder where you looked up that information. Yeah that was me not looking that hard and only finding 3.1 that didn't work with su2014, i found 3.5 after i wrote that. So here are the specs of a workstation i'm pushing for at work. I'm running sketchup pro, Lumion 4.5, BricsCad, adobe photoshop, and Premiere pro i7-4790k, 32gb-2133mhz ram, (2)gtx 980, 1000w psu, 128ssd + 1tb hd, & liquid cooling Any thoughts? Thanks John

I wanted to add a great deal to Dave's post but in the long run all I had was this [image: frog_legs.jpg]

What do you expect to do with all the other points (vertices)? It appears you want to raise one point in an irregular object. It will have to deform somehow. You know you want two other points to stay put, but there are many other points (vertices) on the object that have to move one way or the other. Or would you like to rotate the whole object or the top face about an axis containing the two fixed points, and keep the surface in one inclined plane? This does not realistically apply to a sloped surface in a defined boundary (the boundary will be moved slightly), but for an imaginary garden it might be a start. If you must maintain a boundary in plan, you could pull the top of the shape up and then intersect the walls with a plane containing all three desired points. Remove the unwanted parts and use the new inclined plane. You'd have to redo the depression (or just pull its walls straight up to intersect with the new plane). One approach would be to draw your perimeter at the correct heights before you do anything else, whether they represent the bounds of a single plane or an undulating surface. Then fill in the surface and features. Oh and welcome to Sketchucation and Sketchup!--I hope this response isn't overkill

@bobhewson said: Thanks, resolved. Bob With which solution?