Thank you very much!

Have you tried just using three scenes and Sketchup's built in controls. If not I am sure there are plenty of tutorials on Youtube and other such places. Other than that I don't think I can be much help. Good luck! Post it when finished.

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Hello, Smegan, Exporting a model in .FBX format assumes that you are using SketchUp Pro. A kind of workaround to import it using the free version of SU: http://sites.google.com/site/alexvaqp/sketchupblender From Blender, you should be able to export it as .3ds or .obj and then to Maya (hopefully). I hope this helps.

@gaieus said: Ah come on, you won't forget if you really try to do it a couple of times to see how it works! Forgetting everything is in my nature. As is learning new things (and old things).

thx alot.

Cool. I never really know if I am explaining what needs to be explained or something else, trivial and well known thing.

Thanks yet again Gai, you certainly are helpful! I didn't mean to put you on the hotseat -- being an admin and all!

Thanks Mike...could have sworn the "Shadows ON" worked OK for viewing the tub in Model Space before, but apparently not. Appreciate the fix for my annoying problem

Bonjour Julien. Si tu veux, tu peux t'inscrire au forum français. Salutations.

Hi folks. See this SU file for ideas. Floor plan.skp

I knew that. .. just teasin' ya. It's all in good fun. You know me. .. i like to be the class clown!

Well, hand-stitching indeed takes a looot of time. However, Extrusion tools by TIG is worth having in any case - an entire suite that makes a life easier. Something in there will suit your needs, for sure. Hope you have a nice weekend too!

Too bad I didn't know about the follow me tool until after I made the roof

@d12dozr said: ...or you could just use a texture projected onto a curved surface if your camera isn't going to be too close to the net. This will keep the file size to a minimum. Unless you really need the geometry for whatever reason, I would also go along with a nice texture.

Thank you, all neatly layered and scened!! It's made a huge difference to how fast it runs.

Having fun, Thanks again. su-Pool+Porch+Hedge+Dimensions.skp

You can align a view to any face, then make a scene using that view now looking 'square' at the roof surface... To align a view first select one roof face, then right-click context-menu, pick 'Align View', the view changes itself - you are now looking at the face 'square-on'. You might want to change the Camera setting from Perspective to Parallel too. Pan the view to show what you want [BUT don't 'orbit' as you'll loose the 'squared-view']. Now use the Scene Manager and make a new scene-tab for that view. When you next want to go to that view click the tab and the view changes to suit. Tip you can also change the model's axes temporarily so they align with the roof plane - making drawing on the plane with inferencing etc much easier... Hope that all helps...

OK, many thnaks TIG, much obliged.

There are several good plugins to help with making helical forms BUT you can do it 'by hand' quite easily - e.g. see here for some ideas http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9097&p=55538&hilit=helical+ramp#p55538 ...