@pbacot said: P.S. I cannot understand why people work white on white style. I always find it hard to see what I am doing in 3d! And are you working in parallel projection? I also find that awkward. . Good luck. I really appreciate your response. I went back and read some more tutorials and now I understand what you were telling me. I rebuilt the door completely and just added to my model and all worked well. Still need a little more practice to make sure I do right first tine. Yes, I always work on white style. Given the modeling I do (build car was parts and layouts - not the bulding) this works the best for me as everything has to be given to the potential customer in a PDF file. Yes, I always work in parallel projection. This seems to work the best for me given the work I normally do. I only use the perspective mode when I generate movies that take you through the car wash. The parallel mode is also used to create 2D DWG files that are then pasted into the final building drawings. Again, thanks for looking at this and pointing me in the right direction.

Hi I'm currently using Lenovo Y-50 gaming laptop to draw acad 13 and sketchup 15. I thought that laptop can render fast with vray. But it didn't work well. Whenever I insert components in my projects, it becomes slower and appears 'not responding' on the top of my drawing. I don't recommand to buy lenovo. Asus is better performance.

@cheem said: I'm bumping this because I never did find the answer for this and ended up working around it with a fairly cumbersome, manual method. I'm curious still if anyone has any ideas, or perhaps it just isn't possible at this point. Thank you Tim . . the scale is found in the transformation xscl = component_instance.transformation.xscale yscl = component_instance.transformation.yscale zscl = component_instance.transformation.zscale To reset the scales to 1.0, you can use the Scale Reset plugin on by blog. Right click on component and choose "Component XYZ Scale". The scales will be displayed in a Messagebox.

You're welcome. I modified the line style by adding a shorter version of the stroke. I also set the level of detail to max and killed the Halo setting. You can try it to see if you get better results. There is a still a limit to minimum line length displayed but it's half what it is in the original style. Here's a quick comparison. [image: 8HqG_StraightLines02px.png] [image: BvPe_StraightLines02pxmodified.png] [image: hez7_Default.png] There are some other things you might be able to do to increase detail. Mainly welding curves. Straight Lines 02pix Modified.style

At this point it isn't a solid. [image: cpeo_Screenshot-6_9_20154_27_37PM.png] After choosing Fix All in Solid Inspector², it becomes a solid and should print just fine.

As a further thought, the desire for "work planes" is sometimes due to an attempt to make SketchUp function like other CAD software. As Dave says, you should be free to use SketchUp the way that works best for you, but you should also try to learn and use the way it was designed.

@duubike said: For example if i draw a solid cube (attached image 1) and then draw a rectangle on it and pull it out (attached image 2) is it possible to make that into a solid? Or the only way to make it into a solid is to draw the second cube as a seperate solid and then merge them together? This is correct for the example you describe. The problem is that on a more complex object there may be interior faces, or some other geometry that will cause the operation to not be solid. Here are a few basic principles that you should know when 3D printing your Sketchup models.

see this gif... [image: kjCZ_guitar-neck.gif]

Cheers. Will definitely have a play around with Profile Builder. That looks extremely useful for a lot of things. Thanks

Or use ctrl with p/p to add a face. You'll probably need to orient it correctly afterwards. Edit: I think I read the earlier post before it was edited to add the control option but I may be wrong and am just repeating the obvious.

hi, how can i export my model with "Section cut face" as hatch in AutoCAD 2014 ? [image: 8JxW_Capture.jpg]

That is a matter to speak with Trimble. There are network licences available wich do what Tig describes but I guess they would be willing to negotiate with you... (I know I would...)

Thanks for your reply cotty - I am gobsmacked that I have to worry about thousandths of a millimetre! Got the test piece to work - now just have to apply it to the model… Thanks again

@srx said: By the way, what is the advantage of not using plugin? None if you know what you're doing... It's full of advantages actually.

@lovepower8888 said: Face flash is main problem and wanna solve it with Ruby It's so hard. So this is a developer question about a ruby solution?

I make section cutfaces, Tig's plugin I believe.... I use them in a few ways. I use them to block the view of the empty cavities of the structure in various views. I use them for Skalp and other SU hatch plugins. I use them via copy/paste into Layout to convert them into hatches. I leave them visible in elevations and floor plans so as to use them as references for section marks. Here's my architectural symbols scrapbook for layout. It has a large section symbol. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40%26amp;t=49829 Here is Tig's Interior Elevation Symbol and View plugin. Perhaps we might be able to convince him to create a similar section symbol plugin. http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ElevTag

Thanks for your reply. Windows 8.1, yeah it is 64bit with just the basic sketchup tool set. I won't be running an embedded renderer but I will be sketching structures at a scale of 1:200 with some fine detail say at 2:1. If this matters

Curvishear is exactly what I'm looking for Thanks alot ! Kind regards Alain

xi21lipa A trick I use is to [hide] a face or faces (group etc) to edit inside/behind etc. Sort of peeling back an orange to get at the goodies inside. One can hide a number of objects/faces etc and then either [unhide] all at one time or enter CTL/z to reveal one at a time. I set keystrokes [H] to hide and [U] to unhide. Hope this works for you. dtr

post a before and an after model. it's really hard to envision what you mean... john