thank you for sharing

It also will delete faces occasionally if they are ill-formed. This happens most often when working with geometry imported from other software from what I've seen.

I don't know exactly what the problem is but a couple of things come to mind. The first one is that the Permissions for the Plugins folder aren't set to Read and Write. Another is that you've got some plugin that is conflicting with CutList. Make sure you have some value in the box for saw kerf size. Why are you still running 4.1.5? We're up to 4.1.8 now. If you switch versions make sure you delete the older version and its folder first.

It should do. The others like my direct mesh maker are cross-system tools - most are and say when they 'are not', not when they 'are'

I downloaded Sketchup 2013, and that fixed it. I hate that Slicer5 does a better job, but I have already paid for SliceModeler v1.4, although I cannot seem to find the download link for it. I have been playing around with version 1.3. Thanks for your help.

Are you really running SketchUp under Linux? On Windows and Macs, anyway, you need to have full permissions established for the Plugins folder. You need to be able to install files and in the case of many plugins, they need to have the ability to write to files in the Plugins folder to make the changes you do work.

@jourylek said: no I have the plugin sketch psychics so my car is in motion and then I can look around me picture but then do not follow me car Can't you please at least add the complete Dutch version of your problem to your post. As it is now, it's quite impossible to see what you are after. People might lose interest.

Yes, it really is a useful tool, I'm just thinking about how much it could shorten the modelling process for me in some situations. Thanks again!

It's the well known clipping thing. There are a few different causes. You're in Parallel Projection--switch to Perspective view, hit Zoom Extents and then go back to Parallel Projection if you wish. You're model is a long distance from the origin or there is some geometry at a long distance from the origin. Keep you model close to the origin. Hit Zoom Extents. Does your model get smaller with a bunch of empty space? That empty space contains some stray geometry that needs to be deleted.

Hi Solo. Besides sketchup I wont be doing anything too demanding with the computer; checking email, quickbooks etc. I dont do any gaming at all. Im a remodeling contractor so I do want to have the ability to render my model, do a walkthrough, and also hook it up to a flatscreen TV in my showroom ( so the client can see there project coming to life). Thanks.

@dave r said: You can use Lines to Tubes for that. Just change Precision to 4 for a square profile. Or you could use Chris Fullmer's Perpendicular Face Tool to put a custom shape on the end of the path and run Follow Me or Eneroth's Upright Extruder. perfect!! thank you for that. never knew that Precision stands for "number of sides." and what I thought I'm doing a circle is actually a decagon @TIG thanks for sharing. I'm planning on using your plugins as well after I set up fredo's additional plugins folder. @massimo superb plugin! and entertaining teaser might consider using it as well.

The PC that is working properly is running Windows 7 and Sketchup 8. The materials libraries in the new (old) PC are showing up in Kerkythea. I was going to remove both Sketchup and Kerkythea and then reinstall, but for some reason Kerkythea is not even showing up when I try to add/remove programs.

@pbacot said: Is this dwg file any help. It's translated from the pdf. and I made this SU file from that. I did nothing to check the scale. Scale from a pdf is probably suspect. You can rescale. Thanks for the input. I went ahead and did one myself and then matched yours to mine and they were the same except one step had an angle difference of .1 degrees lol and like Dave said .2 doesn't even mater. I called my friend who has a cnc plasma cutter in his business and he says that it is only accurate to .5 degrees on a small part like this just because of the slag burn off!

@unknownuser said: A camera, an object and a light. Maybe 3 lights will be more generic! Studio Harcourt! And see this article that i had translated (based on Su Podium but valuable for any render! (clic on Jim Allen when you arrive if your prefer English!

Thanks for the tips, everyone! I got the model finished with the advice last night.

oh really? thanks mates! btw, i did manually check today if anyone replied to my post last oct 27. :8l thanks again.

it would work better if you made the road planar first and then extended and intersect the centerlines to the real road. tools on surface could make it easier to do on a non planar road that you've already built.

Cool, thank you for the pointer. That's a new one for me.

Bingo! Worked. Thank you very much.

The Plugins folder in SketchUp 8 will be under Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/. You must make sure you have full permissions established for the Plugins folder before you can install plugins there. If the plugin was downloaded as a ZIP file, you must extract the contents of the file to the Plugins folder making sure you respect the file structure inside the ZIP file. If you don't the plugin won't work. Specifically, which plugin are you referring to and where did you get it?