@jean-franco said: you have to clic first on "User control panel" then "user group" and there select the french forum. Il te faut sélectionner User control panel" puis l'onglet "User group" et là cocher "français". A partir de là tu pourras systématiquement accéder à ce sous forum. merci de ton aide, sa marche

There is a (commercial, $ 5) plugin called PageExIm (i.e. export/import "pages" how scenes used to be called in SU prior to version 6) at Smustard's.

IRender nXt was just the ticket....thanks Meister! You can see my render here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=19778&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30

Well, at least that's where I keep it: [image: lVva_SSB.png] I swear I've seen installation instructions on his site but I cannot find them now. @chris fullmer said: @Last or Google or whoever it was at the time specified that the tools folder was only for their use and plugins folder is for all other plugins. Well, what can they do about it?

I actually purged components and materials (now there were a lot of these) when downloaded but it only shrunk it by about 10%. That motorbike is a killer.

Draw any rectangle : type after on your numeric keyboard 3720,2340 Make any "Push" on your rectangle surface : type after on your numeric keyboard 520 et voilà

Just realized that my first model had nothing on the underside of the roof...it was hollow! I filled in under the eaves and tried to add a little detail to look like a gutter around the roof using the follow me tool. I also added some shadows just to make it a little more appealing. Here's the updated model. waterwheel.skp

Hi Barrington, hi folks. Or try this one if the object has some symmetry. Curved surface.skp

As far as I also know, 3ds is a triangulated format. If they insist, let them suffer with it.

But also, it is not just something annoying you need to do to keep file size low but once you edit an instance of the same component in a model, all other instances will instantly change a well (pun intended). This means that should you decide to change anything afterwards, you don't need to go through all your model again but do a minor change here and all the model will "update".

thanks guys thats working now I just have to account for differing Axes notation....

Hi Mary, File size of a model using images (photos you've taken) can go up to the skies if you don't optimize your images. It is a simple process you do in a 3rd party application (image editor) when you crop everything off that you don't need in the image, resize it to something "reasonable" (definitely somewhere below 1024 pixels which is generally the "limit" of OpenGL display SU uses anyway) and even save it compressed. As for your lockup after importing the GE snapshot - it can even be related to your video card/driver which you haven't said anything yet. If it persists, try to go to Window (menu) in SU > Preferences > OpenGL and unable hardware acceleration. If it "seems" to fix your problem, there's definitely something going on with your graphics system (maybe you don't even have a dedicated card just an integrated chipset).

Thanks for the suggestions and help. I'll probably be bugging you kind folks more as time goes on. -Bob

What slider? Perhaps you should attach images and models to help explain your problems, thanks! Chris

Take a look at this. http://www.smustard.com/scripts/ It's called "Make faces".

thanks all I thought I can do it like in AutoCAD over Options I searched for it but could not find it...

On the top of my head, try updating mac os: it has fixed a lot of major glitches for me on my Imac

@unknownuser said: Just Menu Window / Style/ Edit/ edge settings and disable some little things Nice, I just did it and the drawing is nice and clean Thanks!

yes possible too

@unknownuser said: ... 2-3 minutes max for the whole lot ... Thanks Howard - very considerate Chris