Ohh, is that still doing the rounds? I should finish it...Shouldn't I

Not at all, bug report away. I assume that I am not the only person with this problem so if it helps I am happy to have my model submitted.

Yet the best is to weld those edges before extruding (Push/Pulling) so that they won't cause any headache later. To check why it would be better, try these steps (now that you have the side facets softened): Push/Pull the top face higher; fine, you cannot see any difference, the side is still smooth. Now Ctrl+Push/Pull the top face (this will create a dividing face in between) but now the unsoftened lines appear again. If you welded the perimeter first, this wouldn't happen.

strange isn't it? it should be in the menu in the layer manager too.

I could have used additional help on organizing elements within a complex project. Slowly, the suggestions by regular contributors have begun to sink in and now I think I could do a better job of organizing than my initial (and largest) project to date. Specifically-- Demonstrate the recommended workflow of creating geometry on layer 0, grouping or componenting that geometry and moving it to a defined layer. Stressing that elements of a group or component can exist on different layers. I have no idea why someone would want this to happen (is there an instance where this would be advantageous?). Show how to best "fix" things should you inadvertently get a group spread across different layers. Stressing the workflow championed by Solo--creating pieces of the total and saving those components out to their own .skp file and importing them into a master composition file. This approach makes a lot of sense to me now for reasons of organizational and library-building. I agree the Intro to Rubies tut would be a good thing. Another idea would be to preview a number of the most useful rubies to show just what they do and how they work, and perhaps discuss differences between rubies that do similar things.

Land FX works only out of AutoCAD and now Bricscad. The problem with the modeling is the trees they use look like some kind of umbrellas rather than some of the great trees that are now availble from tom or tree generator. in concept is is a really great tool if you are doing concept through construction docs, but for modelling native SU is better. It really depends on what you are doing.

If you're modelling Gundams This site has some good tips and tricks.

Hi Jim! No problem and of course i thank you for all your work you put into rubies and helping out here in the forum. The Ivy Generator needs an object only as a dummy to run the ivy on sg so sometimes it's not a problem if some triangles are missing. I also use Archicad so i think i will try an dxf > obj workaround - although right now it looks that this .obj format is kinda fragile so i dont have high hopes. Anyways, thanks for the help everybody!

that helped...

@dave r said: ...You can make some adjustments in the Entity Info box but if you want to assign other attributes such as cutting openings or Face Me, you'll need to explode the group and then Make it a component... Or in the component browser > Right click on a component "In model" > Go to Properties. This willopen the component dialog missing when turning a group into a component.

Xrok is right, if you post your sketch we can guage how to help you. Note I suggest help, not do the work for you unpaid. If you are just starting to work for yourself as a designer, learning SU yourself is a smart move and we will help you.

@maverick83 said: Is there a smart way to do this domino-like thing? Thanks!! in answer to the question; copy along path [image: AGX0_Capture.JPG]

These are great tips, Anssi, thanks. In fact, I know almost nothing about CAD and only learning the basics right now (and mainly for the "sake" of the forums here)

@mirjman said: here's a very easy way to do this: draw a stray line anywhere select your component and the line at the same time use "flip along" to mirror on world axis delete stray is this what you are asking I don't think so, mirjman, as that sounds like a simply a flipped, but not a mirroredobject, but adding the extra steps as described by Wo3Dan, i.e. making the original object and your "stray line" a new group, which will have its bounding box aligned to the axes, then using scale -1 worked just fine. Thanks! John

They save many-many things; check out the scene manager and the first quarter of this presentation (you may realise that you know all the presenters there )

Hi Red, (Before trying this,make a test file first). You can always "save (a component) as..." by right clicking on it (note that components are actually real, "independent" skp files "embeded" into your model - this will explain everything). Now you save the component as a separate skp file which you can open and make any changes to. Note that you need to keep the axes for the further steps. Now if you go back to your original file and right click on the original,still "unchanged" component, you can "Reload" it with (in this case obviously) the changed one you've just edited. In your particular case, use this technique as it fits you. Instead of this, you can always copy elements (simple Ctrl+C) and paste them in place from the Edit menu (I actually have Shift+Ctrl+V assigned to this function) into the new model file.

Welcome! This is the best place to "cheat" for your architecture classes! Hope your teacher won't be hanging around too much!

Now I see Yes just select and delete

Have you read through the tuts? The curved corners are not difficult to achieve. Try these Tuts Curved edges on a cube http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3631 General Tuts page http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8767&p=52654&hilit=Curved+Edges#p52652 I hope you find the answer you are after. Good modeling