@dave r said: I moved this from the Bug Reporting forum because this is not a bug. Maybe not a Sketchup bug, but it might be something in the lines of pbacot suggested.

If you build your geometry correctly and use groups and components you would only need to select the group and taper it.

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I like screw.rb from ruby library depot. Just draw a shape and run it once. [image: jea9_ScreenShot2016-04-02at7.28.35AM.png]

thanks!!

The colored background is a style setting, not a JPG that can be replaced. You might use your image as a watermark or you could draw a large surface in the background and add the image as a texture.

As Dave says, SU uses only a single core, so there is no benefit to quad vs duo unless you have enough other things running at the same time to fill all your cores. However, SU will benefit from a faster clock rate or from a faster CPU architecture, so potentially an i7 might be faster than an i5 depending on details - but we're talking about incremental, not for example a factor of 2 or more.

that shouldn't work... google sold sketchUp and Trimble don't use it's name on the folders... so for 13, 14, 15, 16 just change the last digit... com.sketchup.SketchUp.2016 john

Yes. Change it in a new file and save it as the default template.

OK Thanks!

It is certainly possible, though not simple, to model the hull of a boat using SketchUp. But I'm a bit unclear about your assignment. In what form have you been "given a floorplan", and what are the characteristics of the space you are supposed to design? As Dave says, the shape of a boat is usually quite complex compared to a house, with few rectangular rooms and few flat or vertical surfaces. By "design", do you mean to plan the layout and materials for the interior furnishings the way an interior designer would do for a house? There are also special considerations that have to be given to materials and design to allow for the damp and sometimes actively wet conditions in a boat. Do you have background for this? If not, you have a lot to learn about boats before you need to worry about SketchUp!

@lizartin said: I actually figured it out finally....only took me 2 days! Thanks! Explaining what you actually did to avoid ignominy might have helped other users who might be similarly challenged...

@tibbyboo said: Hi! I'm an Interior Design student, and wondering if anyone could kindly help with a tutorial request. My designs include a modular triangular ceiling like this ( http://www.zeutch.com/archi/pavillon-bloomberg-29889 ) and I've tried countless different methods, but I really can't get to grips with how I can make this kind of structure on SketchUp Make 2015. I'm an intermediate user, however this has totally stumped me! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much in advance to any replies! Tibbyboo My Honey Comb plugin, which you can find on my blog, might be of help. [image: W0fk_honeycomb.gif]

Found a great tutorial/solution to fix this problem. http://getmethod.com/blog/2010/8/24/sketchup-quicktips-flatten-crappy-cad-drawings.html

Thank you for your answer Jean. Infact i already work very organised. All the models i insert are already components. So copying instances is not a problem. Also no loose geometry or ungrouped objects. As i searched deeply, i found out that the main problem occurs when i export/import the models. The 550kb fireplace which i designed in 3ds max becomes 5mb when i export as fbx. And when i import it in sketchup via simlab's fbx importer it becomes 75mb... I have reported this to both autodesk and simlab. Waiting for an answer if there is an other way of exporting/importing without growing the file like this.

Thanks Dave

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Ahh... That's it. I was thinking of something more complicated. Peter is right. I only meant for you to trace one line segment on the edge. Zoom in close and you'll see the segments.

There is a recent v2016 Maintenance Release, with some updates. Get it from SketchUp direct... http://www.sketchup.com/download/all Never download from an untrusted site...

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