I think that I have a solution for this. Paint the first face with your material. Right click on the texture and choose TEXTURE and then PROJECTED. Then you should be able to paint with aligned texture. It works for me at least.

Happy that fixed it, Jerry. And thank you both.

c'est je pense que l'objet à projeter n'est pas qu'une seule entité : un seul objet!(il ne faut pas de groupe de groupes) Et que le "grillage" va tout faire dérailler! Il vaudra mieux prendre une texture pour ce genre de chose! ça devrait marcher! [image: 1X0i_GIF_flow.gif]

Pas mal de solutions ici (il faut cliquer les vidéos de ce forum pour les afficher dans youtube!!! https://youtu.be/XbOUGxPfiCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-Awg4cxXE etc...

With an appropriate png file with transparent pixels around the outside you could use Image Trimmer from TIG's SKM Tools to convert it to geometry that could then be used to cut out the shape. I didn't cut an opening like you're talking about doing. I just "painted" the silhouette instead. [image: CuYp_Screenshot-2_23_20213_57_31PM.png]

Ok, thanks. So I am knocking on wood and wait for some solution...

Result: [image: Yd2FkjX.png] Thanks so much!

... what a nice introduction ja, welcome to this forum! And only if not yet known - this place here is also a good address for plugins https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore

For completeness I can report that I have managed to fix this problem myself, albeit in a rather "brute force" way - so if there's a simpler solution I'd be very interested. Rather than try to measure the property of the servo itself, I obtained the position of the objects it was ultimately linked to using script such as the following for each object - @@pos_mainarm_cylinder = this.get_position(1) @@pos_mainarm_ram = this.get_position(1) Then by computing the distance between the two objects I was able to limit the movement of the servo so as to remain within the correct range. dist = distance(@@pos_mainarm_cylinder, @@pos_mainarm_ram) joy = joystick(:lefty) if ( dist > 1.000 && joy < 0 ) || ( dist < 0.380 && joy >0 ) || (dist < 1.000 && dist > 0.380) @_mainarm = @_mainarm - joy end The limits of 1.00 and 0.38 were from the known dimensions of the objects. The local variable @_mainarm was then used to control the servo. The distance function uses Pythagoras's theory to calculate the distance between the middle of each object. As I say - any simpler ideas? Nonetheless it now works as intended irrespective of the starting position of the servos.

Are you still using SketchUp 2016 Make as indicated in your profile? This was done in SketchUp Pro with LayOut. [image: R3SL_Screenshot-2_1_202112_50_55PM.png]

Sorry, there is no interface to the Outliner in the Ruby API (or to other GUI panels, for that matter).

Thank you Box for this so fast given and good tip - I'm already testing, since I'm not checking the input parameters right yet It would be great if I could tackle any source geometry at 3 points in order to assign these 3 points to any new target as a copy, possibly supplemented by the option of repeating this operation e.g. 10 times...

Hi folks. After you have purged your file, save it as a template so the next time you start SketchUp, you will have a very lean file.

TIL (today I learned) Free3D, thanks.

That story continues Steve, to the rep asking if the person has the boxes his computer came in. Yes, he says, is it that bad? Yes take it back to the shop you bought it from and tell them you are too stupid to own a computer. Right, back to hunting for my boxes.

Thanks Dave, I took your advice and just threw everything on layer 0. Originally I did not want to do that because I thought... layer 1 was at elev 1 and layer 2000 represented elevation 2000 feet. But I noticed each "topo" line was not one number bigger or smaller to the ones next to it. So all elevation layer data from USGS had no value in their layer naming convention. So I am now making surfaces of each step and extrude all of them (all 2000!) one by one and see what I get? Then I can compare it to a really hodge podge set of separate area surface tiles I am hand stitching together, and plan to slice up the mix at the same 1 foot elevation intervals and compare the two. Unfortunately since I truly don't know what I am doing the accuracy will not be determinable, but we will see if it is good enough once we get there. Thanks again for all your help, your advice is always "right on! Matte

@matte said: I'll have to look at the "Tag" thing, not familiar with that? I thought the color by layer might mess up images... Unless SU allows you to select individual layers and just apply a color by to layer to that specifically chosen layer, that would work perfect. Color by Tag or Color by Layer is a style setting that will be applied to all objects in a scene. You could set all the tag colors to be the same except for selected ones such as dimensions. As an example I set all of the tag colors to be black except for three tags. [image: x0a8_Screenshot-1_13_202111_23_11AM.png] One downside to this is if you use Shaded or Shaded with Textures as your face style, the faces also get the tag/layer color. That might get in the way of your modeling. [image: V743_Screenshot-1_13_202111_26_32AM.png] @matte said: I know how to color and change all dims to a color. I was trying to set a layer as Dim Red (Interior things) and Dim Blue (Exterior things)... It sounds like you are making it more difficult than it needs to be. Create layers/tags to give to the various dimensions, i.e. Dims Interior and Dims Exterior. Select the interior dimensions and assign the Dims Interior layer to them. Repeat for the exterior dims. Then you can turn off the dims Exterior tag/layer so you can only select the interior dimensions. Color them red in Model Info>Dimensions. Turn off the interior dimensions and turn on the exterior and make those dimensions blue.

Access to the Warehouses is restricted in older versions of SketchUp. But with v2017 you can download an RBZ from the EWH [you will need a [free] Trimble ID set up] or the SketchUcation PluginStore [using your membership login details, if prompted again]... Check that the selected RBZ is compatible with v2017 - some are not... Ensure that your web-browser's options are set to download RBZ file-types and NOT to 'open' them... Once you have the RBZ in your Downloads folder, use the Extension Manager dialog's 'Install...' button... Navigate to the RBZ and choose it, SketchUp should install its contents for you into your user's Plugins folder... Double-check that you installed v2017 properly... Whilst logged into Windows as you normal user-account, ensure that SketchUp is closed... Find the v2017 installer's exe file - usually in your Downloads folder ? Select that exe file's icon, right-click > context-menu > "Run as administrator" When prompted choose "Repair". When it's done all file and folder permissions should have been reset correctly. Never install a complex app on Windows by double-clicking its installer's exe file icon to 'Run' it - even if your user-account has admin-powers the result will not be the same. Doing a 'Repair' like this should not affect anything you have set-up thus far... but it could fix underlying issues...

@pbacot said: Adding KUDOS to TIG and Fredo6 for these tools! Yes! 1000 x Yes!

Or "optimize" with Acrobat Pro or "compress" with Free PDF Compressor.