Steve, If you are using KT for rendering,why not use global hdr images as sky within KT itself? They are much better and nicer than anything you can make in SU and export to a renderer?

Thanks again for the feedback on my ruby scripts. Just FYI... The Taper Maker script will draw tapered offsets in addition to tapered extrusions. You access this capability by entering one of the following in the options field on the input dialog: "o" or "offset" or "offsets" When this option is used, the script does not draw a tapered extrusion along your selected path. Instead, it draws four tapered offsets (paths) along your selected path. These paths would be centerlines along the faces of the tapered extrusion "above", "below", "left" and "right" of your path. Here is an example of four tapered offsets around a path: tapered offsets.pdf This option facilitates using one tapered curve as the basis for another as in this metalworking example: taper on taper.pdf HTH

@gaieus said: The fact is that Kerkythe is being developed by one person who (until recently) didn't have any experience on Mac. Also, this is the first release for Mac and obviously the "Mac user base" is quite small (true that Podium has only released its first Mac version, too). All the help files for Kerky are being developed by enthusiastic users who devote their time to sharing their experiences. I find these help files quite intuitive and helpful and also the people on the KT forums (and yes, the Podium forum is alo a great place). I realize my post was a bit provocative and certainly don't want to start a pissing contest. The Mac workflow mindset is quite diferent. PC guys drive ten miles to save a penny on a gallon/litre of gas, Mac guys fillup across the street. Anywho, finally got an answer to my dilema...you got it...from a PC guy!

ok good. Glad its back up and working, Chris

Yeah, Gai, I had done a Ctrl-A and then thought I was hitting Ctrl-V instead of the Ctrl-C I meant to hit. Just a dumb accident. I haven't tried doing Ctrl-Z to see if I can back out of it, but if it happens again, I'll sure give it a try! Thanks! Gigi

Yes, it's supposed to be the back of the faucet. I haven't gotten to the actual spout, yet. Went back to play with my banister in another drawing. Yeah, the couch came out pretty well, didn't it? I couldn't figure out how to get it going 'round in two directions, so I used only one-half of the cushion, and did two halves, and then joined them together. Worked out well. Thanks for your great tip! Will serve me well in the future! Gigi @chris fullmer said: Oh good. So its really a sink faucet head or something? It doesnt look half bad at the XL scale as a big block cushion chair/couch thing.

As an ancient marina, the concepts of Ruby, and OPPS originally fail to easily register on my consciousness. The following is the degree to which I currently understand them as applied to SUs Ruby API. A class is the generic form of an object. Objects within a class share the same class characteristics, the differences between objects are found in their variable differences. A class "box", results in objects, that differ in height, width, or length. Methods nare procedures that dertermine a variable's value. For example, the boxes height = volume/(width*length). A SU Ruby plugin is a program that utilized the SU Ruby API to affect a SU model.

Vray for SU does not have that capability

Hi Witjazz, hi folks. See this SU file for ideas. Marking divisions on a line.skp

@kimberlylarae said: That might explain it. I'm so totally new to this. In school we are told to do it, unfortunately not much is said about how to do it. Today I'm doing a secional sofa and learning groups and the arc tool. As usual, I'm lost. At first I thought it was because I've gone back to school at the age of 40. Now I'm certain I would be lost at any age. kimberlylarae, Looking at your uploaded .skp I have some suggestions. Don't use screentext to point directly to your model. Whenever you orbit or pan it will only be confusing. Avoid using 3D-text for it will increase your file size. 3D-text is just a bunch of edges in components. Dimension important geometry in your model to keep track of changes in size and to stay in control. I've made a sequence of how you could start creating a floor plan. It's just an example though. See attached file: W4A3-Kim-Floorplan.skp

it's ok.Thanks a lot..

Thanks James! I think I got it. I don't know why the various times I tried it, I never noticed anything. I was working with an ACAD import where the colors are for the lines. Well it changes the faces not the lines in SU.This particular time I hadn't drawn faces yet. However I can get the lines to color as well by using "By material" in the color setting under Styles /edit / Edge. I was hoping to better differentiate lines in the import. Works great. Peter

Solo, Thanks for your input and help. How did I get my model below ground? Well got to be more careful. Maybe a function of the Drw2Dxf2Faces2Skp conversions to bring the model into Su. [image: LUu9_Pla59cinteriorlivinglookingfoyer.JPG] Now I can move on to other embellishments.

I'd be interested to see your model. Or at least some good pics of it. We might have even more modeling tips if we saw how the progress is coming. It sounds super interesting! Chris

yes, good ideas, thanks yall.

In case anybody has a problem like this, Ive found that skechup (as well as CAD) has problems with arcs that you offset repeated times..... everytime Ive had this problem since I first posted this, I realized it always happens with offset radii.... now I just draw quick free hand contour lines instead of arcs and tangents, the accuracy doesn't matter as long as your close - because triangulation (what SU uses to create a TIN in sandbox) is kinda random and organic, and should be to represent earth forms.

There is a "CloseOpens.rb" ($ 20) at Smustard's that is supposed to find these little breks and close them. Also I suggest you to use "SimplifyContours.rb" (croll down to the bottom) once you have very dens survey line system. It won't really affect the appearance of your terrain but may be of big help with big and detailed areas.

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Hi...sorry to hear about the crash. Can you please add some detail to the steps that lead up to your crash? We'll look at it for sure! Thanks for working with me on this! Cheers, - CraigD

If I know something is curved, and not coplanar, I'll often just use the erase tool and hold down ctrl. That makes it soften and smooth all the edges that you run it over. It is a very fast and effective way to clean up parts by hand. You want to becareful to not smooth too many lines that are coplanar and should just be deleted though. Well, I don't know what would happen, but it seems like that would just add unnecessary geometry I guess. Chris