Ok tried something new. If I draw a larger object say 10 feet x 10 feet and then print it at a smaller scale it does print correctly and the right size. It's just small objects that it seems to have problems with. Edit: Oh B%*%%$er now even that's stoped working. Last week I designed a stable block thats a 16 x 16 foot and 12 foot high. Printed out fine to scale on one sheet of A4. Can't get it to do that now. Will try reinstalling sketchup incase something has gone wrong.

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@greg said: Thanks Jim and tomsdesk. Unchecking 'Display Edges' does not do it because I'm using lines to simulate empty bins in a virtual warehouse, but setting the line profile from 3 to 1 does the trick. I'm trying to derive the Ruby commands to do this programmatically. Greg Hi Greg, Please look again at the suggestions. Neither Tom nor I said to turn off Display edges. We said to turn off Profiles, and gave 2 ways to do it. As for the Ruby commands... Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options["DrawSilhouettes"]=false

It wasn't incidental that Solo wrote that...

Am I the only one that keeps thinking "gee, if I spent time learning how to use this stuff I'd be much more productive" . . . I sort of grabbed a handful of functionality and ran with it . . . there's really so much more you can do with this stuff - like, I've never even used the section tool . . . :gasp: . . .

@edson said: eric, why step 8 (intersect with model)? Because if you do not then the points where the components intersect each other will be visible. I tried the vector push pull but got some odd results. Maybe because my curves had a large number of segments.

You can make your own styles too. edit; yes csaba, sorry didn't think of that

Welcome! @unknownuser said: If you peek into our corner bar you will notice we talk about everything but SU. And in the galleries there is everything besidesSU as well.

I have successfully exported models with groups/components painted from "outside" to Kerkythea for rendering but this must really depend on the renderer you use (and the plugin you export with). The same with back faces - previously the SU2KT plugin did not export materials applied to back faces (or at least they did not render) while it does now. 3ds max however cannot handle back faces (and even the materials applied on them do not export from SU).

Now guys are we talking about the stamp tool or the drape tool? True that for the drape tool, simple 2d linework is the ideal. For the stamp tool however, 3d shapes should also work - though with some limitations: they shouldn't have vertical edges (otherwise the TIN gets screwed up). Also there seems to be a kind of limitation in the complexity of the shape you want to stamp in and in your model that is quite a complex shape. If you really want to stamp it on that surface, make just an outline and a single face of that shape and try that. After that you can just place your existing model on top of the stamped, flat surface.

Great both the solutions works for me so is just to use the best for good performance. Now i can draw my rescue plan ready.. Many thanks....

Thanks. Found it.

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Cool house! Some bigger images would be better (for details). 800 pixel wide attachments are allowed...

thanks tig... i gonna try...

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Sketchy That is exactly what I was looking for Thanks

You also need to make sure that immediately before you right-click on the object and turn it into a component, that you are in Front view...and that it is squarely facing you...otherwise it will always be at an angle.

As for texture mapping, the only tools SU provides are the "Position texture" and "Project texture". See details here. Note that you cannot position a texture on groups/components (unless you enter their entity by editing them) and on curved surfaces (unless you turn on hidden geometry) but only on single faces (facets in case of curved surfaces).

Hi folks. You can also use the Text Tool. The default text is: X,Y,Z coordinates for end points; Length for lines; Area for faces; Name for components and groups (if named, otherwise "Group" will show as the default name). Just ideas.