Seems each element must be a component! When all are in place they will ready for the rendering! Save the file "room.skp" for example in case of! Then you can render in your favorite program! Advantage to have some components : you can render only a selection of them if needing! (with Twillight)

Dave, you can use Zorro2 inside one group/component and slice that group without affecting the rest of the model. You can have the walls you want to be taller in one group and the walls you want to be shorter in another group. Apply one section to the first group and use Zorro2 and then apply a section to the second group and use Zorro2. It just a matter of choosing what to slice...

Seems your last file has problem! It's block the computer when you try to explode some components!

If anyone is still interested in this thread and curved folding, I found this free programme which will fold models. It will only recognise .obj files, but sketchup will export, then you can import it back into sketchup. Wouldnt it be great to have this sort of plugin for sketchup! If only I had Ruby script wizard skills! http://mitani.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/ori_ref/ - PROGRAMME DOWNLOAD http://www.curvedfolding.com/video/ori-ref-demo-video - DEMO VIDEO

Dave R, in hidden line mode, the same thing happens as in a monochrome face style, single click selects an edge or face quickly, double click selects a face and its boundaries, quite promptly triple clicking selects a face but if the edges were already selected, they deselect. In wireframe single clicking and double clicking have a slightly quicker response but single click selects an edge, double click adds two adjacent faces but still no triple click. My project is now complete and it hasn't been a major problem, but curious since its only in this model.

Yes, nearly all actions should pay attention to inferences. Or you can enter an exact value in the VCB.

@rich o brien said: http://www.twilightrender.com/buy-top Click either the PayPal image or the Braintree image to make payment. Here's the PayPal payment page... http://www.twilightrender.com/index.php/buy-top/66-about-v2/171-paypal-v2 Here's the Braintree payment page... http://www.twilightrender.com/index.php/buy-top/43-about-v2/buy-category/148-braintree-purchase I have to agree it is not very obvious that these images are buttons to payment. REPLY : I received a response from Twilight Render Techs. They informed me that, clicking on either PAYPAL or BRAINTREE icons would initiate the payment process. But, they should've had something on that same page designating those "icons" as the link to the payment. I had no way of knowing that these "icons" were links. I DID see them on the page, but didn't recognize them as links. Thanks for your reply. garystan

Nice!

More simple is make the hole then draw Doors, Windows...components Try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mCvM8OSDxg

Well there's this but who knows if it's the one you saw. http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/36-intermediate/321-window-cut-hole-thick-wall

House Builder does NOT 'come' with any SketchUp installation. You have to deliberately install it yourself. There are only a small handful of su_ extensions shipped with SketchUp's installer... If you get and install the SketchUcation PluginStore Toolset [now v3 ExtensionStore] from the PluginStore then that has Managers. This allows you to disabled selected Extensions AND Plugins. Disable [red-button] House Builder and restart SketchUp. You can enable it temporarily [orange-button] when you want to use it. Or enable it fully [green-button], as you desire...

Very likely the Materials window had gotten moved off screen. If it happens again, try this: go to Preferences>Workspace and click on Reset Workspace. Then try opening the Materials window again.

@driven said: I've been watching this thread and have a dilemma in my understanding of your pursuit... simple flipping and scaling of components helps keep the file size down in a skp... so any diversion from that principle only makes the skp larger and harder to work with... Yes, I am aware of that. @driven said: is this desire for an 'on export' conversion, as that's a completely different thing that is available for some formats already... if it's for export, why not say which format you need this for? john I did not think it was relevant but since you asked, .s format. It was designed by KUJU for the 2001 game sold by Microsoft -- Train Simulator. While that game lingers on some 15 years later there is an Open Source replacement called Open Rails that will read the .s files and display those models and textures in-game. My work is for use in Open Rails and I use only Sketchup for 3dcad. An example: [image: 4wQN_Clipboard0704_small.jpg]

ACT can add a camera and its 'frustum' that is so big, that it makes the model's bounds so big, that it instigates the clipping issue !

@icapture said: ...Whenever I do that my Sketchup (Pro 2016 OS X) freezes. ... did you try it with 'Outliner' closed? in-fact it's best if all updatable panels are closed... Using a Section Plane and Zorro2 should take seconds on a mac... john

@maryamr said: i meant the code u suggested is it for Ruby or C/C++ SDK ? Ruby

the file association has been 'lost' by 'Finder' and a 'Alt + Right Click' >> 'Relaunch' on it's Dock Icon may fix this issue... If not, 'Right Click' on one of .skp file and 'Get Info' >> 'Open With' [browse to SketchUp.app] + 'Change All' john

Have you tried, Preferences > Extensions > Install Extension... button Choose the RBZ, answer 'Yes'... and it installs... You question thus far is not clear. Rich's RBZ >>> ZIP only allows you to see the contents. BUT the RBZ format has been a round since v8M2 and lets you install the contents automatically - thus avoiding user-generated-balls-ups...

@garystan said: Hi everybody : First, I'm using version 8. I have a couple of questions. One comment though. Too bad there wasn't a "converter" that could "convert" older version files to the newer file version. I AM thinking about switching to a newer version of Sketchup. Also, on the redering plugins, do any of them have "adjustable" settings. Such as settings for the amount of reflectivity (or shine)? And adjustable transparency ? The only other concern is that, I've always had problems getting the plugins installed and working. Thanks, garystan As above, newer versions of SketchUp can automatically open files saved in older versions. Yes rendering plugins have all sorts of adjustable settings for materials and lighting. Try using the Sketchucation PluginStore software to find and manage plugins. There is also the SketchUp Extension Warehouse as a source. With newer versions of SketchUp you will find that the methods for installation have been enhanced, though the underlying mechanism is still the same (saving to the appropriate folder). Start from the beginning (as if you've not done it before) and read the instructions. There are sticky threads here as well.

Nope... It's fast if you use Blendup. Just Hide all edges and then, unhide where you want your seams to be. Then UNwrap there using the Unwrap tool. It should be a straight forward job to you (because it is for me). The only thing is that when your model comes back to sketchup, if modify it's geometry without a plugin that keeps UV maps (like SubD or Artisan do) you are probably f''' up and need to redo the map... But then again, with those seams in the right places it's fast. For flat faces it will be better to UNwrap in Sketchup.