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.

You could likely do what you need using the C/C++ SketchUp SDK, which can read and write the SketchUp file format. But there is no official support for C# or java as such. You would be on your own getting a bridge from those languages to the API working. The file format is proprietary and unpublished, so you could not legally roll your own API. SketchUp embeds a Ruby interpreter for extensions, and you could use that as well - though not as a standalone Ruby program. SketchUp would have to be running to execute the Ruby internally.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately that thread is from me from last week too I couldn't get the 2015 program to work even after trying everyones suggestions. I finally got the 2016 Pro and it worked fine for 3 days and then started doing the same thing. I'm sure its just a simple setting or button that has been activated in error but I can't find it...

Are you allowed to share one of those dynamic components? Are they very complex ones? How long did you wait? If SketchUp don't respond it normally keeps working in the background and will probably finish after a longer time.

Camera Key Maker might be the one for you http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=320705#p320705 If you find your animation Jerky you might want to try smooth step animation too: http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=smoothStepAnim

take a look at Podium a well, decent output for the money... I've moved onto Indigo from Podium and Lightup, price is 595 euro for full version or 145 euro for "RT" version...

Like I said its been awhile , this is exactly what I was looking for!

@unknownuser said: There's a plugin that converts components into groups somewhere in the Plugin Store The Inverse Groups in Components yes by Thomthom but this one ? You have Loose to groups by Chris Fullmer but this one ?

thanks all for your fast and clear reply's, it's fixed now!!

Dave R, Thanks,That helped.

Hard to really tell what your problem is but: When you scale a component you don't change it's original instance saved in the model. That specific component effectivelly displays as scaled but it is actually different from what you see in it's original state. If you insert it from component browser (wich you seem to have open) it will be inserted at it's original scale. The same thing might happen in some other situations but what you have to be always sure of, is if your component is at a scaled size or the actual scale. For being sure of this you can use "reset scale" on the component in the rightclick context menu. Also you can insert a component at original scale, scale it to a new scale and them make it save that scale as if it was the original scale. You have to use "scale definition" from the rightclick context menu to do this.

@dave r said: Probably just turn off Hidden Geometry under the view menu. If that doesn't get rid of them, Soften them using Smooth/Soften. Your image is such low resolution, I can't tell if those are Softened edges showing because Hidden Geometry is on or if the edges need to be softened. It was Hiddem Geometry, thanks!

You did it! You've cut the sandbox thank you, buddy! And you have no idea how many people will benefit from it! Thank you x1000!

Thanks John. I've turned it off and it works perfectly fine now. Thanks for your help!

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Here's an example (attached picture). The house walls (foundation and subgrade shown) are extended stepped down to meet existing grades. There's also retaining walls at the existing upslope and where fill for driveway was added. In this case I did not try to join the "fill" element to the rest of the mesh. That might be a good idea at some later point in project when modeling is done. oops "simulate" [image: Fqhd_Untitled-1.png]

OK I have made an big effort! [image: l08N_pyr.jpg]

What you are probably missing is that you bring a component into the model by locating it in the component window, selecting it, and then placing it in the model. If you just open a file in which you saved a component, it opens as a model.

Thank you for the support. I have a love/hate relationship with this tool, but I'm feeling more love as I learn more. It's opening up quite a few possibilities. Thanks again!

@gnue said: yes, you can. you need to change the decimal separating and number grouping indicators from OS's control table. for MAC - System Preferences>Language&Region, hit Advanced button, change Number Separators. But be careful this will be changed for whole system and in every other program you use. The use of some locale's alternative decimal-point as a ',' [versus '.'] and the 'separator' as ';' [versus ','] now work on many locales... Unfortunately SketchUp has been somewhat tardy in fixing some issues... For example, when typing absolute/relative coordinates into the VCB [requiring a ] or > etc] - then this can cause SketchUp to skip the input [aka 'fail']. This is a known issue... although there are PC based [temporary] fixes using PC's AutoHotKeys... obviously it should be fixable at the Trimble end !