@rich o brien said: An interesting dissection (...) Looks good. Thanks, Rich. @pbacot said: (...) one thing I am sure of is the Republican elite are going to hate it if Trump gets elected. Yeah. I'm sure there's quite a few Republicans who fear Trump'll run the GOP into the ground. They might be right, too.

"Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if no social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance over each other, we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbour for doing what he likes, or even to indulge in those injurious looks which cannot fail to be offensive, although they inflict no positive penalty. But all this ease in our private relations does not make us lawless as citizens. Against this fear is our chief safeguard, teaching us to obey the magistrates and the laws, particularly such as regard the protection of the injured, whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace. Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War About democracy,

Yeah Torel, kind of a mixed bag, but I'm focusing on the positive side too. Thanks Rich

Okay to be fair, I've watched some well recorded ones now. Kind of a hit or miss proposition. This is inspiring stuff.

very interesting illusion... john

OK, i thought you had figured out an easier method.

+1 @Rich Audacity is a fine cross platform application. For OSX users, XLD is a fine free app. (supporting DSD to PCM conversion, flac, apple lossless, wav, aiff, mp3 etc etc) https://sourceforge.net/projects/xld/

@pbacot said: While the second seems to be of a mold that is almost passe already--it may work, as you say on the business cards. The first to me is a little too cute "HI!...(TechHomes)" Now if you were in Hawaii (HI) it might make sense. The house symbol is so used but very effective and nicely done here. I still read Hi TechHomes: The box around the Hi separates it from the other two; The spacing between Hi and Tech is much greater than between Tech and Homes. So now it looks Hi TechHomes but not as organized as before. I think you're sacrificing the logo look and legibility for the nice idea of mixed meanings for Hi. However, even if the idea is nice, it works only once, while the logo will be everywhere. Have you thought of getting rid of the box, and create an animated word where Hi stands there for a while but after shifting to the left the remaining of Hitech letters start being typed on screen?

I've only come across this thread very recently after going to the 3D Basecamp 2016. The one talking to Thomthom with his hat would be myself

Hear, hear.

Made with something like Fractal Lab by Tom Beddard (free online - very fun ) http://vimeo.com/126664436

Sadly, he died a couple of years ago, I did fly to Boston one weekend just to meet him, and have a chat before he fell ill... john

It looks like it runs on chickens or something from chickens.

First thing is to upgrade to SketchUp 2014 or above. It has 64bit and a ton of bug fixes. Plus 7 is not supported anymore. I would not say you're in for a shock. Just more goodies around these days. The Premium General Direction Discussion is where Premium content and offers are distributed. There's also a normal and free discussion forum for all things SketchUp and Layout. Just browse around and find your feet. Welcome back.

Great source material. For fans on Star Wars IV... http://swanh.net/ ...movie told with a single pic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCH4DNQBUA

@jql said: A stool is design? A stool is art? After cutting a calf in half and an unmade bed, perhaps the stool is next. Oh, you mean THAT kind of stool.......!

I expect there's at least a few people here you could hire to make these models for you. Good luck.

The trial might have export limitations for sure, but I cant see why. There is usually a printer set up dialogue box! Or it could be using the native built in PDF printer on your system and you haven't set this! BTW Layout is VERY easy!

That promo video felt so BS... I'm curious to see how it actually works with the Hololens.