Thanks Bep. I should have read it more carefully. I was too shocked by the size of the fine.

Well if there's a student in robotic and/or computer vision, I have a challenge: use an iPhone to do exactly the same think regarding modelling interior of buildings. I'm sure it can be done (well I have just a doubt about having the model in real time). And if you have it, please contact me, I know someone within the firm I'm working with who would be interested. To come back to the solution introduced here, it's disappointing to see so much technology to do what is done for a while with less. Robots have used LIDAR and cameras to model their environment and locate themselves for a while. Hopefully they want a resolution that only a laser can provide but I think with today's technology we can achieve the same resolution with cameras (according you are not looking for one under a few millimeters). Just to make my point regarding the fact that only a camera is enough: have a look at the following commercial services I know http://www.arc3d.be/ , http://www.cogent3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=86 . I had also several papers from academics on the topic. But still nothing from someone creating the 3D model of an interior environment with a Smartphone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35qLiHOVGyg I always listen to this song when i am modeling

Something similar (related to iOS alternatives): The WeTab will definitely run SketchUp, besides of USB support, flash, Android apps and linux desktop apps. But as it's not yet released, I don't know what you can expect from it.

fantastic, and the renderer is coming along great!! what is it about balls?!

It hurt to watch this. Bet, he kills cats too! Hope it was staged.

Hilarious

Kurt would return home with some interesting memories too I guess.... [image: kHW9_atavar_001.png]

Wave was always really about the back-end technology. The web app was an attempt to show the capabilities of the technology, and the web app is what is being discontinued. The back-end technology will be integrated into other applications. It may already be being used in Buzz, Docs, etc.

[image: fMWG_StormPano_SM.jpg] Photo copyright Roger Hawkins 2010 All rights reserved This is a not quite 180 degree panorama I shot on the way home. It is composed of nine overlapping shots. I wanted to show the mix of blue sky and bad ass storm. My wife got a little nervous about driving into the storm.

Every time there is a new SU version they seem to raise the bar a bit but we are at 1.5 (or so) so this should not affect SU users IMO. Also I can imagine what high end graphic cards we would need to run SU!

......and the next mayor of Huntsville...............

I wish I had but I don´t but i am comfort with yours cheers Simon

@petercharles said: With the cap now appearing to contain the oil, the existing pollution is now suggested to being dispersed quicker than some environmental "experts" were suggesting! I am amazed how this spill has been stopped and how the oil has come out of the surface so quickly. Amazed do not know what to say except that it could be good now to start the stop of getting oil out from the remaining platforms. Nature seems to be strong enough yet

I cant believe I missed the base camp notification. We don't get all the info down under. If anyone hears of one last position please let me know. Ill miss the GOGO bar !

@al hart said: Thanks for your comments on this issue. I have decided not to waste my time worrying abut the pirated versions - but rather to continue to concentrate on improving our products and being responsive to our users. congratulations, positive energy is always more well spent.

The general thing we call an 'egg' arrived before the 'chicken'. There were clearly creatures before 'chickens' that laid/made 'eggs'. So what came before these creatures - certainly not an 'egg' as there would have been no creature to have laid/made it ! So the 'egg' must always come after its 'creator': even if you delve back into the dim past of evolution the primordial 'thing' that lays/makes the very first thing we might consider to be an 'egg' must have existed before the 'egg' comes into being, and at that point the 'thing' was some sort of genetic mutation that had stopped splitting its cells to reproduce and had instead laid/made an egg instead - indeed there were probably several failed 'egg' inventions before their creators thrived and so the 'egg' predates its 'surviving' creator quite readily

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Well that's what kind of started this was Eric's topic http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=260879#p260879 And I know that if I could see peoples avatars at base camp I would certainly recognize them over just a name tag. Interesting that now there are two avatars modeled in SketchUpand rendered in in Twighlight

I'm happy you got a result.