@tig said:

I guess the group's axes' directions and the model's axes' directions differ ?
Try exploding the group in place and immediately regrouping it so the axes reset, re-dimension and see if the dims are then fixed...
If it's a component then you can try resetting the component's axes to mimic the model's axes directions etc.
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indeed, the axis were different. But I'm thinking now that the cause was a earlier mirroring, because after exploding/regrouping I changed the axis again, and everything stayed in place.

By default a 'save' in any version of Sketchup always takes the version for that SKP from the version you are in, so if you have a v7 file open in v8 and you 'save' it again it will become v8!
To save as a version other than the one you are currently in use 'save_as' and choose an earlier version off the dropdown list.
On a PC a file is typically opened by the last application used to open one of those file-types - BUT v8 opens all SKP files [as v8] when you double-click any SKP's icon. So to open a known v7 file in v7 you first must launch v7 and then use its File > Open menu item...

The two 'wireframes' of the forms overlaid shows they are not identical - but why such small differences in their forms have such dramatic affects is their smooth appearance is a mystery...Capture.PNG

On Windows, the positions are saved into the Registry.. and the saving is BUGGED... ironically by the "Save/Restore Toolbars" feature the was added in v8.

It seems each time you get a "scramble" and choose Restore, you get duplicate entries for all toolbars. If you turn off a plugin that has a toolbar, when the plugin is turned back on, Sketchup creates a new Registry entry rather than using the old one.

My toolbar entries in the Registry are up to 566 !! .. Sketchup is taking way too long to parse all this junk at startup.

Thanks guys. 👍

Yes I agree, there is minor bugs in SketchUp.
It's important to fix them to preserve quality about UI experience if they are too many.

Some may disappear when a new version will be developed, without looking for, because some code may be re-write, or graphic support will be improved.

thanks Dave 👍

glad the import helped... also think someone built a scene importer plugin as well...

Yes I'm sry I found that list after I posted.

I found the color within Sketchup.

Thought it is built-in because I don't remember adding it myself.

Thank you.

Where did you get the SKP file? Is it one you created?

I have on a couple of occasions created SKP models of tiny bits of hardware that have some issue with geometry that SketchUp didn't like when it saved at close. I couldn't get them to open again without an immediate bugsplat. I discovered that if I e-mailed the file to myself, I could download it and open it successfully. After repairing the bad geometry all was fine. Why that worked I can't say but it did work.

@gaieus said:

Well, I would not necessarily call it "correct" behaviour. Maybe "actual" behaviour.

I said "correct" meaning that is how you said in the earlier post... I was confirming your findings. Sorry for confusion. 😄

I thought I'd mention that your framerate and resolution was a bit strange. 1920 x 1080 is 16:19, nto 1920 x 1114; and the ideal framerate is 23.97 or just 24 frames a second, not 25. I understand that you solved the problem, but I would suggest using those parameters, as they're more ideal.

Do you have crash when closing a project window ? Or loading another Skp file ?

I have such crashes, it's minor for me, but since month I was sick about.

I send a mail to Google SketchUp team, and they send me a procedure to try to fix it. I will try these days and tell you about.

Thank you very much TIG, i´ll try every option and see which one works and post results 😄
I tried the easiest thing first and it worked, i disabled the fast feedback and the problem disappeared.
But i like my fast feedback so i turned it ON again and the problem didn´t came back, i just did that 😄
i have a new driver ready to install but i think that if this happens again i will just try the disable/enable fast feedback again 😄

No more white line bug with the new Mac OsX Lion on HD3000.

I have also tested the new Mac Book Air with Lion. SketchUp work perfectly.

Hi, Jim:
In Sketchup 8 I inserted a sphere component and made a tall narrow box near it, I applied the native dim tool, clicked on some vertex on the sphere and dragged over to the box hovered over an edge and clicked- it didn't take, so while the tool still waited for the second relevant point, I clicked on a top vertex on the box. The dimension displayed the direct distance (non ortho), but as I brought the cursor downward a dotted blue line accompanied, and clicking near the edge below that vertex the dimension was set.
Is this not what you see? Or, do you mean, after first click you do not have any type of axis locking? That is what I see also.
Would this be a bug or an undeveloped feature, or have you been able to do this previously? Because, it is not available in my 7 version either.
Just hoping to corroborate and keep this item floating in the active topics.

Strangely, street view had been working perfectly well on my Mac but now doesn't any more.

Street View Not Working.jpg

Thanks for the reply mitcorb...

I was messing around with it today, trying to duplicate, and instigate the undesired behavior.

It just appears to be "Hidden Geometry" becoming unhidden... Usually when I hide something, to get it out of the way of what I am working on at the moment, I'll click "Unhide All", when I'm finished. The randomly created hidden geometry, appears to just be SketchUp doing it's thing, behind the scenes, when edges, faces, and points, cross that forbidden "proximity line", where SketchUp no longer offers you a choice of precision - it just decides to do what it wants.

In future releases, they really need to crack down on the math in this program... I'm getting sick of the same root problem, that seems to know no scale, or visibility. If any two edges, points, or faces are close enough to "snap" into another form, in the free version - then there really is no point in trying to market a pay version, which is essentially the same program, and same problems.

Thanks again... 😉

Hey Slimdog,

it works like a charme!
Thank you so much, you made my day!!!!

☀ 😍 ☀

@TIG:
This is an interesting revelation for me. I was always thinking that a group was the first step to a component, not the other way around. But what you say makes sense. Things are not always what they appear to be 😄