To reduce the amount of polygons, you need a polygon reducer plugin (Polyreducer 0.1, or Artisan which is by far the best). For terrains, you could also get results with Terrain Reshaper.

model.options["PageOptions"]["ShowTransition"] = false might help... OR this entire thing as an example ? <span class="syntaxdefault">def scenes2images</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view<br />  width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vpwidth</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_int<br />  height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vpheight</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_int<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">### you can change the width/height away from the default if you desire<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages<br />  pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=[]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">push</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">([</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">])<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    page</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0.0 </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">### remembers pages' transition times and sets them all to 0<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  filepath</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">path</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)+</span><span class="syntaxstring">"\\"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">upto</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">pages</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">count</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">-</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)do|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">images</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxcomment">### this msgbox pauses and lets each view refresh and the image process...<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Exporting Image of Scene..."</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">write_image</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"#{filepath+pages.selected_page.name}.jpg"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">width</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">height</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">true</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">send_action</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"pageNext;"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#loop<br />### reset pages' transition times<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  pages_times</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|array|array[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">].</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transition_time</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=array[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">1</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">messagebox</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Scenes' Image Exporting - Completed."</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end</span><span class="syntaxcomment">#def<br />&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

Show us the error dialog. As a guess... You probably don't have sufficient access rights to the Sketchup 'plugins' folder. Ensure that these are FULL [read/write], then retry installing the RBZ file through the Preferences > Extensions > Installer button, or use thomthom's API equivalent 'Simple-Plugins-Installer'... Note that on a MAC the correct plugins folder is the one in the Lib of the root HD - NOT the 'user' equivalent [assuming you let SketchUp install itself in the default folders and didn't mess with it during the app's installation etc]...

Missed this one! [image: KTfP_trig.jpg] Bravo to RegularPolygon! [image: vzqy_trig1.jpg]

@chris fullmer said: Nestednode, how do you orbit around in the model? Do you click on the orbit icon, or do you have a shortcut key to the orbit tool, or do you use some other technique? Just curious, thanks, Like, middle mouse button (scroll wheel) - which IMO is the fastest way to orbit.

@cotty said: lunchtime? Rendering Catching up for not being online while I was at Basecamp.

Hello¨ First of all, great work! Second, am I the only one getting trouble installing all the SCF bars(power bar, architect, draw tool, selective etc)? They all have their icons in a folder called CD_ICONS, so loading them all in the plugins folder made them overwrite each other. In the end I had to change each folder to CD_ICON1, CD_ICON2, and then change the routing in the orignial rb. file. Am I the only one experiencing this? Third: All my plugin toolbars load at startup except the different SCFs. I have tried twenty times to place them and save the template, but it doesnt work When I manually toggle them on, theyre in the right place, so I guess the template is saved, but the toolbars wont show up without manually enabling them. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Pilou I already tried something similar with JPP and greeble, it doesn't quite come out as expected if your mesh isn't exactly right...mixture of tris/quads not very nice. What if you want a different shape too? I used sculpt tool on an offset grid with artisan and got some crazy results I didn't expect!! [image: array_zpscd360c6a.png]

Good spot. Thanks it is sorted now. Ross

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U can use a program to monitor your CPU and see if ur overheating it. every CPU is different just look on the net for the right one to compare. I used coretemp and speedfan to check my CPU as i was afraid i was overheating my pc. I'm not a computer expert so i can't really help u more with this.

Nice aircraft !

This is exactly what I was telling you in your other post and in response to your private message. I wonder how many times you have to read the same things before you'll get on with it.

Chris, Thank you for your link and script. I gave it a try and it worked well. Thank you!

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Thanks for the advice, Dale. What a treat! In regards to the flatten technique, I gathered something like this was happening from my attempts. However within the terrain itself there may..... Excellent! I see that the way might be to use the select tool to designate the area, then one can start from a "sample" face on the side and move, with the mouse button down, to the area needing work. Can't wait to try these ideas out! Thanks!

I don't know of any script like this, but it would be a good one for someone looking to get into ruby

Maybe this one could help? Never tried it though, so I don't know if it does exactly what you want.

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