@blackcat1313 said: One thing, my installation has a _46 folder, not _45. Is that going to matter? _46 is Ok, as this is the last version. Fredo

No, something like that needs to be modelled I'm afraid. There are plugins that'll speed up the modeling but none that will do it for you. Try the 3D Warehouse for a helmet.

Thanks it helped.

it can... but this has quite a few additional features.

Thanks TIG. No need for me to explain this since I'm not a coder and this is all mystical for me. It was a question in general for an idea a client have. If they want me to realize, I will take a look for someone with professional background. Btw. I saw in the API the values for send_action. But, is there a list of AutomationID available? ( like save 57603 )

here is the video explaining the idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOKuAyPJtWk

Yes. I did this long ago... Please learn to use the Plugins Index and your Browser's search capabilities... You are TopEd'or

@unknownuser said: hi there again. where would i find help or a compendium that helps me selfteach how 2 generate a working script?! i thind your could be a great base for what i want! Find the free PDF on the www called Automatic-SketchUp... Also get simple a few scripts [there are hundreds!] and read them in Notepad/Notepad++ to see/learn what they do. Also the learn the API = https://developers.google.com/sketchup/docs/ There are also several excellent resources in the Developers' section of SCF... Learn to use the Search tools...

The native 'Entity Info' changes the material[s]/layer/hidden-status and for edges soft/smooth-settings too. It reports areas for faces and volumes for 'solid' objects... For text etc you can edit related settings in there too... For groups/components you can edit 'names'. The move/rotate/scale etc is done more easily within the model itself...

Thank you TIG. Prior to installing I made a backup of my original plugin folder. I have since uninstalled the plugins and deleted that folder, re-instating the original plugin folder. I have downloaded the Component Spray plugin as suggested in an earlier post and all works great. Thanks for all your help.

quadface tools rocks!

That makes it much easier. Thank you for the hint.

Glenn, Thnx! This script was really helpful to me and instructive too!

[image: ttUVtools save ttPlanToolsFlatten ttUVtoolsload][image: Tiling only on flat surface] Here is an idea. I noticed that tiling only occures on flat surface. Whan you add distortion with sandbox tools there is no tiling. The problem is how to transfer UVs from distorted surface to the flat one. With ttUVtools I saved UVs. Than with ttPlan tools I flattened the surface, than loaded UVs again. the resolt is non tiling flat surface!

wow! that is weird! but thanks to let me know how you fixed it. I wouldn't have though of a reboot to fix it!

Yes, independent from Vertex Tools.

This should do what you ant http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=422953#p422953 TIG.export_SKP_by_layer...

You might take a look at the Edge Follow Me plugin on my blog. Details at http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=39708

I've moved this thread into Plugins, which is probably a more logical home for it...

You can write data to a CSV/TSV file which Excel can use or have linked into an XLS. There are several examples of 'Component-Reporters'... You can then read this 'text' back in and convert it to numbers etc as desired... On Windows you can access Excel directly using... require 'win32ole.so' which you must install. This then allows you to read/write XLS files directly... There are good www resources to help you - here's an example http://davidsulc.com/blog/2011/03/27/win32ole-and-ruby-working-with-worksheets/