Thank you Pixero - that helped a lot because as i went back to play i found out what was driving mad... (really i had given up on this! ) when you add the second scene, it doesn't save these, (since it duplicates the photo-matched) [image: dLHp_scene.jpg] switching these on, i can move through different scenes and keep the axis put...! might do a small tutorial later today if i have time..

This was written in 2012 for SketchUp v8 when Windows 7 was current. Please do not PM me in 2019 and tell me it does not work for current SketchUp versions. Things change as OSes and applications are revised. Hold up a min! I Found a workaround to force SketchUp to use Windows MRU paths... ...[ drumroll ]... 1) Open a File Explorer and create a "dummy" folder "C:/dummy" 2) Open SketchUp.. goto "Preferences" > "Files" panel. Click the browse Folder button and choose this empty folder. Your Models path should say: "**C:\dummy**" 3) Close SketchUp. 4) Delete the "C:\dummy" folder. 5) Restart SketchUp. It will now use MS Windows saved MRU paths for "*.skp" filetype. .. No custom button or menuitem needed. This was written in 2012 for SketchUp v8 when Windows 7 was current. Please do not PM me in 2019 and tell me it does not work for current SketchUp versions. Things change as OSes and applications are revised.

Most probable it's because it's not compiled to work with SketchUp Ruby. (Is it even a match for SketchUp's version? 1.8.x?) One possible cause for the crash could be that it is not compiled into a flat namespace. See my SketchUp Ruby C Extension Hello World project for notes on compiling for SketchUp Ruby: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/sketchup-ruby-c-extension/src/5c9eb31c541b/src/Example%20-%20Hello%20World/extconf.rb @unknownuser said: <span class="syntaxdefault">  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Must be compiled into flat namespace. Otherwise SketchUp Bugsplats.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  CONFIG</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxstring">'LDSHARED'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'cc -dynamic -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

maybe fredoscale stretch? (but yeah, more info required )

Many thanks. For some non-obvious reason, I didn't even SEE the screen_coords method of the View object. I was looking for an equivalent method or property of the point itself. Gratefully.... John MCC

Interesting posts!

Or this post ? else the Thomthom Ray tracer / Components by Bounds above works very fine but without image from you I have some difficulties to see what you want Components or groups must be horizontal above the object before the drop ! [image: KaRl_bounds.jpg]

problem was nvidia nview desktop manager

Tricky uses of the Tig's plug!

@juantxo said: (I used random because a friend told me I can use it to solve problems of browser cache but actually I don't need it so I erase it.) If caching is an issue then it's better to set the correct HTTP headers than adding random characters to the URL. Here is an extract of a PHP script I use to serve plugins in either zip or rbz format: <span class="syntaxdefault"><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">// fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Pragma; public"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Expires; 0"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxcomment">// set expiration time<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Cache-Control; must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">// browser must download file from server instead of cache<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Cache-Control; private"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault">false</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxcomment">// required for certain browsers<br /><br />// force download dialog<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Type; application/force-download"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Type; application/octet-stream"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Type; application/download"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">// use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename and<br />// force the browser to display the save dialog.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Disposition; attachment; filename=\"$requested_filename\";"</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxcomment">/*<br />   The Content-transfer-encoding header should be binary, since the file will be read<br />   directly from the disk and the raw bytes passed to the downloading computer.<br />   The Content-length header is useful to set for downloads. The browser will be able to<br />   show a progress meter as a file downloads. The content-lenght can be determines by<br />   filesize function returns the size of a file.<br />*/<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Transfer-Encoding; binary"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">header</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"Content-Length; "</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">filesize</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">$real_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">));<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">readfile</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">$real_file</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">);<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

I use defoult SU Explode- right click on object. Do not need any plug in to make explode. [image: 46Ig_RC.PNG]

TIG - great! Exactly what I was looking for. Especially when working with large scenes my old workflow took some time. With your script, a menu-item & keyboard shortcut it's nice and easy. Thanks a lot Greetings, Max

@unknownuser said: there's another way to use the follow me tool that i suppose you're unaware of. -select the path first -choose the follow me tool -click on the profile face this way, you don't have to manually drag the profile along the path. doing it this way will also allow you to do what (i think) your question is asking. That draws the resulting form using the face as a starting point. In other words, if the path is 20' away it will start at the shape. I want it to start AT the path. In practice I have a series of curves drawn along a curved face. I want to extrude a shape along each of those curves. If I could just define the profile curve once and then have it extruded starting at each path's location, that would be ideal. Make sense? I'm going to look at Tig's plugin. Hopefully that will save me from having to place the profile curve at the start of each path individually.

Thanks so much guys! I tried Camera Memory because it looked the simplest and it works great! I'll probably try the others too. Thanks.

Cool I'll have to check those tools out. For now I just used a file renamer to prepend the subfolder name into the file names, then I used suction to pull all the files into a single folder, then I installed sketchup on a virtual machine and loaded & saved all 11k or so textures in one full swoop. Then I threw the files back into their subfolders and copied the folder into the main sketchup directory on my original OS. Everything is now loaded and works a charm, so looks like I should be good to go for a while My main OS is due for a re-image, it's been a while and is getting buggy, just haven't gotten around to it, so it turns out that was the culprit.

Well never tried it, but there is also the Ferrari plugin. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=286168#p286168 Here's the link to some tutorial. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=361338#p361338 Anyway if you want something more "interactive" maybe you can combine Soap&skin (or Ferrari) and SketchyFFD. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=222122#p222122

Thank You for this wonderful tool. i have been making complex shapes in just minutes and the file size is staying small. i rendered one shape with SU Podium as a test, it is not very stable and crashes often so be careful. its acting like a true beta. I was able to get a quick rendering by saving the file closing and reopening sketchup.

@unknownuser said: The little "flats side" disappear/transform along the path! But yes put the forms on the path resolve the problem That is because placing them at the extremities of the path-rail fixes their relationship to the path; otherwise an assumed relationship is inferred from each profile's vertex nearest to the rail start/end as appropriate - hence the 'twisting' that you had.

Just another option Make a new layer called Lines >>> go to wire frame mode >>> Select all the lines you want to hide >>> Then with the Layer dialog put them on the layer called lines >>> now return to shaded with textures or what ever style you want >>> then turn off (un-check visibility)for the Lines layer... The nice thing about this method is that the lines are not actually hidden just the layer. This will give you more flexibility and ease of use since you can turn the lines on and off easily by just selecting the visibility of the lines layer. Just my 2 cents worth.

Just use + ctrl