+1 on UI additions SKP should implement workspaces that can be saved. I've managed by using my second monitor as a 'junkyard' of plugins and dialogue boxes, however they never save their locations, which has always caused me to waste time rearranging on every startup.

Thank you TIG! I had forgotten that it's native and not necessarily activated in the preferences. Cathryn

This version doesn't have the annoying message telling you it's loaded - I added it temporarily to prove to myself I wasn't going mad when it wouldn't work before because of the 'hidden characters' - forgot to remove it ...scene_rename.rb

I think you are looking for this.. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36465

Hi, Wyatt: Quote: "Are you talking about the native Position Camera and set Field of View tools, or something different?" Yes, that's what I meant, but it doesn't matter now. I am glad you were able to find a solution.

Thank you very much sdmitch.Works perfect

@Brodie: I think you mean Artisan which is the new name for Subdivide and Smooth by Whaat. Not sure if you always get all even subdivisions though.

Based on the error, it looks like some sort of security setting issue. I'd suggest opening up your security options (temporarily disabling antivirus software, firewall, etc.) and seeing if it works then. If so, begin to turn your settings back on until it's blocked again. That should show you where the problem is. -Brodie

@vanderlm said: wow - just tried out the rb and it was exactly what I was looking for! I will follow up with any extensions I can incorporate from the suggested post - hugely helpful starting points! It is also possible to generate a HTML report, via a Web dialog or in a file. Fredo

This is a interesting situation. While it seems clear that the company owns the software, can they make a claim for the source code? My guess is yes, but they have to find the fellow (assuming he kept a copy). He probably scrambled the program because of the "sensitive data". Depending on the extent of the modification required, if very minor, then perhaps a programmer at the level of assembly language might be able to make small changes with debug. I have done it with .com, and .exe files, but don't know about code at the current "state of the art".

you can achive that with profile builder. build your wall thickness profile then apply on lines or faces or you can do it with follow me tool also.

Yup, CleanUp will do that. I doesn't erase any hidden geometry that define visible faces, as well as edges defining the cut-out shape of a cut-out component.

Keith, I think this is the way to do, because it speeds up the start of the Sketchup application. I introduced this approach for my own plugins with LibFredo6 3.6. I called it "two-phase loading" (only the files bootstrap_... are loaded at SU startup time). Actually, you may see a small message in the status bar indicating the file loading the first time you use the plugin. Also the time for the second phase is indicated in the About... box. I use a slightly different method but it does not matter. This save a few hundreds milliseconds for each plugin, so seconds at the end Fredo

Hi, Thank you very much Jim and all responded to. Charly

Yes Dave, I thought of the Dynamic Component thing too but I thought it best to ask for just the static stuff first. The whole point of a 3D model is, as always with paper, to solve these problems whilst an eraser can still be used to fix problems. I'm was hoping a Ruby Guru could just whip up something and I have to believe that something like this would be useful to all of us troglodytes who are foolish enough after modeling to actually try to MAKE our model using "Materials" such as "Wood" or "Metal" or "Glass." And thanks for all your information and selfless sharing. Richard

@unknownuser said: Thanks to all Mac users who contributed to help me in the troubleshooting. Fredo thanks for the plugins and your attention to the mac versions... is 2.3 a new zip, or is it in the old one? will report after testing john

thank you a lots

Oh and also I just wanted a line coming out one side of the face. Easy enough by changing line 108 to: pt2 = bary

I believe there is somewhere a plug who convert Construction lines in real lines for some fun exploration OK this is Lines Converter by Rick Wilson Conctruction Lines <--> Lines Projection by Didier Bur, Random Painter By Chris Fullmer [image: pwS9_LINES.jpg]

@neostyles said: Something that divides an edge into a given number of equidistant points.. SketchUp does this already - right-clic any line or line segment and select "divide"