@tig said: The built-in Sandbox tools [activated from Window > Preferences > Extensions, then View > Toolbars > Sandbox] has several tools. 'Drape' makes the outline of the track etc onto the surface [you then need to make adjustments for levels etc]... 'Stamp' takes the shape and 'stamps it onto the surface - making cuttings or embankments as required to a pre-entered slope 'offset' [you will need to do this is pieces for different 'levels' of track]... Cheers, the drape tool was exactly what I needed. Never used those tools before, only smoove and make terrain. Pompeyfan

@unknownuser said: Didier Bur Projection is very more easy!!! Select lines of the cylinder and the face of the cube : that' all Et voilà PS No problem if surface of the cylinder are selected with the cylinder's lines But not the top sides or surface top! [attachment=0:392znync]<!-- ia0 -->project_points.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:392znync] Thank you Pilou that is the plugin I was looking for and I had the toolbar up and in view. Just couldn't find it. To all thank you. Ken

This 'sqm area' assumes your SKP's units are 'meters' - as Entity Info always reports lengths/areas in current units [which can be set/reset in Model Info > Units]

excellent plugins. thank you very much. Same but there is a plugin for the delay between scenes?

My '2dTools' include '2dLineStyle' [which also works in 3d] - it allows you to 'swap' selected lines for thin strips of faces [as groups, with the original edge moved to a hidden layer], which can have width/color/style you set from a dialog. There's a range of widths, all usual colors and CAD-style-dash/dots etc. If you select these you can get a context-menu that lets you edit their settings - so you can change their width/color/style as desired...

Hi, fredo sorry if i reply very late. i don't get what you meant about the tangenal continuity and i should do it with vertical section once. but it seems good if i will apply what you said. can you show me some photos how you did the ship hull using curviloft? I know that where using both the same process i used the body contour of the ship to make the hull but it is by section. you made the hull as a whole without any visible ship body contour. i know you're the one can help me about this fredo. thanks Saw

+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