@krisidious said: can you work on a group in a group? because I was inside a group working on a group from the outside. It should work. My point on the toplevel geometry (which is a known problem) was becquse in the picture you posted it seems to me that the selection was not enclosed in a group. Fredo

I prefer to just keep the model info window open with a shortcut key: [image: pemq_1.png] Then again, I have a dual monitor desktop so...

@chris fullmer said: I don't know, but I have very high hopes Just got my chrome os notebook yesterday, and am test driving it now. I don't see being able to model with it, but it sure is cool for communicating, and the os has great potential. No apps for Google Earth or SketchUp for Chrome os that I have see yet, but if I do, and I have certainly started asking questions along those lines, I'll post it here if anything comes up.

@solo said: Proof read everything before posting to make sure you don't anything out. Pete, you are definitely my kind of man.

As my Father inlaw would say "I got 'er boys". I went back to winzip and noticed the check boxes for "use folder names" and overwrite older files. There were no folders showing so I didn't have them checked. Well that's what I get for NOT thinking...It works perfectly now. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!! I'm sure you will hear from me again as I just started using Sketchup a few days ago. MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS!! Rick

@unknownuser said: Hi, @georglorenz: try the script I have attached and see if it works better. Regards That worked! Thank you Didier! Here is what I understand you did to the syntax: model.start_operation "randomflipc" changed to: model.start_operation("randomflipc") results = UI.inputbox prompts, defaults, "Random Scale Parameters" changed to: results = UI.inputbox(prompts, defaults, "Random Scale Parameters") UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("gxl random flip"){gxl_randomflipc} changed to: UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("gxl random flip"){ gxl_randomflipc } Is there a general guide or forum discussion for sketchup 8 syntax that would help me avoid these pitfalls in the future? Thank you again /g

Thank you Gaieus. I think its time for a new machine. To many anomolies with this Dell. Somethings work and then they stop working. OY!!

Hi, I noticed that the plugin paints segments - not like SketchUP's paint utility. Can be made to behave the same? [image: 2y4Q_2010-12-09_101234.png] [image: wzra_2010-12-09_101323.png]

The Bring My View Back plugin worked with a few tweaks, thanks so much.

I PMed you Jim.

[quote="rclub24"]Firstly you already posted this here. yeah....no one replied it there...so thought of making a separate topic for it..

@xennon said: Great! - Thanks for that. I knew there'd be one out there. I'll check it out. BTW the rec tool gives you a golden ration inference

I think to create a developed surface accurately in SU, you would need to have a much higher number of facets than the model currently in question has. You would be better off modeling the curves without triangulated faces. The shape can and should be drawn without them and then unfold will look better. And you can do that without a plugin. That said, you should consider that the chine curves you have now are only approximations due to the long line segments between vertices and you'll need to make allowances when cutting out the sheet material. For a hull like yours I would be more concerned about getting frames at the stations built and then I would spile the planks from the frames. You could use Gregg Carlson's Hulls program to create developable skins. It would also do some basic hydrostatic calculations for you to give you an idea of its waterline at its designed load. what do you plan to use to skin this hull?

Very, very nice. And thesego up high! All the cross bracing will be compound miters did you get that figured out OK

I look for animated waves with buoyance build into sketchyphysics... that would be perfect, but I guess its hard to get.

My 7.1 have this problem too

PathMemory: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rubylibrarydepot/plugin_details.php?id=282 Instances: http://www.smustard.com/script/Instances Scenes Transition Times: http://sites.google.com/site/morisdov/ (6)

Not quite sure if this is what you are after but might help? http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=38 or this http://www.smustard.com/script/Exploder

Thanks!

Thanks Guys, I'll try all your suggestions.... after creating mesh from contours my model jumped to 14MB!!!! [image: qKOr_contours.png]