Check this out: It starts from a component but does allow you to name a layer from the component name and places that component on that new layer. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=30750

Got it, thanks. The relationship between faces, and edges are not as obvious as I thought they are. [image: mat0_Temp00.jpg]

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Shaderlight webinar last week. For those of you who missed it, the videos are now online. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJfp2k4iXfE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNpqrKLG1sI This is the first in a series of online tutorials we will be running over the coming months so if there are any particular areas of rendering with Shaderlight you'd like to know more about please do get in touch. Thanks Kate

Small snippets like this is a nice way to learn - small task, but still something you can make use of. Lets take your first post as an example: <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />def top_view_zoom_extent<br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Some variables for easy reference<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  model </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />  view </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_view<br /><br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Orient camera top down and zoom<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  new_camera </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">camera</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">set</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ORIGIN</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Z_AXIS</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">reverse</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> Y_AXIS </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  view</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">zoom_extents<br />end<br /></span> Note - there are some extra steps to make it into a plugin with menus and making sure it doesn't interfer with other plugins. But as you can see - it doesn't take much code to do simple things. We do have a thread somewhere with links to where to get started with the concepts of scripting/programming and Ruby. I'll see if I can dig it out.

Wowsers, many more than I had expected! It is not talked about all that much around here. I guesed people used it, but that is a pretty big number.

I was looking for the left shape, Fredo. I just got it with Extrude Edges by Faces. What tool did you use? Jim

glad to hear it Mariocha - never heard of that before, but i'll update the script soon.. thanks.

Hi I used Fredo´s Curviloft. Quite simple. @daniel - thanks for the tip. I really like this forum. It's a good place to visit when things gets annoying Thanks

Thanx for the quick response Chris . After I read your post I felt realy stupid I just missed this option completely. I found entity info but because I didn't make a new layer yet, it only showed me 1 layer so I couldn't choose. Now I understand that I have to make the layer first and then I can flip them . Thanx for the tip. Greetz Twan

Well, if it's on WIndows and you don't mind installing AutoHotkey, I made a AHK script that resizes the SketchUp window by client size (drawing area.) Although I don't remember if it takes into account Scene tabs. So you could resize the client area to a specific size without closing toolbars. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=30720&hilit=+autohotkey

Caleidos4D : Extrude along path will do. Almost similar to pipe along path ruby i can use follow me but i have to create shape first Thank you people for your help. For sure this will make my work easier.

@gude said: Tig Wow. Thank you so much.. I've just downloaded the script. Again thank you. Does this script unfold faces? I've attached the su on the release page. Thanks and keep up TIG. I'm so Amazed. Tannks... To 'unfold' find Jim Foltz's 'unfold.rb'

@photon713 said: The first is my difficulty when trying to align two objects using the "move" tool. It seems that when I get the bottoms of two components aligned the sides are off and vice versa. So, is there a tool/plugin that allows the selection of two points and snaps them together at that point? Can you posts some screens of what you are describing. I'm not quite sure I understand the scenario. @photon713 said: Second, when flattening a component to a 2D level I cannot extrude it because the underlying lines etc., are still evident. I would like to be able to flatten the object with a resulting outline only, that I can extrude? Export a 2d DWG of the view, then import it?

@carolyn17 said: hey how did you get fredoscale to download? thanks! Here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17948

Did you also install the Libfredo library?

DerMaister, Please, do not embed images from http://xmages.net/. It has been reported to be a website with malicious content and indeed it also shows like that in my browser. [image: k1n7_malsite.png] Please, either attach your images straight to your posts here or use another site to store them.

I probably should have stated that a bit better. I would like to export shadow lines as vector data in order to create diagrams in illustrator. I could have sworn I had one that would do that, but I think I was thinking of the shade_analysis_tool.rb. I may be able to use that along with livetrace to do what I need. Thanks though.

How about Chris Fullmers Component onto Face plugin? It does not exactly "drop" a component, but it places a copy of a component on the center of each selected face. ... edit: on hidden faces it works as well!

Thanks, Chris. Like I said, everything seems to be working since reinstalling 8. I didn't get any errors when I copied my plugins back into the new install. I'll reply back to this topic if I have any more similar troubles. I received a PM from someone who explained that the errors I was getting can occur when SU is closed unexpectedly while Saving Toolbar Locations is in process, or when a bunch of plugins with toolbars are closed all at once - I guess by unloading them out of the directory(?). It's possible that the first is what happened to me today. 8 does seem picky and even a little sluggish on start-up and shut-down so maybe it was cranking away on something and I got impatient. Wouldn't be the first time.

Thank you, Wyatt. Drop works fairly well (smart drop does not) but does not come up in the context menu if some inappropriate entities are selected, and I'm not sure exactly what those are. Unfortunately, it is text shy, and that is one of my prime targets. I think in conjunction with tt's selection toys I may be able to be more effective. (And also if I would boot from the same drive which I have not been doing owing to unrelated hair-pullers!!)