fair enough ! have a great summer.... it's start freezing here !

Thank you for this plugin and also thank you for adding the explanation of what it is for and the Wikpedia link.

I usually use the component spray plugin to place my tree randomly it has an option for random rotation wich is very useful you can have a look here : http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=11746 have a nice day

Thanks Adam, I'll give them a try. I haven't loaded EE tools since upgrading to 8 but will do. I really need to work out what works best for organic modeling.... ta.

@chris fullmer said: It is actively being worked on. See these notes: http://sites.google.com/site/3dbasecamp2010/unconference-sessions/sketchup-in-the-film-industry The paragraph numbering appears to be broken in the document, although the content seems fine otherwise. It was correct when I wrote the original, so I can only assume something went wrong when it was converted to HTML by the site maintainers. Hopefully it's still helpful anyway. Andrew

I Have gone there, it is near perfection

I look forward to being surprised and delighted. Kind regards, bob

Thanks, Tom. I've corrected the original post.

I suppose there is the same problem of accents for French Windows système ? So If I use a path without accent that will be ok Ps I have now more 300 simple Plugs without count the folders You will kill my old 1 Giga memory Edit that works!

RVS, thanks for help with the snippit. I have another use for it. tt, finally got to it, shoot, that was too easy: my_def = definitions.add "My Selection" my_inst = @master_group.to_component my_def.entities.add_instance(my_inst.definition, my_inst.transformation) my_inst.erase! repeat = false model.place_component my_def, repeat

..nothing better than trouble!

Just stumbled upon ComponentPunch:

well thanks TIG! I will study the script and hopefully get it

New version bump. See first post.

Hi, @unknownuser said: make a thumbnail gallery (or contact sheet) XnView http://www.xnview.com can do that: [image: xDJb_planchecontact.jpg]

My Edge Tools has a different simplification technique - no preview though. You specify how the max distance the simplified curve is allowed to deviate form the original.

Yes, Chris. The idea being if your were, for instance, in a Top (plan) view, and some of the your model structures were on the diagonal, you'd change the axes to match those structures in order to draw/edit them. If you wanted to zoom in on a particular area of those structures on the diagonal, the Zoom Window tool would be able to drag a bounding box relative current axes to define the zoom window. Otherwise, your forced to right-click on the user-defined axis, pick align view and then use the Zoom Window tool.

Thanks, Earthmover: In the back of my mind, I was thinking that ThomThom had already solved this with Vertex Tools. That's why I said I should know better than to ask this. Maybe this post belongs instead in the Sketchup 12 wishlist thread.

Hi, Just tested it with SU 7.1, it works OK. Not tested with SU8, since I'm waiting the french version of it... BUT if your image size is 602, the resulting mesh will be made of 6026022 triangles= 724808 faces ! Watch the status bar to check what it is doing, the redraw process can be (very) long... Regards

@pdonner said: Are there any solutions to these shortcomings? SimLab Composer and 3D PDF plugin only supports Acrobat reader 9.0 or newer on Windows and Mac. Version 9.0 introduced new features that we are using in Automatic Camera mode, and has better support for animation, which are working on. So we decided instead of limiting the functionality, to support Acrobat reader 9.0 or newer. Upgrading Acrobat reader is a free, fast, and simple process that can be performed from inside acrobat reader itself, which by default will encourage the user to upgrade to the latest version. With this version we discontinued the free version as we described in the previous post. @pdonner said: How does Simlab's software compare to the PDF export function of the SU 8 Pro version? In addition to the 3D PDF creation capability available in the plugin, SimLab Composer adds Rendering, supports many file formats including SketchUp, has 3D Scene building, and exoirts 3D scenes to different file formats. Users who use SketchUp as their main Design application will feel more comfortable with the plugin, while users who need the additional functionality and use different design applications in addition to SketchUp will prefer SimLab Composer. SimLab Composer at this point only support importing SketchUp 7 files and prior, only the plugin supports version 8. support for version 8 will be added in the next update of SimLab Composer