i dunno, it seems easiest to me if you use chris fullmer's perpendicular face tools along with standard follow-me then solid union (or manually intersect/clean-up if you don't have SUpro) link to perp face tools [flash=660,405:3qptt0z2]http://www.youtube.com/v/Kq53IXsQ1aY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1[/flash:3qptt0z2]

I've used it with great results. It exported all the objects and materials. I tried a couple of complete rooms with dozens of objects and materials and it worked fine. It also comes with an export feature to render the scene with Luxrender. from a newbie point of view. I imported into Bryce and Carrara as well.

Charly and edson. If only your system could be automated. Maybe it would be possible to have some sort of description manager script that would take a short description each rb. maker puts inside the plugin and add to a document like a spreadsheet. Each time you download an rb. or run the script it updates your ruby descriptions, which could have links. This would be outside of SU I guess, not a real manager. (Not a programmer myself)

sounds great - the operation is really sssssssssssssslow

Ja, that was the fix to the fix. You jogged my memory to when we where talking about this when SU8 first came out.

That's great to hear thomthom. No rush...

It may be some ruby conflicting issue or permission problem. Just speaking from my own experience with SU8 and SU2Thea - for me this combination seems to run better than SU7. Please, continue this in Thea support forums http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=3562&start=10

Gentlemen: My take on SPfireengineer's question was that would it be possible to make the model take on the attributes of real solid materials for the purposes of evaluating and calculating behavior of those solids in a real fire, such as thermal movement through the material, behavior in hose stream tests, flame retardance, temperature rise, and so forth. Did I miss the point?

@thomthom said: Btw, the API docs are lying: I knew it. I knew it! No of course I didn't. Thank you much. You are right it will do the same thing as the slider, but I am hoping for more fine-control inserting the values. The slider is really akward to control especially when you are doing elevation drawings and want to fade out the background. Thanks again. You are the man thomthom. G

Filleting is in 1001bit also, just for info!

This is just my observation from personal use. If one were to regard the model environment as a stage scene with a camera in first person mode, it would become clear that the cursor, whether in zoom or orbit or select directs that camera where to look. Clicking on empty space confuses the camera function and its directives become random. I have noticed this while zoomed in tight and then activating orbit-- suddenly my scene sweeps far away from where I was. Or scrolling out can sometimes do the same thing. Bottom line. The camera needs definitive input or it behaves randomly.

I shall check this out tomorrow and report back, thanks and I too work in larger scale design work ... masterplanning

@unknownuser said: @unknownuser said: I've installed select instancev2 by M. Bekhor, downloaded from: http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=365 (I find this plugin one of the more powerful instance selection tools). I am trying to assign a keyboard shortcut, but I can't find the command in the shortcuts list. How can I do this? Is there something I'd need to update in the plugin to make it reachable in the shortcuts list? Thanks!! you probably have to select (something) prior to going into the shortcut list. ie- select what the script requires you to select prior to activating the script. Thanks! that worked! come to think of it, it's the same when you want to assign a shortcut for flipping along axis of components!

Hi TIG Thanks for your input. As i wrote, I was looking for a script that could split a face so it became a part of the model as lines, so they could have the same style as other lines in the drawing. I hoped that protrude would help me - but I can't get it to work I have added an image that shows the result - I have to add the lines manuel. [image: nørregade 20100914 04 small.jpg]

Thanks. I was aware of that BTW

HouseBuilder_extension.rb doortools.rb 1001bit_pro.rb cd_architect.rb cd_architect_extension.rb spiralstair11.rb stair.rb stair_maker.rb surveytool.rb WindowTools.rb weld.rb the SCF Power Tool bars are good too...

Ah, Dave, so you did ...

@honoluludesktop said: TIG, thanks for the lesson. @tig said: .......using @x in you tool is fatal to any other tool foolish enough to use it too ........ " @x"'s a typo, yes. Assuming you mean "..using $x in..". Anyway I rewrote the code with @variable for those that have to be available for different procedures. Typo fixed [I an conditioned not to type $ in front of a variable name!!!]

Thanks..

:-0....now I get it, thanks.