@chris fullmer said: Hmm, that would require more than a ruby script. It would need some sort of batch program written and I don't know how to do that. I think it can be done in ruby. Loop over all .skp files in a folder, load them into the model, move all entities to origin, then export. ComponentDefinition has the .save_as method. DefinitionList has the .load method.

You are right. I didn't think about hidden lines defining surfaces. Maybe just hiding the lines that do not define surfaces? Yes, hiding hidden layers could be a nice option...although doing that manually isn't that diffcult.

Thanks Thom. I had tried using that earlier and it did not produce what I thought I was looking for. Seems to be working just great right now. Thanks! Chris

I added selection filter for entities with default materials to my Selection Toys plugin. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14975 You'll find the commands from the context menu when you do a selection.

i'll try it, thanks!

I've noticed that when using some of the scf toolbars it tends to stack up more (it won't let me place other toolbars next to it) than if I just us individual toolbars for all the tools i need (smaller not bigger) is there a reason for this (a bug in the toolbar code?)

You're not really missing something. Golden Section is about the proportion of a face or box in 2 or 3 dimensions. This script works on 2 dimensions which doesn't have to be in a Golden Section proportion. It divides each dimension separately to the Golden Section. If you draw a rectangle in the Golden Section proportion and you use this script, one of the 4 parts is a perfect square with same dimensions. So using both tools, you'll get a good combination for designing with the Golden Section. But thanks for noticing the GS-feature in SU, I didn't know about that one.

Your plugin is very interesting, and I will help myself a lot. Thank you very much. In any way thinks about the things above.

I just put up some more SP3 feature topics and examples in the official forums: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=61

sorry for the delay... the trees are xfrog - but i have problems with decentered textures with other models too... i've done some testing with the xfrog trees - there is a difference if i apply the "front to back" tool to the component (containing all leaves) or open the component to select all faces to correct the textures... at the moment i open the the component all textures get messed up forever. no way to restore the original coordinates. correcting the coordinates of the component works! but if i open it after correcting... no way to go back - only reloading the file can fix it here's an example: [image: f_beforeafterm_6e83bf5.jpg] would it be possible to write a ruby that centers and resizes the textures? i was really hoping for better texturing tools in v7... ...and for high poly + x64 + multi core support...

@jim said: @dave r said: Jim, will your plugin work to go to a different SketchUp session? No, interesting idea though. hm.. yea. if the Ruby can interact with the clipboard...

thanks

Thanks Chris for the bump! Dear /// from New Atlantis, how's the weather? Namesets is actually an application under development that is an IT version of a spreadsheet, where animated sets of names are used instead of blank rows and columns (as you will have seen from the website). It can be plugged into Sketchup to generate a display or any other software that accepts plain text (csv). Namesets also has its own plugins which I am hoping the community will help with for the common good. The first is for standalone analytical animation, the introduction to which is here. If you would like to be involved in that let me know. Also if you have experience in Javascript and have some free time, I would very much appreciate your criticism and comments. If so, I will send you the files. Anyway, thanks for your interest; I too wish that the plugin was available! Chris

Finally I have version 1.0 Now it's highly dependent of the product structure (or OUTLINER), but seems to work well ... I will post it in a NEW thread. Enjoy and lets see how to improve this ... Regards Marcio

@chris fullmer said: This is really late, but the way to do it without purchasing or coding anything is like this: Set the model animation speed to .1 seconds. Export an animation with these settings: For the export type choose .jpg (or .png or whatever) Set the frame rate to 10 frames per second Then export it. It works out that 10 frames per second and we set the animation to be .1 seconds per scene. So each scene gets exported, one after the other. I hope that makes sense. You should also be bale to set the animation to 1 scene per second and then set 1 frame per second if your brain likes to think of it like that. Chris oh many thanks , it a good idea

Jim, could your script also "pull" parallel infinite lines like the tape measure tool?

Todd at Smustard.com developed centerpoint.rb which identifies the centerpoint of selected geometry. EDIT: After re-reading your original request, Kwistenbiel, I realize you already referred to this script....so never mind!!

OUCH!!!

First edition of a sync tool: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15491

That's funny. My son did that to me once.