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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.

SU should load the textures automatically, but all the textures has to be in the same folder as the .3ds file. And all the .3ds format only allows for texture files with the old 8.3 naming conversion. If your textures doesn't follow this file naming conversion the textures won't load as 3DS truncates the file names upon export. Should give you a warning about this.

@mkprofiles said: I am going to bump this as I am still looking for help Not totally sure of everything you are after, but won't the facility of custom fields in Dynamic components introduced in V7 be of use. I am no coder, and have not studied all the possibilities in the formulas that can be used in the 'Custom' fields, but if I read your examples correctly, you should be able to add items based on calculations (eg length pricing). I had a similar requirement for adding custom attributes and found that the cost of the options available previously was prohibitive, but a breeze in V7 (except for the reporting - but that's the subject of another post http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=15052)

RpReports is designed to let you create attributes - such as cost per sq foot, etc. for components - place the components into SketchUp and create reports. It is designed for applications where you create a library of components and distribute it to your dealers, or clients, who place the components and create a parts list with prices. Because of its price, and the up-front work required to create a component library, define attributes, define formulas for calculations and design reports - it is designed for large projects, and not for individual users who want an occasional report. See: RpReports

my bad..thanx

Cool sounds good ... what other things are in your to-do list i you dont mind ... im a hardcore ruby collector yet i know nothing about code ... :S

awesome, thanks!

@jim said: I think it could be done using win32api, but that would be a Windows-only solution.

Perfect! Thank you.

very HELPFUL and HANDY plugin!, THANKS A LOT!

Did you ever get a response to this question? I, too would like to export sections with the layers intact to either a dwg or dxf file. DE

Modo is a fantastic software. But I prefer Sketchup for being accustomed. One day still desire to learn to use Modo in a professional way. The tools of selection of Modo are fantastic, as to Loop Selection. Developers of Sketchup should analyze the Modo more closely.