I can't even install it. I recieve a message saying "Installed successfully" but I can't find the toolbar, there's no option to activate it from right-click... doesn't seem to work. Tried installing .rbz and also putting the .rb file in both the Program Files\SketchUp\Plugins folder as well as the Program Files\SketchUp\ShippedExtensions. No use. Any ideas?

There was a great 3ds max plugin from Simlab soft called Simlab max to skp exporter that was great for even complex models with excellent results but they took it down for whatever reason. Perhaps contacting the author at Simlab would be helpful

ok good advice - cheers thats sorted c

Thank you for update on a "great plugin" Note that I was unable to download pdf release note: ***Documentation Download Curve Maker release notes in PDF format here: Release_Notes_Curve_Maker_1_6_1.pdf (127kb) [Updated 2015-09-02]*** Regards

@krism said: I know what I am asking for violates one of the cardinal rules of SU. I do model with all objects (edges, faces, etc) on layer 0 with groups and components on appropriately named layers. I also work with Revit and have the need to control visibilty of the imported SU objects. I can bring the layers from SU into Revit but cannot play with visibilty because all the actual edges and faces are on layer 0. Is there a plugin which will take all the objects (edges & faces) within a group or component and put those objects on the groups layer. This would only be used in a copy of the model which would be saved for the Revit export. Any ideas? KrisM This works from the Ruby Console on a selection of components or groups. mod = Sketchup.active_model ent = mod.entities sel = mod.selection sel.each{|corg| ents = corg.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;Group ents = corg.definition.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance ents.each{|e| if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge || e.class==Sketchup;;Face e.layer = corg.layer end } } or this from the context menu when you right click on a component or group unless file_loaded?(__FILE__) mod = Sketchup.active_model ent = mod.active_entities sel = mod.selection UI.add_context_menu_handler do |menu| unless sel.empty? || (sel.first.class != Sketchup;;ComponentInstance && sel.first.class != Sketchup;;Group) menu.add_separator menu.add_item("Move Entities To Comp/Group Layer") { corg = sel.first ents = corg.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;Group ents = corg.definition.entities if corg.class==Sketchup;;ComponentInstance if ents ents.each{|e| if e.class==Sketchup;;Edge || e.class==Sketchup;;Face e.layer = corg.layer end } end } end#unless sel end#do file_loaded(__FILE__) end#file

@juju said: I see the last version update, as per the pluginstore, was 2013-04-29. Is this tool 2015 compatible? bump

@driven said: have you tried scaling a copy to see exactly what is lost? it may not be as bad as expected... just a thought john The cameras, and the textures UV.

Still not quite what I want...

Many Thanks!

@jclements said: Is their a plugin that can do this or could one be created to uniformly scale any geometry relative to specific place on the geometry NOT the center of the geometry. vertex tools can do this (and lot more intersting stuff)

no takers huh?

I don't think there is.

Thanks I will check it out

Hi Thomthom, I am trying to design thermoformable objects which can be stacked, destacked, nested and denested easily. Stacking and nesting is no problem for two same objects, but destacking and denesting can become problematic if the surfaces are too close to each other. To check this, I simulate the nesting of 2 objects in X-ray mode. I can then see the distance between the surfaces. For days now I have been inspecting and testing every "drop" group/components plugin I could find, but to no avail. Invariably all "drop" group/components plugins either drop part of the object through the surface or change it's orientation. I was getting very frustrated until this afternoon, when I found your Raytracer plugin. Using the "Drop Components by Geometry" I get a number of rays going straight down to the surface. With the camera on Parallel Projection and in X-ray mode, and by clicking on front, back and side views, I can now try and find the shortest ray, as that is where both objects will first touch. Then I can move the object down along that ray. Works like a whistle. But with complex objects there are so many rays it is not easy to find the shortest one. When I click on a ray, the entity info only mentions "guide", but not the length of the ray. Is there a way you could highlight the shortest ray, so I can quicky delete all others? Would save me heaps of time. Greetings Frank nestable pots test.skp

@davecoopstl said: Thanks, TIG. Rick hasn't responded to any of my emails, yet. Does your Image Trimmer do the same thing? Dave. Yes, very much - but you must read up about enabling Java and associating .jar files etc... With that all set up you can then trim Images made from PNG files which have a transparent background... But please continue any discussions about my tool in its own thread...

I'm sure you'd pull off something very good...

Try blender

so what is the vertical rotation option for? Mitch made a plugin that just about does it. I just need to figure out the process a bit better.

@unknownuser said: it´s paid, however, righ yes and no! You have free version with limited number of elements!

I hadn't even dreamed of getting a fresh plugin and that it would work on comps. I was just hoping someone knew of a plugin that would extrude it. You da man Mitch! I'll give it a try in just a minute.