You don't need any special extensions or plugins to do this. Just enter the coordinates in the Measurements window. For relative coordinates use the form <x,y,z> and for absolute coordinates use the form [x,y,z]. I used relative coordinates in this example. And then the Text tool will show the coordinates when the leader is anchored to a point in the model. [image: BdAL_relative.gif]

Thanks Rich will try that.

What version of SketchUp are you using? Your profile says 2020 Free/Make but there is no such version. If you are using SketchUp 2023, Flip Along was removed from the Context menu. It was replaced with a single Flip command.The toolbar button looks like this. [image: jsZg_tb_flip_4800x4800.png] You can still set keyboard shortcuts for Flip Along but they won't be found in a menu.

this is completely wrong way of building terrains with roads

@pilou said: @ Liam I don't use the path tracing...in fact even not to try it because i don't need it...all is yet existing before is largely enough for me! ie7 gtx 950 8 Gig ... Ah, understood, I missread you prior reply, my bad. In that case I am in agreement that TM coud be a good option for a new to rendering person because of the easy to learn UI and zero cost

The serial number was part of the old Classic license system. SketchUp 2023 is only available by subscription. You won't get a serial number. The e-mail address and password assigned to the subscription is used to sign in.

@Box gave me a good response on the SketchUp forum.

At work we've used a Shark HD5 for about 8 years. It's still going but we just recently bought a new Shark HD520. Yes, it's more than your budget but they are great machines. They have an HD500 for under $3K that has a 13x25x7 travel. Also comes with a copy of Vcarve Desktop software. Might be worth a look. Good luck

Ah.... So no imagery with Add Location? If you're contacting Marin County for imagery you might ask about contour in some CAD format you can import.

This fixed it for me, this has been an intermittent headache forever.

I believe that you can also use some Dynamic components!

Hi Dave, Was dragged into other territoties and had to get off this project for a bit. Thanks for your response. Responding to your question, "So you want to select only the edges in the model or at least within a selected region? You could select all of the geometry including the faces"? : Ideally what I was looking to do was select (in the example image) only the line [and all its connected segments] between the hand-drawn blue endpoints/arrows. I probably should have colored that entire length. This section of line (essentially 4 connected arcs in this case) is co-planar with all the other visible elements. So I don't believe its not categorized a true "edge"; its a kind of "island edge" submerged within the larger face. The select/deselect method is one that I often use (or version of that toggling between face/wireframe visibility) - but in this case the trick is selecting just that area without selecting other edges (which would also then remain selected). If I were to do that a be left with multiple, connected edges, I'd either still need to manually, individually deselect segments (if the curves were 'broken'), or arcs (if they were true welded arcs). For some reason, 2x-clicking to remove the unneeded lines/edges as entire connected lines was not working - and 3x-clicking was reselecting the faces. Thx

You could also use the trial of Revit and export obj, fbx or ifc from there.

@box said: I was quite grumpy earlier. Here is a very quick example of how a shape can be bent using Radial Bending. [image: 4rPtyCX.gif] That's wonderful! I had FredoScale installed a year ago when I bought the Fredo6 Collection bundle. However, I haven't used this plugin a lot, and because of you, now I know that there are more possibilities with this plugin. THANK YOUUUU!!!

@mill3rluke said: iv have now learned to keep the models small so i have no problem with using the model myself. That's good. @mill3rluke said: When im on teams the other end say the model just freezes and then catches up its just very slow. but its not slow my end? I think that's going to be your connection or Teams, not SketchUp. Are you initiating the meeting? I used to run into sluggishness with GoToMeeting if I initiate the meeting but make someone else the presenter so they can share their screen. @mill3rluke said: Very annoying as i can bring alot of people together over teams and the models help all with my projects with decision making etc. Understood. You might look at some other option for screensharing.

@ntxdave said: Very interesting. I looked at their web site. Can you tell me what QueryTool is? It's a tool that places lights and sets shader properties for materials in your model. In this case, you Alt Left click on a face with a material applied and tell LightUp to generate grass at render time.

Thank you