Gene, I just posted a link to the beginning of a tut over at JLC. This will be for a draped hip roof though and not for a dutch hip. Here it is on yousendit.com http://tinyurl.com/22gnqm

I hadn't noticed before, but it seems to be true. The reason seems to be in the way the offset function works. Arcs are just open curves with all the segments the same length, and with all the vertices being on the same arc. When you offset it, this no longer applies. The offset command makes the end segments relatively shorter, and a line drawn between the endpoint of the original and offsetted curve is at 90 degrees to the first segments, and does not cross the centerpont of the original arc. It is more noticeable if you make an arc of very few segments. Anssi

@unknownuser said: Hi Edson, Thank you for your note. Based on your description it sounds like you may be encountering the "License Limit Exceeded" message. Please be aware that this is a known issue with the Leopard operating system, and we're currently working to resolve it. If you are receiving this message while using Leopard, we suggest upgrading to the recently released OS 10.5.2 If this doesn't resolve your issue, or you're not running Leopard, we suggest disconnecting from the internet. Please disable any wired or wireless internet connection, restart your computer, then attempt to authorize again. Thanks again for taking the time to write. Regards, The Google Team this is the answer i got from google help. they were quite fast and helpful. i am quoting their reply here in the hope it can help other people. i do hope they do not mind. well, i did as suggested: disconnected my mac and the dreaded message stopped. let's see what happens tomorrow. will this fix it for good or will i have to disconnect every time i launch SUp? P.S.: anssi, i had already done what you suggested. as you can see, it is a bug.

thank you all. now i can see possible uses for the color by layer setup.

And that's a great scipt, too. See the thread about it to get more ideas (like it remembers a selection set in a group that you have closed since the selection etc.)

Actually, Remus, with AA on at anything much above screen resolution you won't get anything at all...it'll crash the program. I ALWAYS have AA switched off. If I need that extra quality, I export big and resize in Photoshop. The answer to the original question is yes, people have exported stuff from SU that's fit to go on a billboard. Use Tiff or png...they use lossless compression...jpegs don't. Actually, SU will export a tiff completely uncompressed...and it will be HUGE. You need to open it in Photoshop or something then resave it using LZW compression to bring it down to something reasonable. If you do decide to use a jpg, make sure that the quality slider is at about 90%. You'll get some artifacting but it ought to be acceptable.

I model in perspective, with textures turned on. Occassionally I will temporarily switch to ortho mode or x-ray when selecting, but always revert back to perspective.

Thanks Nick. Something like that happened quite a bit when I moved my lap top between office and home, but was suprised when it happened on my office desk top which Is always in two screen mode. Some how I managed to move the component screen off the edge of the world!

well i guess it must be late. i just re-read your post and you were talking about "Artstudio Pro" not the "Virtual Painter" program. oooooops. i just downloaded the trial version of "Artstudio Pro" and it looks pretty good - more in line with Mike Lucy's "PhotoArtMaster" recommendation (a lot more artistic control). looks promising - i'll have to play with it more tomorrow. jb the big swooooosh looking thing is the program's trial version watermark [image: 0Sut_table2copy.JPG]

Hi Pkast, Thanx for the input. I’m still at it, but nothing has ‘struck my fancy’ yet. The current batch of end results tend to be washed out. Or if colorful enough, they are “dry” looking. I tried a few via Akvis Sketch (trial) software. But they also lacked the desired ‘soft wet-ish’ color blend look that appears in Ross’s image. Still experimenting… Thanx, Bob

you can change the color of the lines from black to grey but they will still not be transparent.

Ah, Didier, that is even a more efficient way to assign tranparency. Also, I use groups on just about everything and once you are inside a group the the display of bitmaps "behind" may not be viewable.

Yup, deslecting hardware acceleration sucks big time but surprisingly I have not felt the slowdown. I'm working on several file, one at 7Mb and another at 12Mb and it been smooth so far may be just a tad slow on the resonce but still workable.

thanks, I think I worked it out now. I couldn't find any mention in that guide to clipping masks but I knew what they were so just inverted the texture in photoshop and used that. here's the result: [image: EQLo_goal3.jpg]

That's a pretty interesting read and could be useful for some architectural designs. I would certainly like to get hold of a ruby to help generate that sort of pattern.

As juju says, the Skin.rb will manage that very well. You will probably have to do 2 rings at a time and move along.

Sketchup 6.4.112 Tools Sandbox/ extensions.rb gettingstarted.rb langhandler.rb sandboxtools.rb sketchup.rb totd.rb units.rb Plugins Examples/ Utilities examples.rb utilities.rb azuby

niiicee!! thanks so much

Tom, ...yes something like that. Thanks for the ideas! Best, ~e like your new avatar..btw

Problem solved. I found that the server.dat file was pointing to the old name of the server. When I copied the file from my machine it points to the right license file and now it all works.