thanks very much! works a treat.

I'll have to ask.

Hi Brad, Anssi I'm exporting from sketchup to dwg, then xref-ing these files into Autocad. Whenever I change something in SU, I then re-export the dwg and "refresh" the xref in autocad. The problem is as Anssi says. When my drawing gets larger or smaller in Sketchup, the origin of the exported dwg file changes, so when I refresh in autocad... the xrefs move! Anssi - good idea on setting up the views. Unfortunately, this is the way I have been doing it, so it doesn't solve the problem. Brad - any help you can give on this is much appreciated. It's the fly in the ointment for me at the moment. I'm evaluating the SU/Acad combo as a BIM solution with a view to getting it adopted company wide, and without a fix on this I can't really recommend it. Kind regards Rob D

Hide the Section cut and then export

I can only reiterate what has been said before. Sketchup for speed in conjunction with Rhino for complexity works very well indeed. The new exporter does a pretty good job too.

Ahh... there it is. Thanks Susan & Jeff (& everyone else). I'd tried this off a hunch from posts I'd seen on another issue, but since SU gave showed a message it would take effect for new windows I'd simply re-opened the file (rendering looked different, but still showed the issue). Now that you've confirmed, I changed the setting and then quit & relaunched SU and indeed the issue disappears. Also sadly indeed, it is barely useable in that mode. Guess I can do most of my building/manipulating with the acceleration on, then turn it off for establishing some final views with cuts. Was hoping planes could be more useful for me than that, but maybe with my next computer (since I don't dare imagine Google addressing this older, apparently rather specific hardware issue in future releases). Thanks again everyone. Incredible resource we've got here. --Ben p.s. if anyone is interested in the details, I'm running OS 10.4.11 and Sketchup for Mac 6.4.120 on a 1.42GHZ iBook G4 which the spec says has a 4X AGP ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM

The roller coaster project is officially "over" - it was a gigantic success! Sorry this photo is very poor quality but it gives you an idea what some of the students did. This photo does not show all the roller coasters. Only four groups attempted the Round & Round - it was the most difficult, I think. [image: OLcQ_roller_coasters_010.jpg]

i could do with a converter aswell. use pro6 at work and 5 pro in work. for the times i forget to save as v5, it would come in handy unless anyone will resave for me as v5?.... just have to remember more often...

RpTools, a SketchUp add-on, has a Wizard to let you select a component or other geometry, see its current sizes, enter the desired sizes, and scale it. See: http://forums.renderplus.com/wiki/index.php?title=RpTools#Stretch_Wizard

@remus said: ...i reckon it could do with a bit less thickness. seems youve got the transparency and texturing pretty spot on thoguh. Thanx. Yeah, the thickness is a bit much. The apparent force of water would probably 'take out' the pool Have a sparkling day. Bob

Okay Coen .... who is the lovely lady?

Even better. Thanks.

@unknownuser said: I think you should always model for accuracy. I have found too many times I have had to go back and change things after the fact and if I would have modeled accurately in the first place there would have been no need to. Accuracy saves time and money in the end. Scott touché

@anglaret said: Edson I made a personnal style with long soft lines, which is very near straight lines but with a light diffeent touch, if you like I send it to you. Marc yes, marc. i would like very much to get your style. if you prefer to send it by PM, do so. if you need my email address, let me know. thanks.

I am starting to experience some slow up and even time outs again. And this on my work machine... the good one.

Edson, try adjusting the view slightly (orbit, pan, zoom), also the field of view...and if you can stand the inaccuracy: the scale of the texture. A little bit of play can change the effect quite a bit. I have noticed also that sometimes it shows in the export, as you would expect, but sometimes it doesn't...?

Walter, I do not posses a magic script (ruby).....But I can offer a Speed Square. Yeah I know.....not what your after.....but in the mean time give it a try. And if you have never used one before, it's pretty straight forward(see attached). Using the speed square component,align the pivot pt and rotate until vertical or horizontal.(maybe a bit oversimplifying... I know). Oh, and you mention hip roofs, if working with a model just use the cross section tool & the speed square as above. :~) Best, Charlie [image: UT9m_SPEEDSQUARE-APPLIED.jpg] SPEEDSQUARE APPLIED.zip

You kidding me? Had to put up my one and only (third-hand) C40 as collateral for my shed! Just keep hoping carbon fiber and Campagnolo lasts forever. Being married, I end up putting more miles on the Trek tandem than on the solo. But it's all fun. Todd

It's clipping -- see this help file from the SU Help forum: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=36261&topic=9042

I think you just want to change .zip to .skm But I have never done this before so give that a try. Or just download the entire material bonus pack. There are some goodies in there.