@lersince1991 said: I need the outer bounding edges rather than the inner. I think everyone understands you want the bounding edges. Are they on the same plane? If so, retracing any edge will create the face which will then allow for the identification of the edges that form the boundary. If you can share a sample model, it will help us help you.

Let me see if it is still here... Yes it is. You should still consider doing it yourself, otherwise the next time you will have to go trough the same scenario. facade 3-3 ASD.skp Edit Added 2013 version facade 3-3 ASD.skp facade 3-3 ASD.skp

@driven said: and what about going the other direction... i.e good to bad, oops mac to windows... I'll leave that exercise to one of the fallen...

UPDATE: I figured out how to get Sketchup cameras in Fusion. In the 3D scene import options of Fusion, the title starts with FBX so naturally I thought that format was a necessity. Turns out I could use a 3ds, obj, dae, etc. through the same import options so I exported a 3ds from SU and it worked. Just reporting this in case anyone is also interested.

@unknownuser said: ...deleted post... That is not Matt, but unscrupulous people trying to make a buck from his affiliate deal. I can confirm that Matt is totally legit and would never act like these buffoons.

I did a quick test. Unfortunately, it seems to me the image quality is pretty bad in exporting at high resolution. Here's a small crop of a larger render. I exported the full image at 5000px (both originals are PNG, saved as jpg in another program for upload here.) It appears any time SU has to compress or enlarge the image, the image quality suffers. You might have better luck using a rendering engine, most can handle rendering large textures with much better results. [image: EYh6_grace-interior_v6b-Scene6.jpg] [image: fYDe_grace_st-from-png.jpg]

There are several topo plugins, none of which I have used, Toposhaper for one. But off the top of my head I would say have you tried Tig's Slicer. It will create multiple slices and even lay them out flat as individual contours.

Thanks DAve, Yes, certainly, I will with pleasure, but now I have a specific project and the handling of Sketchup is not easy Still so many questions and so little time ...!

Thank you David, I accept what you say. I will try single columns. The dividers can be a waste of valuable space but when used with 2 columns wide they can be useful for grouping commands IMO. Kind regards, Andrew

You can create your own reports by editing the example code found here http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/tutorial_attrreporting I mentioned it before [anchor= goto=http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=50820#p460251:2d0zzw5x]here[/anchor:2d0zzw5x] john

Have you tried pdf? Not using illustrator but assumed it might explode pdfs.

@krisidious said: Not sure... I don't have it. Did you have pro and then the trial ran out? Seems like you wouldn't have had enough time for your trial to run out though. You might try installing with the internet disabled. Just a thought. That would be pretty irritating and would push a bunch of people out of the range of Sketchup and that would be a mistake IMHO. Actually I installed it without being connected to the internet. I should do the otherwise now, hehe, installing it while my net is still active. @jason_maranto said: I had the same issue when I installed using my removable USB wireless adapter -- if I removed the adapter I would get the "SketchUp cannot start due to a licensing error" message. What I found to be true in my case was I needed some type of network hardware active in order to start SketchUp -- but did not need to be actually connected to the internet. Something to do with the SketchUp license being tied to that particular machine as identified via a MAC address. In my case I had some Ethernet ports on my computer that I usually keep disabled (because they are not connected to anything) -- by enabling them and re-licensing SketchUp I was able to remove the USB wireless adapter and still start SketchUp (because the Ethernet ports supply the needed MAC address, even though they are not connected to anything). Best, Jason. You are saying really technical stuff to me. Please explain step by step what you did.

Try changing the OpenGL setting for Hardware Acceleration. You may have to quit and restart SketchUp after that.

@frederik said: This is the first release they've been able to make in the right time, which means that the next version (SU2016) will get released in 12 month time... That's not good enuf. I want it no later than Jan next year.

Oh thanks yoou made my day ! That was really helpful, I'll check that plugin.

@db11 said: ...Next up on the migration odyssey: Yosemite. I'm certainly happy with Yosemite and SUv15... depends what else you use... john

damn... Dave beat me to it and made me look like a Johnny come lately.

thanks again for the replies. no problems with "hijacking this thread". I myself found the automatically created backups lil bit useless. my macbook pro only have 256GB ssd hard disk. it definitely takes up space. my dilema is I dont think getting a better computer is right for me yet. updating to mac pro is too pricey. i love macs though. updating to custom built pc or hp z workstations or any high end pcs are still pricey based on the minimal or low demand 3d interior rendering jobs im doing.

@blastfurnace said: everything I draw in SU2015 looks jagged to me...I have changed the openGL settings but no luck... The timing of your post is funny. I noticed today something similar while rotating a scene, I see some jaggies (like edges that are fragmented in several large parts). I already had a look at my opengl settings (gtx560ti) and was already google-ing if some of the gfx card settings could be better but haven't found anything useful yet. any suggestions anyone??

seems like she has 10.7 or lower which is not supported on v2015... if the hardware or circumstance forbids an OS update then SU v2014 or lower is the only option... in either case, contact Trimble citing OS incompatibility and ask for a 2014 pro license in exchange... she'll have 12 months to upgrade for free if needs be... john