SketchUP will not import some DWG information such as text, hatching dimensions, complex surfaces or dynamic blocks. Also, any information on the layouts are ignored. Finally, curves are faceted when importing to SKUP.

Since I only got one comment about the product, I thought I would post my own review. Remember, I am not a SU power house so my views may be tainted. I like Spread3D and think it is a good product. The price is certainly affordable. The "Pro" version is only $5/month. There is a free version but your presentations are only viewable for 24hours. Strengths Easy to learn - The UI for Spread3D makes it very easy to learn. There are a number of tutorials that seem to cover all of the capabilities pretty thoroughly. Play/Autoplay - Spread3D allows you to play/autoplay your presentation so that it is good for a kiosk type of environment or if you want to display your presentation in an unattended mode. There are settings for the slide duration and transition speeds. * Hierarchy - Spread3D gives you full access to the hierarchy in your model that can be manipulated at the slide level. Thus you can control the visibility or some limited animation of a group or component in he model at the slide level. Certainly strengthens the concept of using groups and components in your model in SU.* Links to external documents and videos - While I did have not yet used this feature, Spread3D allows you to connect to other documents and videos outside your model. You can also create links to external web sites. * Comments - Again, I have not used this feature (but I did look at it) that provides the capability to allow others to add comments about your model or presentation.* Rotate/Zoom/Pan/Measurements - You can add buttons to a slide that will allow the user to rotate, zoom, pan and even use a ruler on the slide. This again, is controllable at the slide level.* Auto Rotate- You can create a slide that will automatically rotate when the slide is viewed. Weaknesses Only One Model per Presentation - For me one of the biggest weaknesses it that you can only have one SU fie/model in a presentation. Therefore, if you want to have multiple models included in a presentation you must combine them into a single SU file and scene (you cannot export multiple SU scenes into a single presentation. If you combine models into a single file, you can overcome this limitation somewhat by using the hierarchy to control what is visible on the slide but this could get messy in a hurry* Fonts & Text display - Currently there is a limited set of fonts that can be used in a Spread3D presentation. There are also some limitations on how the text is controlled on the slide (how it appears, color and etc.). However, I have been told that this is being addressed in a future release (no timing on the update). One interesting thing I did discover though is the ability to create a scrolling list/text box.* Performance in IE - One of my presentations would never load in IE. All of my presentation did run smoothly in Chrome (I have only tested with IE 11 and Chrome). Since most of our clients use IE, this could be a problem in making our presentations available via our web site. For a show/convention we can make sure the machines being used have Chrome installed.* No Touch Screen Support - While this is not a show stopper, it is preferred for a show/convention so that the presentations can be used in a kiosk type of environment without having to have a mouse connected. Bottom Line Bottom line is that this is a good product that is VERY reasonably priced. It has a lot of good basic features and I have no problem recommending it. Just be aware of the one SU file limitation and you should be able to learn/use it in a very short time. The documentation is very adequate to get you going quickly.

Can also try going to the following menu: View > Hidden geometry. You might have triangles there and you might even have things that are not coplanar.

@cquinn said: Hi, Running the latest version of Sketchup 2014 on a Mac. Firstly haven't been able to run Round Corners for a few months despite multiple attempts to download it. It simply doesnt load. I used to use it. Secondly I want to make sure I have latest LibFredo 6.3, but no idea what "non-asciii" name means and if I am out of luck. Either way I can't seem to get the latest up and running. My needs are simple, I run a few plugins but always run into these irritating problems with plugins. I use Ext Warehouse but Lib Fredo is apparently out of date there. I know how to load plugins directly into my plugins library myself also. Thanks in advance! Non-ascii is simply a reference to accentuated characters, cyrillic, etc... Release 6.3 is mainly to address some issues for username with such characters (since SU14 stores plugins in a direct folder ory Under the Users directory on Windows). Normally, Mac should not be concerned. I recommend you install from the Sketchucation Plugin Store, which is simply one click. Unfortunately publishing on the Extension Warehouse takes longer because there is a formal review by the Sketchup team. So version 6.3 (and by the way version 6.2) were submitted but are not yet published officially on EWH, pending this review. Now, if you have a problem of installation, try to explain what it is if you want anyone here on SCF to help. Fredo

This will not be a monologue! I took a look at cl3ver from time to time and it has the features I would require for an interactive presentation. The thing is I almost never need to make an interactive presentation. If I would I'd try this for sure. Thanks for your review, João

@box said: Make sure you are aware of what you are naming. The Name field in the entity info window is for the specific instance of the component. The root component name is the Definition. I had them both named the same

What cotty said is the easiest or you can create two lines and use Joint Push&Pull plugin to push the surface down. For the outer edge I believe follow me would work or you can try Round Corner plugin .

i think you have to weld vertices

Awesome - thx guys. TIG's volume calculator is exactly what I needed.

Gracias por responder Lushi intente una ves mas con flatery, no entendía como funcionaba, pero ya pude aplanarlo y imprimir gracias :3

I had been using Version 8 with no issues on this machine but had some time at work to play with a design so I installed Version 2014. Got home and couldn't open it so needed to upgrade to 2014 on the desktop. Every time I click on MainMenu>Edit the program freezes for several seconds, sometimes crashes completely, but it never opens the Edit menu. Very frustrating. Hate to have to start the design from scratch. I eventually deleted all imported object and just saved the basic wireframe. File is under 18mb. Still have the same issue. Tried reparing the installation, no luck. Tried downloading and reinstalling twice, no luck. Anyone have any suggestions to fix this? My computer is new, I have no issues with any other program (Adobe, etc) and am at a loss. Best - Kevin

Some plugins are helper files used by others so you need to be a bit aware of what you are actually removing. If you use the uninstall feature of Sketchucation tools it renames the files to .rbx therefore disabling them. Like most things computer related it helps to keep things around until you are sure they aren't needed. You'll know at the next startup if anything really obvious needs to be reinstalled, but there may be other error that won't show until you actually try to use a plugin that needs a specific helper file. Eventually you could remove all .rbx files if you really need the space. Tig could give you much more info on this. I'd guess the other plugin folder has been created by a Renderer or some such plugin that installs from an exe file. What are the plugins in it? Easiest way to check if you can move the file to your main one is, Copy the files to the main plugins and rename the superfluous folder so it won't be recognised. Open SU and see if the three plugins function, if they do problem solved. The @Last Shapes plugin is very old and doesn't work with 2014, there is a second newer version available in the Pluginstore and the Extension warehouse. http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=jwm_shapes

Thanks for the responses. I've use all methods listed other than the boolean. Seems like the suggestion of making a component for reuse is a good idea. Can't believe I never thought of it. Thanks

Which is really the point of this thread...more poly gones.

I got everything on except for the "Creator Owner" But yes, it appears to have disappeared into "VirtualStore". Thanks!

SketchUp has known issues when plugins use certain techniques such as view.draw_text on high dpi displays. The text (or other graphic) comes out tiny and the only way a user can enlarge it is to shift to a lower dpi display mode (which, of course, decreases the resolution of everything on the screen). Hopefully Trimble will address this someday, as it make certain plugins nearly unusable.

First off.. Anything scaled in sketchup is going to export skewed and off.. So, always save as new and explode everything before exporting to dwg/dxf. If that doesn't work. Open it up in Revit and export it from there. Works everytime

I last opened the file yesterday before everything went poof. I will make those changes as you have.

Thanks for the help guys, I got in to see an email from them this morning telling me that they hadn't received my email at all. Not sure where that's gone; lost in the ether of the internet somewhere.

I'd love to watch you do the Lander... [image: Apollo-11-moon-landing-4.jpg]