@rocketron1 said: Looking at the installing tutorial on the Sketchucation site, it seems it is directed to an older version than 2017. Please provide me the proper directions for installation with Sketchup Pro 2017. Thank you, Ron Unlike all previous SketchUp versions, v2017 changed the installation process slightly - and of course this applies to ALL RBZ installations - not just SCF's... To install ANY Extension's RBZ, in v2017 you need to do the following... [ Note this is now exactly the same in PC & MAC ! ] Use Sketchup, menu Window > Extension Manager - then use the dialog's red-button to 'Install Extension'... Find the RBZ, and select it to install it - answering in the affirmative at any prompt dialogs... Installation done

Riccardo, Perhaps see this thread: (sdmitch was gracious to private message me a custom solution for my needs) http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=57803 Perhaps sdmitch will see this thread, and allow or share the same plug-in for you, as I think this may be what you need to sort out your lmported model layers. (Maybe pm him?) Charlie

did you have installed under another user account than the used one? Try if running SU by "r-click > Run as Admin" once helps already.

Hahahaha GREAT! I didn't know about that wind-borne. Thanks a bunch! That overrides the Apple command. Life's little puzzles solved by Sketchucation.

I found a useful plugin from TIG: http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_save_all_components. (before doing this, use the purge plugin!) For now this works well. And in Layout I automated the date and drawingnr., this saves me already a tiny bit of time. Also the generate report function in Sketchup is now useful for me to make BOMs. Is there a possibility to use the model info (. skep model) to put it in a text field in layout (such as name and description)? Or is this a wish list thing? And I always select vector rendering and background of, is it possible to set this as default Or is this still wishlist?

Mold or Shell ?

In the works. News later in the week.

That did it. The STL's been approved by Shapeways. Thanks!

@box said: Very quick with Curviloft. Thanks Box, I knew Curviloft was the key. I haven't really used it much, as you could probably tell. I tried several attempts with it but I was pressing the wrong button. I ended up using the old "join the dots method" but that is exactly what I was looking for. Just gotta press the right button. That is going to come in very handy.....the learning curve continues. Legend.

Are you using SketchUp Make? This seems to be directed towards people not using SU Pro (even though the text fails to say it out loud) "If you are learning SketchUp, creating 3D models, downloading an extension, OR developing an extension for your internal/personal use you DO NOT need a SketchUp Developer account". If you are planning to sell extensions for money that's probably commercial use that requires a Pro license. However I think having a Make license is a really bad reason for not being allowed to be a developer. I had never used SketchUp commercially and was still using SketchUp make when I became one of the top developers in Extension Warehouse. There's no reason why Make users shouldn't be able to share their extensions with others.

That's true, too.

@rombout said: Did this project see the day light? It was released it the Plugin Store over 2 years ago... I am on longer updating it as SU v17 added it back into mac SU... +800 people have downloaded it with only a handful of issue... click the link to go to the thread... Add Icons john

If it's the connector you are after, there's no plugin to make them automatically. Possibly you'll find something suitable in the 3D Warehouse. Drawing that connector is not difficult, though. You should be able to get the specifications for the connector and for drilling the holes from the manufacturer.

Had a crazy week, but have been testing SU2017 on my MacBook for most of it. Not sure overall if it's slowed down compared to 2015: overall graphics seem smother, but with a bit of lag in some operations. Whether or not that bodes poorly for really large models I can't say. Bottom line is that it's still works fine for my needs, at least on mid-sized models (~35MB).

I think you can just right click one of your components and Select > Active with Selected Materials [image: w9tT_selectedmaterials.jpg]

I need to do this sort of thing frequently since I'm always making plans for furniture piece. I do use LayOut which makes it much easier but much of what I do you could do with Make. First, you need to make sure you are using layers appropriately so you can make parts invisible when you don't need to see for a given scene. You can make copies of the components and shift them off to another part of the model space to create other views like 3-views of parts and exploded views. Here's an example from a recent plan. [image: rZrO_Screenshot-4_12_20174_56_34PM.png] Between layer management and camera position, I can show exactly what I want to show for each scene. It's much easier to fine tune the view in LayOut but in your case, export the scenes as images. Then import those images into your document. You can control the size of the images during import and you can use an image editor to crop the images if needed. FWIW, it is totally inappropriate to scale your model to make it look larger. You can zoom the camera to look at a smaller portion of the model if needed but don't use the Scale tool. That invites all sorts of problems including incorrectly displayed dimensions as you mentioned. BTW, doing this with SketchUp Make and some other document creation software such as MSWord is time consuming. Revisions are especially problematic. If your time has any value at all, you would be wise to spring for SketchUp Pro so you can use LayOut. In the grand scheme of things the cost is relatively minor compared to the time you'd save in making the plans so you can get to the shop and start building.

Just to explain more clearly: I made an aspen tree with aspen "leaf" level 3 components grouped together inside a level 2 "branch" component grouped together inside a level 1 "tree" component. Then I used the aspen tree component to make a birch tree in a new file. I replaced the Aspen leaf .tif texture with birch leaf .tif, and changed the branch shapes a bit. Then I make a new landscape file and insert the birch tree. Later I insert the aspen tree. However the Aspen leaf.tif texture is now replaced with the birch leaf .tif texture. It seems SketchUp remembers that the leaf level 3 component was the same. Changing the components and sub-component name before importing makes no difference. The only thing that helps is exploding the leaf component. This would be a nice solution, except the tree is much more complex than explained above, with tons of different level 3 leaf components, which are not easy to find. Also I modeled a handful of trees before discovering this problem. So, either a solution to the issue of help figuring out the logic behind this problem would be greatly appreciated.

If you have 3ds max installed you can install a plugin called SketchUp exporter for 3ds Max. With this you can convert your .max file to .skp file with all textures. For reference kindly check this link, http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-plugins/SketchUp-from-3DS-main.aspx315

@rich o brien said: It would. But you'll learn nothing I will learn vertex tools. I will! It's an as cool plugin as the tune you put. And I really dig your simple aproach to painter. It's really effective!

This is an old topic, but this is how I managed this in SketchUp 2017 Pro: Download & install Jim's plugin from the link above. Modify the file name format as you demand, in the plugin's preferences. Re-assign Ctrl+S to the plugin's SaveAs command, in SketchUp's preferences. Now you can save an old-version copy of your work by pressing Ctrl+S. I needed this solution because I am exporting models from SketchUp to Unity3D, which only supports up to version 2015, whilst I am working in version 2017. This is super easy of a workaround but I hope this made it clear for you )))