Thanks both of you for the prompt replies. Learnt something new from this as well . Anyway, I've "fixed" it by re-doing it at the desired scale, though from what you say slbaumgartner I could have just scaled up a component - oh well . Should at least go quicker & easier next time.

What is the date set to and the latitude. If you haven't changed it, the latitude would be set to 40.018309N so the sun only rises at or before 5:30 AM between the third week April and the middle of August. I get shadows during that time.

Doing a complete re-install. Office clean up here on saturday morning so thought I might as well give it a clean out....

Ran a disc cleanup, trashed a load of files and restarted and everything seems to be back to normal now. Thanks for all the suggestions tho peeps. Sam

thanks a lot, it worked!

That's great and really helpful thanks

Not 100% sure yet but it appears that it may be the Extrude Tools extension. I can reproduce it every time I use that extension.

Sems remember that V8 works with any problem with it!

Sort the list by name, not by visibility.

Both. I can not get to stay on "All Same". It ALWAYS reverts back to "By Material" as soon as I save the file. So frustrating

No, there aren't Styles in ver 5 Baz. Can't find 'Guides' anywhere. say, can someone explain how I transfer all my old materials into this new SUp? I went to my old machine, SketchUp 5> Library, copied all the jpg and skm, then put them all in the new SketchUp 5> Library folder, restarted SUp but I don't see them.

@leedeetee said: Thanks for the reply - I have tried to model everything and not worry about the parts of the model that will be below the ground, but my contact was adamant. Think I need to set up a meeting with him as it would save a lot of messing about! Please the adamant one by all means! I think I will be doing that until I die.

Definitely subdivision modeling. Which means for Sketchup -> SUbD

Kathryn, it may well be Autosave that's crashing LightUp... if it kicks in during any intensive process it can bring SU to it's knees... ⌘S is one of the best shortcuts to use religiously john

This found that it works fine. Thank you for your comments.

@pilou said: Not exactly about the problem but... http://youtu.be/NZYTZEVj4VI I saw that previously, very cool tool to have if you're doing archviz on unreal engine...

All depends on what you got and what you want. If you are just trying to make flat surface that looks like a road, just make a face and push pull it up. Use one edge and an outline to use follow-me and add curb and gutter. If you want a crown in the road you can use follow me on a curve for the road ss well, but that road will have all one width, and intersections will require other work. Extrude edges by rails can help if your road needs a crown and is variable width, but intersections will still require a lot of work. If you want a realistically made road with proper grading these methods won't make it. You might try skinning progressive profile curves with extrusion tools or curviloft. [image: Screen Shot 2016-01-25 at 5.52.20 PM.png] [image: Screen Shot 2016-01-25 at 5.58.19 PM.png] [image: Screen Shot 2016-01-25 at 6.03.22 PM.png]

Try the Split Tools by TIG or Add faces by TIG ?

or a funny one very rich in functions! LSS Toolbar! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nv0lV94O5Y

Spherizer by TIG ? (not tested)