Wow I feel dumb. Thanks Dave R.

Please clarify what you mean: a hierarchy of what? One possible answer is to nest Groups or Components inside each other (which creates a "contained in" or "part of" hierarchy). Is that what you mean?

that'd be a good addition

@numerobis said: @larv said: Let´s say I would like to change the colour of everything inside this component of components without having to manually go into each individual one and make the change. Global Material Changer http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=96863#p96863 Oh man... I HAVE that plugin, been using it alot, but I never noticed the "ANY" (=all) selection. So thanks alot! perfect

GEE couldnt' they make it more obvious? (Thanks)

I posted a rotational rig component here some time back. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58124%26amp;p=529167#p529167

Answered my own question. Used the Weld extension to join all the lines into one.

John, That's an idea, we can meet in Denver, rent a car and do a pub to pub trip all the way to Steamboat, get there when we get there if you know what i mean.

[image: divide.PNG]Ok, so for those who need to do this in the future, my best solution is as such. Install two extension. 1 = 1001 points 2 = CLF Vertical Line tool Use 1001 points to divide edge by a given length. It will place a construction point at those division. Then, use CLF line tool and define line height and pick the construction points as you go around. This is the fastest I could do it. 1 floor took about 5 minutes. Not bad.

@driven said: or you can easily modify the DynamicArtFrame Dynamic Component that's in 3d Warehouse... [attachment=0:q0xet8n3]<!-- ia0 -->dynamic_art_frame.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:q0xet8n3] I just added the dims to this one... john That's pretty cool! I wish my company would spring for pro so I could make a frame we'd actually use! ff

Hi Dave, They were never there? I just added mine as favorites from my D:drive. from my older version of Sketchup. Even if I copy that folder to the User/AppData...folder it still does the same. Glyn

Yep, I use inferencing a lot. Do not use the locking mechanism other than moving though. Will practice it more though. I appreciate your information though. I promise I will use it more often.

For some move along something don't miss Move Along by Fredo6! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qqGC5hPugU

three 3d converters you may not have tried are meshlabserver: similar options to Meshlab from a scrpt i.e. from ruby... import:PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, PTX, V3D, PTS, APTS, XYZ, GTS, TRI, ASC, X3D, X3DV, VRML, ALN export:PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, VRML, DXF, GTS, U3D, IDTF, X3D Point Clouds support. meshconverter: Supported input filetpyes: dxf obj off ply stl 3ds wrl (VRML 2.0 only) Supported output filetypes: dxf js obj off ply stl wrl (VRML 1.0 and 2.0) assimp: Supported input filetpyes: Collada ( .dae ) Blender 3D ( .blend ) 3ds Max 3DS ( .3ds ) 3ds Max ASE ( .ase ) Wavefront Object ( .obj ) Industry Foundation Classes (IFC/Step) ( .ifc ) XGL ( .xgl,.zgl ) Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply ) *AutoCAD DXF ( .dxf ) LightWave ( .lwo ) LightWave Scene ( .lws ) Modo ( .lxo ) Stereolithography ( .stl ) DirectX X ( .x ) AC3D ( .ac ) Milkshape 3D ( .ms3d ) TrueSpace ( .cob,.scn ) Supported output filetypes: Collada ( .dae ) Wavefront Object ( .obj ) Stereolithography ( .stl ) Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply ) there are others out there... john

I think the best way would be to double click the component several times until you have selected the faces you want to paint. With this you have been able to edit the component. That is the context you want to apply the new material, applying it to the faces inside the component instead painting the component. The difference is that when you paint a component, only the faces that inside the component AND have no material assigned, receive the new material. All faces inside the component that have a material directly assigned, will ignore the component's material as box described.

Thanks @ Box and @Dave R. A lot of thanks to "Box" for adding the animation to teach me.

Ah, I see. I guess my lack of sleep has caught up with me.

I just gave it a test by searching "car" and the results seemed to match in both the web version and the comp browser version.

thank you

Jim, Is the plugin you mentioned for importing cameras with a 3ds file available for download? Thank you