Weird. Maybe a repair installation of SU2015? New computers can come with out of date drivers so it might be worth checking for new graphics drivers. Is it 64-bit or 32-bit SketchUp. Shouldn't matter but those things that should aren't panning out. Slow down on the beer before the eyballs fall out.

Nobody knows what is planned for the next version. As with every other release, nothing is disclosed until the new version is released.

@ciacnorris said: Hi guys, I encountered another problem on my 3D works: I got a shell-similar 3D object (its shape is similar to an half-sphere), and I need to select all external faces. Is there a faster way than doing it manually? I mean something like select all faces whose normals are directed outside the sphere volume. Any suggestions? Thanks! mod = Sketchup.active_model ent = mod.entities sel = mod.selection bb=Geom;;BoundingBox.new faces=sel.grep(Sketchup;;Face) faces.each {|f| bb.add f.bounds} ctr=bb.center; sel.clear for f in faces sel.add f if ctr.vector_to(f.bounds.center).angle_between(f.normal)<90.degrees; end [image: WM50_SelectbyNormal.gif]

Thanks mate. Fredo's radial bend looks great. Will give it a go. Thx again.

Thanks John, that helped - looks like Sketchup doesn't really do it too well, but through searching I found the 'watermark' function which at least lets me print my contact info on a drawing. Thanks again.

We have started a workflow like that and we only have 3 to 4 main components in the model But they have smaller units within them. It may be matter of sequencing of the updates when we move to constuction details which break down the models into scenes. Thanks

Thanks guys.

@pbacot said: Not sure what using the eyedropper has to do with this process--you can just choose the material from the browser right there. It's a quick way of showing someone the very basics of how materials can be sampled from one face and placed on another, and in the process show the material in the 'in model' section of the browser. If he knew that he could choose from the browser to begin with he wouldn't have needed to ask.

this will read the kind of underwear you have on... give it a go. http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard

I figured as much. thanks.

Good insights pcmoor, I've been waiting on the new release to deal with this for many years so I'm not holding my breath. I just forked out for the full version of SpaceDesign and am happy with it. I'm pretty sure that if one were to spend a few days with VBA, Sketchup's classifier and Sketchup's "Generate Report" one could create a workflow that meets basic needs (as kaas points out) but buying the solution is so much easier.

@fluid said: We just released FluidImporter 3.1.0. You can get it here. Here's what's new: Faster import FluidImporter is now a full .rbz extension, with a single file for Windows/OSX You can access FluidImporter funtionality through the menu Extensions -> FluidImporter Added edge smooth option Options are now saved so you don't lose your settings when closing SkechUp Looks interesting except for the "machine lock." When I purchase software, I want it locked to ME, not my machine. Even high dollar software like Keyshot allows me to put it on a computer at the office and my laptop and home. ugh.

Here's our (current) workflow for drawing plans... I say that as we have changed our workflow several times over the years since using SU and LO for all our CDs. As a general note - we have used Buildedge for a while now to quickly draw walls and openings until we have a completed schematic model at which point we "commit" the model and work w basic SU functionality. Buildedge is super fast at quickly drawing walls, openings, floors and roofs and is very versatile for plan modifications. Once the plans is solid, we commit the Buildedge model to SU. As far as getting your model onto paper space... We tried Michael Brightman's workflow for a while w good success, our main issue with it was that you are constantly clicking inside multiple containers (groups) to modify things. We then switched to our own layer structure w simple layer grouping and Skalp as the main source for creating section fills. This also works great with one drawback... If you use SU models in the field on iPads as we do, the plan fills and sections now don't work because you used a plugin to create them - I'd say if you don't have that need, go that route. We now use Nick Sonders process w our own layer structure and it seems to work best for our case.

http://help.sketchup.com/en/search/sketchup/how%20to%20install%20extension

Excellent!

@mozzie said: Thanks Kaas. That was a big help and I'm back in operation. So I was mistaken. Juju - I had already read that post, but it covered mostly 3D Warehouse. For me, losing GE imagery is less easily worked around. So. sorry if I wasted your time - occasionally we all need a little redirection. FWIW, the link Juju gave has the link Kaas gave.

@krisidious said: But do you get the lag in a small simple su file? No.....and it only started on the larger files recently.

@pinoy said: Thank you Baz! Why did they do that? I was getting crazy for awhile:) Thanks again. You're welcome. Yeah, me too

you may have previously reset your cursor size in System Preferences [I do]... and it may not have survived the upgrade... If not you can do that now, just a thought... john

@unearthed said: Hi Sdmitch - Does your example above exist as a plugin? Utimately what I'm hoping for is a way to have an area of loose faces representing a subdivision parcel (maybe they're in a group or component - whatever works), and then have individual components representing each face - is there a way in Su for a face in a component to reference a loose face elsewhere in the file (I'll also ask this as a separate question on the main page) Yes, I will PM it to you. At present, the faces can be loose or in a group or component. If they are in a group or component, then that group or component must be opened for edit. Creating a component or group for each individual face will separate it from its neighbors so modifying a boundary edge will not be reflected in the neighbor. I can't think of any way for a face in a component to reference another face elsewhere in the model.