Thanks for the help Dave. Profile updated!

Have you tried to split your DWG to few smaller drawings and import them one after another to SU with 'Preserve drawing origin' ticked? File -> Import -> Options

No-not the eneroth...the native one. for some reason it was not showing up...now it is...go figure...

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As driven has said, unticking export two sided faces should handled this situation. So i did some more tests and i have found out that my problem is my sketchup, or version of sketchup. I'm using the 2014 version and no matter what i do it messes up my export file. I installed the 2105 and it works perfectly. I don't have a clue on why this happens, but at least i have found a way to solve my problem. Thank you so much for your fast replies! It helped me alot.

In 2015, save as 2013 then collada export! Else 2015 export Collada inside MeshLab works fine for me!

@enesoz said: Do you have a link to the plugin? No I haven't posted it anywhere but I will send it to you by Personal Message(PM).

I am also trying Revizto right now. Works well on iPad so far with limited testing.

iMac related question. Are you running the i5 version or did you upgrade to the i7? In the process of buying a iMac and wondering if the new i7 upgrade is necessary.

I've used the tool with a preselection of one group with many subgroups, you too? The tool have many different options, I would suggest to watch Fredos video to see the different possibilities...

Cheers Dave, You're a star! Thanks for your help. Dave.

@unknownuser said: Thank you for the offer, however I believe that would be a lot of work that wouldn't be of use to most Sketchup user. Just a reasonable work, in hours, to add the feature with a custom editable list. @unknownuser said: On another note, if you look at the image, you will see that the bottom part of your form is not being displayed. Maybe the box should be a little taller. I fixed the problem in Fredotools v2.7e. Fredo

@wo3dan said: @aureus said: .... No way through Windows Explorer like in old good times? Security measures, I guess... This may help you finding plugins in newer (SU-2014 and 2015) versions: http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/38583 Thank you, Gerrit! This is what I've been searching for. There it is: SketchUp 2014: C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\SketchUp\Plugins I don't know why it's there but at least I don't have to start the program in order to meddle with the Plugins folder. Now I can finally make a mess again with no much effort.

Nothing specific. As I've never run any AMD cards w SU, I just wanted to make sure there are not any GFXCard issues. Thx for your input.

deaneau , nonetheless, thanks for the advice and knowledge. It was still very helpful.

@jql said: I usually use groups/components for this. If you set the axis inside a group or a component it will never revert to the original position again until you change it back or explode and regroup it. You can have as many axis as there are groups and they are independent from scenes and they are being used on the fly as you're jumping from group to another group editing stuff. This is way better than Ortho ON as this is multiple intelligent and context sensitive user driven ortho on the fly. +1

That worked. Still had to go to the website as the manager connection was slow, but it worked. Thanks again john.

I think multiple or split screens are great no matter how good the scrolling is. I am on this thread cause I am looking for that feature. Trying to see if they have added since 6 or 8 to 14.... I use split screen in autocad. Obviously in 3d mode it allows you to have the different viewpoints all at once, but even in 2d drawings it allows you to copy/move objects from areas of the drawing that are any distance from your desired work target area. Scroll Copy Scroll Paste Scroll Copy Scroll Paste Scroll Copy... it get aggravating when you know there would seem to be a common addition that sooo many other programs allow. Even the Excel xl spread sheet allows split screen for crying out loud, (since I am crying out loud..) I am back at exploring Sketchup again, after coming and going several times...the best advice I have ever been given for this program is "When you use Sketchup, you totally have to forget about any other program you have ever used...." And that does help. http://sketchucation.com/forums/posting.php?mode=reply%26amp;f=15%26amp;t=20769# But it is still kind of sad. For some reason Sketchup reminds me of the Monty Python bit where the candy maker is caught using "real, whole dead frogs" in the candy. And the constable or judge ask "Do you include the bones?" and the candy maker says "Well if it didn't have the bones then it wouldn't be crunchy." There is always a "crunchy" answer to these types of questions. The candy maker was probably selling enough candy to suit himself. Evidently Sketchup is selling enough programs to suit themselves. The right answer is "We are working on that, we just don't know how to do it without a major rewrite, or we want to do it and it is definitely on the list." But instead you usually get an answer that you don't understand the benefits of "crunchy frog bones."

If you do a Google image search "roof" you will find some large photos. Too correct them and make them seamless in Photoshop: Filter/Lens Correction...to get shingles to lie flat Filter/Other/Offset...to create the horizontal and vertical seams Burn or Dodge....to expose the image evenly (flatten) so that shadow/light/dirt are not creating a pattern. There are other ways to flatten...i.e. You can "radial fill" towards the sun source with an opaque mask to reduce shadow. Take a neutral sample from the image. (this is a bit advanced and needs a bit of practice.) After a few tries it is quick solution to make your own and you never need to waste time looking again.

FYI, I got it sorted out. I think it has something to do with the z and y axis being flipped. My solution, was to download a trial of Atlantis, imported the obj with textures, then exported it again as an obj to a different folder. Then imported the obj using sim lab into sketchup and it worked like a charm. Hefty file indeed, it is the city of Seattle after all. Thanks for your help.