It's all SU and yes I did make it using the techniques mentioned by TIG.

@cacowan said: I've seen the same problem described better on another site. Same conditions... A clean Yosemite OS. And a new download of Sketchup. It's not "Finder" that's crashing. It's the "in program " access to the file system. So in Layout, it won't create the window that accesses the file list more than once. In sketchup, it won't create the window that accesses a texture list or when you want to add a local component library... It won't create the window that accesses the file system to locate the reference file more than once. I've rolled back to Maverics until this is solved. I wonder... Just prior to wiping the computer there was a OS Yosemite update. It included a security update and it might be what slowed the startup on my Mac. On reinstalling Sketchup on Mac , there's always that caution that you're opening a program that is downloaded from the internet. What if it's the OS interfering with the program accessing the file system because it's not recognizing the app author? Most strange! This is not happening to me with the latest Yosemite and SU, so obviously it is something specific to your system...but what? Have you looked in the console logs to see if there is a flood of messages when these things happen? I doubt a security issue over the app author would slow things down. When I've seen such problems, there is a dialog that pops up and blocks the app completely until you give permission to proceed.

Try also this free one : a Sketchup on stéroïds! The best CAd ergonomy existing: Direct modeling inpired by SU of course! DesignSpark (it has a SKetchup export skp! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_kIb-O4mcI

Try also Ferrari!

@slbaumgartner said: Drifting off topic a bit, but I've always thought the materials editor on Mac was driven more by reuse of the standard Mac OS color UI than by an effort to provide a useful tool in SketchUp! The concepts just don't quite line up, and it results in a very awkward SketchUp tool. further, sketchup hijacks the osx 'color palette' which is the one with a list view.. renames it to 'texture palette' and takes away the list capability.. this is especially problematic when a model has different materials of similar color yet varying properties (such as black leather and black shiny paint in the same model.. there's no simple way to differentiate between the two via the color picker) [image: WKp4_ScreenShot2015-03-26at3.51.31PM.png]

Thanks!

I'm having a similar issue. I've been working on four individual SU files. They're all saved locally, in the same folder. Three of them work fine; the fourth, however, has been behaving basically as roland described above. The original file won't save, and it keeps creating backups in numbered sequence. The other three files don't do this, just the fourth. Anyone have any ideas why this would be happening to one file in particular? It's not much different than the other three. In fact, all four are essentially the same model with just about the same file size. Thanks for any help!

@pbacot said: Looks great Mike. I looked it up and ArtRage is available for Mac but OS 10.4.5? I'm running V4.5 in Yosemite: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4/free-update/ Scroll to the bottom: Mac OS X: 10.6 or later, Intel Mac required. 32 or 64 bit I really like combining LayOut and ArtRage or Pixelmator... of course, I could spend all day doing this... which is bad for other work I need to be doing. [image: lu0w_candler6.jpeg]

Thanks guys. Actually, with little information on the subject, I decided in the end to import from Zbrush. having the hands sculpted for the product ended up being much more realistic in the end (I think anyway). And, though still curious... it is not pressing as it was. So, again... thank you.

@dude8604 said: Thanks for your replies. S Shepherd, it didn't seem to work. Also the file you attached won't open in Sketchup 2014. Is it possible that solid tools have been fixed with Sketchup 2015? I saved back to version 8 and edited the post above. I'm not sure what the problem is but wonder if the scaling is a factor. Also if the cross pieces were a bit smaller or the I.D of your tube larger, the inside corner of the cutting solid wouldn't interfere with the inner wall of the straw. [image: XBc9_straw.PNG] Shep

Thanks everyone for such quick replies! VERY much appreciated.

@doush-007 said: It will be great if skalp will be part from sketchup it self Not a bad thought, but since Skalp is not a Trimble product this would require them to cut some sort of deal with its authors.

@Box, oh! that's good, that's very good. Donation made, Thank you Fredo6

If the tubes happen to be components, edit any instance and remove all surfaces not to be painted. Or if the surfaces to be painted have a unique texture applied, then that could be used in the search to select only those faces.

I had this issue - Sketchup Pro 2015, on the mac. I explicitly set model info to a new keyboard shortcut, and the issue went away.

You need to change the association for the KML and KMZ file types to Google Earth. You might have a look at Photoshop's list of file types it is set to open by default. It maybe there are other file types set that you would rather use a different application with.

It would certainly be helpful is susan would post at least an example image of what she's after. Perhaps I misinterpreted the term "umbrella group" to mean a parent group containing the child groups as in my second screen shot. You are right that in most cases, I think it would be desirable to create the edges from intersection in the context of one group or the other.

thank you. Your last procedure worked. for other people with the same problem. it's explained in detail here: https://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/problems/other#TOC-How-do-I-retrieve-a-dialog-box-that-has-disappeared-Windows-only-

Thanks for your help! I will try to implement it to the animation.

Thanks guys, as it worked out I did not have a face ready for the texture......one of those Duh! moments