I've changed my method, now using the Bitmap to Mesh plugin from ThomThom. One word. Amazing. Saves me a lot of hassle in illustrator, live tracing etc... or installing Maya for displacement map. Case Closed

Set the view like you want then create the comp. Or explode, purge unused, set the view like you want then create the comp. [image: QMCB_comp.gif]

@rich o brien said: @bob james said: @rich o brien said: AntonS URL is second one in my previous post I was on a phone and I just didn't take the time to click the link. Not your fault. My bad: as Box said, I should have included some definition of what the links provided.

As I said, it isn't the installation of SketchUp that required the permissions change. At some point under Win7 you had to change the permissions for the Plugins folder to be able to install files to it. That wasn't the case on XP, though. It shouldn't take so long to get SU2015 set up the way you want it. it isn't meant to be difficult. It should actually be easier. It would probably go faster, though, if you keep up with the version updates. Maybe I should start offering a SketchUp setup service. I could do it with remote access. SketchUp can pick up shortcuts automatically although I haven't tried that with such a big version jump.

And if you have Pro? You have solid tools, [image: CLWb_doorsubtraction.gif] Shep

Maybe another hotkey combination for "close component" would help if he esc key has hangups according to tools etc.. Works for me to assign another hotkey.

I never understood why these "advanced" cameras have these stupid huge frustums and contruction lines. And there is no way to disable them so that the camera is created without them (or at least i don't know how to do it). If you delete them, they are coming back. Who "invented" this sh*t?!? It must have been someone who never worked in Sketchup. I mean... how long do we have to deal now with these OGL clipping problems? Yes, since the beginning - more than 10 years! And the ACT was added in 2007-2008? And another annoying point of the ACT... i don't know how many times i have lost a view because i accidently clicked in the unlocked viewport. WHY can't this camera just work like the standard camera and get only updated when you click "update"?!? I only need the ACT to control the tilt of the camera - if there would be a simple plugin where you can set this value or simply set it to 0° i would never use them again...

Nice job SU team!

What I left out of the mix is Apple's 'auto restore window' functionality... I think this can come into play if switching between models in the same session... I have no hard evidence of when or if this occurs, but it would explain some of the seemingly odd folders that pop up... Like many, I no longer use 'AutoSave' or 'Save Backup' and prefer 'Save Copy As' over 'Save As' and religiously use S... even with this I get caught out... john

Thanks guys! Pipe along path works just like I remembered and saved a ton of work. Mike W.

maybe this plugin can be helpful? http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/s4u-components

@bob james said: @bmike said: Does the Space Navigator stall if you move the mouse at the same time as trying to orbit or Zoom with the navigator? No. And that's one of the great features. well then something is wonky with mine. if my mouse is moving, the orbit / pan / etc. is really choppy. if i keep the mouse still it flows nicely. Video: https://youtu.be/MU7Y9EZ_cnk As soon as I bump the mouse, or move it, the flow gets choppy.

Look at Click-cuisine for see what DC can do!

@pilou said: At the "pause" Save your file! So if you reload it as a new session of SU, you can change anything before relaunch a new simulation! Thank you Pilou! That works although I cannot press file>save when in pause. I Ctrl+S but was not sure if it worked. It sat there long enough to give me an autosave so I wasn't worried. When I restarted, it launched normally with my bowl of cereal the way I left it.

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!