Good work, John. This really help.

@rich o brien said: The media lie? No, only one does. (they take turns). Then the rest can just copy the sh*t! .

Yes you can! But all your appartments must be "components" themselve! See Component Comparison Components by Thomthom After I don't know what the plugin accepts as complexity component ? Maybe this can help you for make components first ? By TIG Select something Copy all this "one line" inside the ruby console! Press Enter m=Sketchup.active_model; m.start_operation("Faces>Compos"); n=m.active_entities;m.selection.to_a.each{|e|(g=n.add_group(e.all_connected); g.to_component.definition.name="FaceSet#1")if e.valid? and e.parent==n.parent and e.class==Sketchup;;Face}; m.commit_operation [image: index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1622.0;attach=15209;image]

It's difficult to tell from that image but it looks to me as if you have internal faces. Delete or hide those as well and the lines on the surface would really be hidden. In the front I'm getting what I think you're showing. The one in the back has had the internal faces deleted. [image: cyU7_Lines.png]

big tip... don't load two renders at the same time, and I will go further to say don't load them unless your rendering... why? they use observers which really effect performance on a mac... some are slightly better than others, but they all create additional computation that when added to 'Autosaves' and "Outliner' updates crash SU... be brutal, only turn them on when YOU want not when they want... john

Thanks TIG. Your explanations are very knowledgeable ... but they're being read by this guy who isn't.

@unknownuser said: However, I found this link on warehouse profile. Is this same link which one should visit to learn about these complex structures? Yes, and if you haven't yet try searching "taff" and you will see a lot of dialogue with the author.....cheers!

@driven said: I'm not sure GC still works with skps, it stopped for a while at least, so I wrote a plugin... I'll PM you this 'beta' plugin that lets you add icons to your skps that Finder/QuickLook can see, if you want? [attachment=0:a5t9bzkz]<!-- ia0 -->2014-11-04 07.55.41 pm.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:a5t9bzkz] I use it to add an icon from the 'File Menu' or a tool button any time I want, i.e. not auto on close. It does do batches as well, but I need to do a little more on that before I release it to public... I've had no horror stories from the dozen or more users who are 'testing' it. john Hello John, I too would be very grateful to get a copy of your OSX thumbnail/icon plugin please. Luds

Ok. It looked in the video like the section rotations were real time. I did not get that they were scene transitions. thanks.

Thanks!

Re: SketchUp Warehouse Postby Aerilius » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:04 am Hi, have a look at this: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=74deeae241b00f82%26amp;hl=en In general, the purpose of 3d warehouse is sharing and the ToS imply that what you want to do is allowed. For a detailed and correct interpretation of the Terms of Service, you would need an attorney. Best is always to ask each modeler to be sure if he is ok with redistribution (you can contact the owner by clicking on the model page on the envelope icon next to the author's name). 0 Aerilius PluginStore Author PluginStore Author

OK. I updated my profile. I'm using SU Make 2015.

ThomThom wrote in "forum.sketchup.com":"......but the API doesn't provide any control over them. @tyler_miller - got the history behind this oddball of an entity?" Is there any news yet? Some related questions that may expand the use of these 3D Polylines: Can edges be converted into (i.e replaced by) components containing one single edge per component. One "single edge" component with scaled versions replacing all the edges in a selection. Next step would be to replace this component (and all its scaled instances by a "single segment" 3D Polyline component, scaled likewise per edge component. This component with standard length, say 1m is already an "In Model" component. This would allow replacing a wireframe by a 3D Polyline version that doesn't interfere with the inferencing engine and serves as a visual reference. Some examples: -1) visual marks in a model, easy to spot (whether accompanied by a guide point or not) each with its own color, even with edges colored all the same. -2) visual referens of axes in a different color (for color blind people) -3) symbols that are visible in the model but don't interfere with what you are modeling (no snap to) (Mike Lucey at SketchUcation once mentioned working on symbols, using edges and faces. But the cursor keeps snapping to real geometry). example: 2D vegetation. -4) accurately dimensioned (scalable) visible circle or curve, not interfering the inferencing engine. -5) though limited, two styled in the model, say straight 3D polylines plus a sketchy style. -6) maybe some other options. If replacing edges for "single segmented" 3D Polylines through plugins as mentioned above isn't possible, -1) trough -5) is still possible but very laborious, some more than others. edited: -6) completely transparent hatches opposed to faces textured with hatches. -7) (3D)text, visible though not in the way when modeling.

Thanks a lot! It works!

Yes, Bundles is an excellent feature.

Ah yes, that was it! Had it set to architectural, not fractional. Thanks!

Oh my. Glad I looked at this. It appears use of the contextual "Put on Layer" is moving all nested components and RAW geometry to that layer! Really? I never... So this contextual place on layer is a plugin by Dik Harrison. I don't recall ever having loaded this plugin. But I have always had it... (I freshly uploaded plugins for 2015, one by one) The SCF manager gives the plugin a date in 2013 (too old) but the info is all older than that. I'll just stay away from this.

I can open in CAD but not SU. When I import from CAD to SU the process is very slow and the scale seems off. That may be the issue, the CAD file scale might be off. the trees drip line looks to be 98 fee across--but I have no knowledge of the original file or units. Check the scale in the CAD file. Anyway exploding the blocks is a good idea.

@dave r said: Still struggling with those screwed up axes from your poorly created CAD file, huh? Yeah, I was running out of time. It was too late to make a fresh cad file with all the axes correct and then do Sketchupping again. That's why I was desperate for the plugin. But phew..I'm done with the work. I made a sketchup model for a 32 acre site which was the largest one I've ever worked upon. The funny part is that I never cared about axes in Autocad for 8 years or so (the same time I've been working with sketchup). And things went really well in sketchup. But now in 2014-15 I faced this really big trouble.