@jethies said: Can I render inside of Sketchup with a trial version?...Do I need a render plugin to render inside the program? some views in SkecthUp are 'rendered'... you can add/modify materials, turn on shadows/fog, use a variety of styles... but it's does not have internal photo rendering without a additional plugin. you can export with materials using a variety of formats... john

Lofting! That's the word I needed to remember... now what was I asking about? Oh yeah; curviloft by Fredo. Does a lot of astonishing things and I might even be able to work out how to control which one it does for me http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=248195#p248195

Thanks Box, that did it! Also made it very obvious that I had a few faces reversed.

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It would also help if you could ask nicely. People here are helpful by nature but even so...

@panixia said: nice vid! and nice house.. +1 Many things in your video that I need to learn (like how to do the terrain with a model like this).

@susteve said: thank you - yes it is yellow. I wondered if it was anything special about the model but it isn't thanks again The 'Selected' color can be changed as mentioned above and will also be saved per scene, much like different 'Section Cuts' colors.

@dave r said: So the issue is that the component's axes and origin are not within or close to the geometry contained in the wrapper. There isn't any way to click on component axes and get the component open for editing. Perhaps, instead, maybe you could select the component from the Outliner. You'd at least be able to sort out which component axes belong to which component. As you already recognize, the problems you're trying to sort out are due to sloppy work on the front end. Maybe you should consider that there comes a time when you need to cut your losses and start over. You've been chasing this axis thing since last week, I think. Perhaps it would be faster, easier, and less frustrating to start over from the beginning with clean modeling. Or maybe at least you can go back and fix the original CAD file instead. Just a thought. Absolutely true Dave sir. That's what I'm doing now, thanks to thomthom axes tools. I am now building the entire model from almost scratch and manually choosing the axes tools plugin to centrally place the axis. I've been using sketchup since 2006 and never faced this problem because, my architecture site never exceeded the 11 acre mark. Now, I have made serious mistake for the first time and learnt a lot from it. P.S. You're speaking like my 60 year old dad.

@youngosg said: @tig said: If the face[s] and the rectangle that won't 'cut' are indeed coplanar select them both and "Intersect" them. they will now break... [it works I tried it... ] if i want use sketchup api to do this,how should i do? thanks! http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/entities#intersect_with Read up on it - it is one of the most complicated methods. You need to get transformations and get/set containers etc... However, there are many example scripts to crib from...

thanks. I have the latest from Smustard, but It wasn't working , but I will just give the "rip out all the cords" try and see what that does. D

Thanks Fredo

@jim said: The Axes can be fixed using this: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30508 Thanks a lot for this great advice. My headache has been cured finally . I hope this is an evergreen feeling and I wont run into this section cut zoom problem again. And thanks everyone for the advice. I also need an autocad to sketchup workflow tips and tricks so that such headaches and others can be prevented. Is there a complete guide available from autocad to sketchup?

As Jim says - these folder-paths setup the starting folder presented to you in the 'Save' dialogs when you save/export one of those types - e.g. Component > Save... should start in your specified Dropbox folder... SketchUp will always include the default Components folder's contents in the Components-Browser dialog. You can add additional folders to your listed Components setup... These should be remembered across sessions ?

@pilou said: RayTracer by Thomthom Despite of the name, it's a strong falling objects on the ground! [image: file.php?id=53900&t=1] JESUS CHRIST!! Seriously, some of these plugins are so great I can´t control myself. Thank you

@3dita said: @john2 said: thanks . And how to give a vertical incline as seen in the photo? Try skewing the vertical lines after cutting and before shape-bending (use Fredo scale Oh yeah! Thanks, So many plugins I have but not the wisdom to use them .

What's probably causing it is this: C:/Program Files/e-on software/LumenRT 4 Studio/LumenRT/Export/Skp/Ruby/extend_string [The string might be curtailed by the error-report ? it probably ends with .rb or .rbs ??] Which is probably failing to load in a 'require'... Does it exist ? Is that path in the $: ? What plugin is trying to load it ? Do you have a 'LumenRT' plugin/extension loading from one of your Plugins folders ? - if so try Disabling it in the SketchUcation Manager and restart SketchUp... The Extensions Manager has a combined list of all Extensions, irrespective of their loading RB's location. If you have multiple Plugins folders setup remember to use the dropdown list in the Plugins Manager, as these are listed separately 'by-folder'... Can you type $: in the Ruby Console to see the array of available folders, from which other Ruby's can 'required'... If the C:/Program Files/e-on software/LumenRT 4 Studio/LumenRT/Export/Skp/Ruby folder is NOT there it cannot require/load a file like ' extend_string.rb' Have you recently messed about with the LumenRT installation ?

Fantastic! Thanks you so much TIG. Most helpful and informative. New rules to work by

@dave r said: I did miss that. What happens if you turn off Auto Render in LO? Auto Render in LayOut isn't really the right answer to the problem. If you simply switch to a different style in SketchUp, or "reload" the style you're on, the temporary style changes are forgotten and you're good to go. It's just that if you make temporary changes to the style, and save your model as-is, you'll get into trouble. It's a good trap for people who don't know what's happening. Because once you open SketchUp again to check your model, your first instinct is to go click on the style to make sure the settings are correct, and sure enough, they will be. So it's confusing.

I hope you can get it sorted out.

@pbacot said: ... I've never seen a cache of files like SU produces. I think it's based on the windows concept, but they have never fully explained it... If you do a save at the wrong moment, SU appears to update current model, update the backup and update the Autosave all at the same time... that can easily cause beach-balling... that's why I abandoned it... john