@rv1974 said: Toby, can you purge skp file 'through him who gives you strength' without Purge utility? Well miracles can happen.

this http://www.smustard.com/script/PathCopy and this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81CNzCE4V0

@cjryan said: I've had great results with my ASUS Republic of Gamers G750JH-DB71 17.3" Notebook , it's heavy, and the power block is the size of a brick. But it rocks SU. I'm not that familiar with "Lumion", but I also use it for renders, and I'm a heavy PhotoShop user. It handles everything I throw at it. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/983611-REG/asus_g750jh_db71_i7_4700hq_24gb_1tb_128ssd_x2_windows_8_64_17_3.html For what it's worth... Chris This laptop is def on my wish list, Ive had the G74sx for the last 2 years and its done a great job.

Could you isolate the wall with the rectangle and post it as a SketchUp file so we can see exactly what's going on?

Thank You for your help. Registry entries seem to be a problem. Generally things work nearly perfectly now. Nearly, because after cleaning up registry some toolbars refuse to work. I will install non-working plugins once again. But performance boost is undeniable. Thanks again.

there's also a Align&Distribute plugin which will help you do this (get even spacing in between objects) if different size components are being used.. it's probably a bit overboard for your current scenario as i understand it. http://sdmitch.blogspot.fr video: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bw8zdmaKDWIfdGJYbVBabEcxdlE/edit

What he said...

Seems you can also use this free crazzy Plugin Manifold for Wings3D! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3Ng27kzAk&list=PL8liErXtlMzc-CKedSY4uGMZctSXZFMOK

I would try the following: Export out at 2560x1440 (twice the resolution of 1280x720) 30 fps (I know everyone says anything over 24 is overkill, but I get better results at 30 YMMV) antialias on png image sequence. (no compression and relatively small file sizes) Open the image sequence in Quicktime 7 Pro and export out at high quality, H.264, 30fps, 1280x720HD. Exporting at twice the resolution and using Quicktime to scale it down will give you much crisper linework. If you are using a style without edges, then you can probably get by with just 1280x720. I would use a scratch disk as we are talking 10's of gig of raw images. MAKE SURE you save the images into a new folder (I call mine source images) or you will end up with thousands of images in a folder or the desktop (yikes!) Also, try to minimize big camera moves with lots of side to side head movement as this will cause jaggies. Nice, smooth choreography with gentle pans will give you smoother and cleaner final output.

Fredo / Jeff, that looks like it should turn out!!!!! I wish I knew how to use curviloft to its fullest; Fredo I can't recall seeing a 'how to' document like you have for your other tools....? This little excessive has certainly opened up some possibilities for different outcomes. Thanks so much to all of you, really appreciate your guidance.

You're welcome, best of luck with it.

You are more than welcome

Thanks. Pushing to the side did not work because I'm running two monitors and the toolbar just when to the other monitor. Switched it off and the toolbars locked to the side. Switched it back on and they held. Thanks again

Steve, It all work very well Thanks Again! Victor

I think you were meaning that you couldn't get the tools to lay up on the side on the MAC, like the traditional two columns of basic tools: Draw, Move, Measure, etc. on PC I re-installed Sketchup now now and was also confused about my toolbars. found them again under >View >Tool Palettes >large tool set. it has most the common ones leaving space on the top row for 'extra' icons. hope this helps, if it's what you were getting at.

Me too.

cool, well I'll deffo look into SKM files now i have some insight. I'm trying to get more organised with my SU work anyway.

@mike Hard to believe they're twins. They've opposite little characters and have yet to spend time in one another's company. It seems the 9 months rendering took its toll. Anyway, we are going off topic (my fault).

I always like to be sure people remember "Group and delete" in clean-up of intersections. You should be able to knock out the deletion in one pass. Another thought is --I've been working on creating standard wall sections with windows already in them, that are designed to be joined or fitted to adjacent wall areas. If you are doing metal buildings this might be another approach, you could include the window opening framing as well in such a component. Actually most useful if you have a complex wall surface. Another thought- make a plane of the wall- with openings after mounting windows in a flat surface. Use 1001 bit tools for the paneling. I do this for battens.

Dear Bob, I don't believe there are any security issues but you need to have administrative rights to install programs. I've run into this when trying to install tools for working on the medical equipment I take care of. For that reason and despite our IT dept.'s desire to get rid of all Win XP machines, I've kept an XP laptop just so I can run those tools.