What if there was no free version and the whole package was $200.00 (except a free educational version) increasing @ 10 percent per year for R&D?

Glad you got it figured out. Looks like you do have a 1 gig card. here's our two cards compared. remember that I have two of them and that mine are like 4-5 years old and pretty outdated. if you have an extra $300 bucks laying around, a GTX 770 would be smokin fast. Your Card @unknownuser said: GPU Engine Specs CUDA Cores - 48 Graphics Clock (MHz) - 810 Processor Clock (MHz) - 1620 Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 6.5 Memory Specs Memory Clock - 900 MHz (DDR3) Standard Memory Config - 1024 MB (DDR3) Memory Interface - DDR3 Memory Interface Width - 64-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 14.4 Feature Support OpenGL - 4.2 Bus Support - PCI-E 2.0 x16 Supported Technologies DirectX 11, CUDA, PhysX Display Support Multi Monitor - Yes Maximum Digital Resolution - 2560x1600 Maximum VGA Resolution - 2048x1536 Standard Display Connectors Dual Link DVI-I HDMI VGA (optional) HDMI1 - Yes My Card @unknownuser said: GPU Engine Specs CUDA Cores - 448 Graphics Clock (MHz) - 607 MHz Processor Clock (MHz) - 1215 MHz Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 34.0 Memory Specs Memory Clock - 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) Standard Memory Config - 1280 MB Memory Interface - GDDR5 Memory Interface Width 320-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 133.9 GB/sec Feature Support OpenGL - 4.2 Bus Support - PCI-E 2.0 x16 Supported Technologies 3D Vision Surround, SLI, DirectX 11, CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX SLI Options1 2-way 3-way Display Support Multi Monitor - Yes Maximum Digital Resolution - 2560x1600 Maximum VGA Resolution - 2048x1536 Standard Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI Mini HDMI HDMI Yes

Thanks Gabor...

thank you very much guys, i had same problem now it's solved!

Select all and use the scale tool.

Thanks very much TIG When I followed the ref from the layout file, everything was there, somehow surviving one normal reinstall, plus a switch to 64bit (and major reinstall), and several mass cleanouts of the system!

@arky09 said: Customizable nudge function. User can set desired nudge distance and use arrow keys to nudge. Have you tried my js_MoveTool script? http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=54337#p501185

And thank you. It appears that google translator did a fine job. I understood what you wrote. While I waited, I went looking for that "portaombrelli" by Google Images using "umbrella stand". Finally found it toward the end of the large collection of images. There were some very interesting alternate designs to be viewed.

One possibility is to load your backdrop geometry, bake it into a background image and then use that with the foreground geometry.

For all replacement of Components (randomly or not) try the fabulous Replacement Random Components by Sdmitch!

@unknownuser said: Toolbars that stay in place and collapse as you re-size the application window...Yes finally! There is still a problem with not being able to save the toolbar positions. If you disable ruby scripts for testing, or any other reason, and then enable them, they all show up on your screen as floating windows. It sucks to have to remember where all of them went. It would be great to have the save toolbar position option available for this reason.

Redrawing a rectangle is no hardship... BUT if the shape is more complex when you are in the group edit select the face and use Edit>Copy. Then next when you are in another 'context' use Edit>PasteInPlace and the face is replicated in the same location in the current context. There is no need to redraw the face in the new context - just copy it...

you may also want to give a look at this http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=51770

Mistro I have worked with a Mac on SketchUp, Kerkythea, and Thea for quite some time, and all of that software works flawlessly. I do agree with chedda that you should go over to the Thea site and have a look at the specs, particularly to take advantage of Thea Presto's GPU capabilities. Here is a link to what Giannis, the developer has to say about it.http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=85093#p85093 Thea is fantastic software, and the development pace is exceptional.

Thank you, I'll check it out

You should download the correct version for you operating system and install it. It will install over your original without needing any changes.

Thanks! It helps me a lot to automate my proces. I use the plugin Comp2Layer2Scene in combination with MakeOrthoView. Every part of the assembly is a layer and a scene, named like this: partnumber-partname With the code I can make partlist in excel in a short time. Thanks again to TIG

I'd say April is probably more likely for SU2014 considering previous Basecamp unveilings. I know the Dev Camp in Portugal a few weeks ago raised issues with the API that consolidated how to bundle tools going forward. What's happening now is obeying that convention. I will predict that next year will be the year of the Plugin Rebirth. Killer tools are coming..... I just want C++ subdivision.....(if you're reading this it'd make a nice Xmas prezzie)

I think Zorro 2 might help...

@wo3dan said: @krisidious said: Yeah...Trimble decided to screw everyone that uses the free version. I don’t think SketchUp/Trimble (decided to) screw any of the free users. IMO they were most generous when bringing out a new free version. (The 8 hours trial period at startup is awkward and hard to understand, but the program is still available and free) And you can still save as …. version 3. What's different about that? It's always been 8 hours and then to free version hasn't it? Or did you have to reinstall? I agree that Google bought it for Google Earth and that was the intent. And that they gave up on that years ago. But Trimble didn't buy it for SketchUp itself either. They wanted the system for a merge with their systems. I guess the main thing I'm trying to say is people that weren't going to buy, aren't going to buy. They aren't making anymore money than they would have. In fact I would argue by making it Maker Pro they're pushing people out before they would ever realize they needed pro. Now they're competeing with serious programs that are completely free. Blender is getting some of our core users here at SCF and there have been no serious upgrade to our system. I know they rewrote the whole thing on the backside, but I haven't noticed. It still acts the same way and has the same features we had before 13. Don't get me wrong, I own it and I'll continue to use it, and I have spent many a thread defending this software... When 2013 came out I was one of it's loudest supporters. I just really don't like pushing people with little or no money, who are struggling to live in a third world country, to buy something they didn't have to buy for the last decade. And let me say those third world modelers have some serious talent and drive to learn. You can thumb up or down... It won't make me think any less of you. People like me learn to live with the fact that others don't like what I have to say. in fact I got a thumb up for you...