It would be a whole lot easier to show you how to do this if we had the SKP file which you could attach. I would take care of the off-axis thing first. You should be able to rotate it the required angle to get it to align with the axes. You might find turning on hidden geometry will help you with that. A guideline parallel to the axis closest to the axis on which the cylinder is aligned could be useful, too. If the cylinder is a component or group and it is rotated inside its bounding box, open it for editing and rotate just the geometry. Once you have the cylinder aligned, close the component or make it one. Then the Move tool will make it simple to rotate the cylinder to the standing position. Hover over the component/group and look for the red crosses. Move the cursor until it shows a protractor over one of the crosses on the side. Click and rotate the component/group into the vertical position. Placing the plate will be easiest if it is a component. You can move the component's axes so its origin is centered on the bottom of the plate. The origin will be the insertion point for the plate. Put a couple of crossing guidelines at the bottom of the cylinder such that they intersect at the center. Import the plate into the cylinder model and drop it at the intersection of the guidelines. After you have the first plate in place you can make a stack of them by using the copy function of Move to make a linear array.

http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36261 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52154

There is a great plugin that will do that ¡¡¡ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=382150#p382150

You can also download (and print if you wish) the Quick reference card that lists all the modification keys: http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=116693

Damn...I was too busy those days...really missed it ! Thanks

@masterpaul said: @ely862me said: replace the lines with components. Is there a plugin that does that? Not as far as I know; I copied, scaled and rotated them manually !

What? No, I'm not saying that. The highlighted area should be two parts, but it didn't slice through. The lines are there, but it's still two separate areas!!! [image: NZd4_intersection.png] It doesn't matter if it's a solid or not. It still doesn't slice through. I've attached a simplified example. If I do intersect-with-model on the bump that hasn't been cut out (the same one in the picture), it won't split. Edit: I noticed that after splitting, there was a single polygon where the outline formed along the surface of the main object that was not cut . When I drew a line cutting it (the polygon), the bump shape separated immediately in two. I don't know why Dave didn't experience this: [image: aVyB_nocut.png] notasolid 2.skp

Also, forgot to mention. If the model checks out and everything is true/square, then use the delete coplanar plugin, and all those goofy extraneous lines will go away. I'm not sure how to link you to the page with the plugin, but it is in the plugin sub-forum somewhere here on Sketchucation

Hi, IAho: Since you mentioned plugin in your thread title, maybe tak2hata's Building Structure Tools? maybe not. What I said in my first reply still holds. When you insert all of those skp's of different parts of your assembly, they are defined as components in your working file. That is because a Sketchup component is basically a .skp file itself. Collecting a bunch of components and defining this collection as a component with a unique name will create an "assembly". Does this help?

Here is an old post on old post on uncropping a photo. It would also work to fix photos that have had tilt shift done. But I agree, for your example, could just draw a box and then project texture manually, and skew as necessary. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10895

I tried make terrain meshes but is not what i need. So the only way is exporting the SKP to another modeling software, like solidworks, autodesk simulation cfd and now Xflow CFD

Excellent advices ! If the material of the printed parts is good enough(won't broke or chip) you could use a tap and a die(which would be like $10) and the outcome will be great !

Glad we could help.

I cannot advise on the Revit to SU workflow but here is the plugin: http://www.smustard.com/script/GroupByLayer

I knew it, I have it in my arsenal of tools all along. Thanks TT!

Thanks a lot . I as was saying a,I can use the Draw metal plugins however it creates so many faces for the spiral thereby increasing my file size big. how do I address that?

Okay, principle taken. However, to obtain and maintain a full fledged ("own") credit card system, it would be burdened with much more extra expenses as it seems to worth. That is: I guess. I have never been good at maths.

Ccleaner kicks butt.

Thanks guys! Tig, great plugin it did its job wonderfully. Kerkythea was also something I tried which worked just as well. Thanks for help!

Thanks TIG and Pilou for the clue. I would make the paper face then extrude cause it involve more than 10 different level on top face.