Any little image for resume the problem ?

Seems it's not "Trimble tools" but GreenSpacelive tools for Trimble Sketchup ?

Yes i meant the frustum. No, you can only toggle the layers for "Camera_FOV_Volume" and "Camera_FOV_Lines". But switching these off will not avoid the clipping problems - like any large geometry in sketchup. But i have found another solution now to avoid these problems. I use the ACT-camera only to set up the scene and then i add a normal scene with the same settings and delete the ACT scene...

Thanks for the responses. I neglected to save the version with the problem, but I think I might have had a tiny corner "nipped" off the lower, front corner that was stopping the face from moving back. Can't know for sure due to my error in saving.

Thank You Jim.

I re-read what you wrote and my ealier statment is wrong the edge would switch on in going thou the model with textures or shading the lines and in the hidden line, wireframe, back edges or x-ray view the view goes completely white. See the screenshots below but if profile were off add hidden geometry were off edges are made to guides or smooth you will see what you stated sgcrain » Yesterday, 12:59 pm [image: eN3Z_pic_0055.jpg] [image: 3mmI_pic_0056.jpg] [image: u5wR_pic_0057.jpg] if this not the case A fast fix next time is using your undo's back beyon the problem or restart another sketchup with out closeing the old copy model or object to new and save old model and close old sketchup in new if it problem go's away it a style problem or state of sketchup if it dosn't goes away its a material problem (transparcy on and style edge is by material) now when you close the new it refresh reg back to before the old sketch up started which is good But now if you alreadly closed sketchup before starting a 2rd sketchup you can load a different model or reload a new style if the problem still their maybe now you have to reinstall sketchup reg by reinstall sketchup I which you did.

It's basically 'back to basics'. Thank you guys this has been most informative. I understand then there is no set way to do this but it is do-able. Cheers.

Thanks Arail, Yes the CNC machine was doing the whole thing including groove on the outside rim. on top of that the dimensions for the wheel were requested to be changed a couple of times so it was a really difficult first model to do for CNC!! The spokes were separate to the rim. What I've learnt is as you say: Keep things as clean and simple as possible I was advised to increase the facets of any curves, segments or circles as high as possible It might be an idea to draw in parallel projection as far as possible I'm also thinking of upgrading to SU Pro8 from my current Pro7 as I was reading about creating outer shells. Maybe this would help?! Thanks again for the advice!!

Thanks,Dave. Happy Valentines to all.

Ahh, Shaded with Texture is the answer! Silly me. Thank you.

Crib.png[/attachment]It took me A LOT of cleaning... but Street Generator was a good solution... And I swear I never do this again (until my OCD strikes again next time)... [attachment=0] [image: Hrv7_Crib.png]

@Dale: Yes it will just be native SU output @pbacot: That is a good idea I will play with that a bit and see if anything comes out @earthmover: That is a very helpful thread indeed. I think this may get me pretty darn close to what I want if I take some careful notes about distance and such. It seems like I could get something close by measuring the angle of the field of view and use this to set the scale. Hmmmmm.. Awesome, and quick responses. I love it! Anyone else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjUFYxSxDk Nuff said.

Gees, you guys are helpful! I really do appreciate all of your comments and advice. Credit where credit is due Mr. Sonder, they are really useful videos and some beautiful models and drawings. I'd be printing and framing some of those bad boys to put up on show! I've used SU to produce some simple schemes in my day job (Mechanical Engineer) which I then export out as an iges for our draughtsmen to import into our CAD system. it works ok, except import exporting from different versions (I have to import as an STL and export as an iges). My point being is that I have used it to a basic level and am starting to understand how/when to apply groups and components and to setup scenes. I guess i'm trying to think ahead and get my structure in place first before I draw anything, so your comments and advice are helping to clear things up in this respect.

Good job, Adam. I was going to post some things about "manual" roof modeling and drew some around the garage. But I found some of the discrepancies and ran out of time. Looks like you figured it out fine. Peter

@dave r said: I was able to scale in between by snapping the scale handle to the intersection of two guidelines with no problem. The scale factor displays as ~1.01 but it is indeed snapping to the intersection. Part of the problem is the shape of the object is not uniform, although it is flat. So, the scale handles do not fall on any part of the selection perimeter. HOWEVER You gave me an idea that almost works perfectly, at least within an acceptable error. I needed to scale the thickness at one end of a tapered tube with a tapered thick skin from about .45inch down to .250inch (and to other thicknesses as well). The tube is about 8 feet in diameter (but squarish in shape) so the thickness changes are minute in comparison. I added a short line from the objects scalable (inside surface) perimeter down to where a scale handle is located. I then laid a guide line offset by that length from where the scaling should end up. I selected the perimeter and the tiny line then scaled (centered and uniform) down to the offset guideline. I got as close as .252inch after a few tries, good enough. Now, I gotta do that about 10 different times with different thicknesses. As for setting units, Model Info does not provide for setting scale precision, as it does for lines and angles. But still, is there any way to up the scale precision? I tried Fredos scale, but it didn't help, mainly I guess, due to my lack of fully knowing how to use that tool.

Thank you TIG I appreciate the reply, My free trial Pro version of Sketchup will expire soon and I will try your Rescale suggestion and see if I can get it to work. I'll edit this post if it works! Appreciate all the help.

Why I have never got into DC's, myself. I've yet to see where they "save" work. Still hopeful.

I don't have Net Framwork installed for SketchUp (I think it's only required for Layout etc.), and some even recommended not to install it. On the other side, things change rapidely with Wine and I don't see a difference when I install .Net. As thomthom said, it's likely something with OpenGL. What you describe was more common many many years ago when you used a compositing window manager and a 3d app. So it would be useful to know which operating system version you use. The proprietary graphics cards often come a long way and new series achieve usable drivers a year after release. I've had good experiences with Intel.

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