I've decided for topaz denoise

I get the unsoftening when I maximizeor "restore down" the SU window. But not every time, I think. And the Edit menu then contains an "Undo Soften..." option.

hi you can read the file from the confort of SU's Ruby Console using `defaults read -app /Applications/Google\\ SketchUp\\ 8/Sketchup.app 2>&1 | grep "ShowInferenceTips" 2>&1` that will return "SketchUp.Preferences.ShowInferenceTips" = YES; or No you can change it from here as well with `defaults write -app /Applications/Google\\ SketchUp\\ 8/Sketchup.app "SketchUp.Preferences.ShowInferenceTips" YES 2>&1` if you want to read or change any preferences, you can read all with the bit before grep, the 2>&1 just sends error messages, to check it's working... after you can restart from 'Ruby Console' using Thread.new{`sleep 5 && cd / && open Applications/Google\\ SketchUp\\ 8/Sketchup.app`}; Sketchup.send_action('terminate;') you can change 'most' things from here without them being overwritten on close or open, and you can check on re opening and use Terminal.app if it fails to stick... [slightly different code, report back if you need it] john

I realize it is not totally accurate and the alignment may need some adjustment after (Where it gets out of alignment, group those sections and realign the pattern with the next section) Regards, Peter [image: hWv6_roadtexture.png]

There is also the problem that a downloaded file might be "blocked". To fix that, right click on it and go to Properties. One the General tab, sometimes there is an option to "unblock" (or is it unlock?) something like that anyhow. Click that and that can also help make it so a file will begin working.

a 2d elipse or circle like you said int he first post is a VERY different beast than a 3d shape. Please try to not leave out important details like that There are scripts that will subdivide 3d shapes like artisan or subdivideandsmooth. You could try those. Subdivide - Free http://www.smustard.com/script/Subdivide Loop Subdivision - Free http://www.guitar-list.com/download-software/sketchup-loop-subdivision-smooth-plugin Subdivide and Smooth - $15 http://www.smustard.com/script/SubdivideAndSmooth Artisan - $29 on sale right now http://artisan4sketchup.com/ Though frankly, I'm not sure that subdivision will automagically make your model better. But it might be worth trying! Chris

This is not a bug and I've moved it out of the Bugs forum. It's also an old thread so it may have been solved for "rvdruk." Cotty is on the right track. It has everything to do with the export size of the image. The style the OP applied uses raster images of lines. These lines have some specific fixed width. The lines will thus appear wider at smaller export size. This can actually be used to advantage to change the appearance of line styles. I've shown this example before which demonstrates. [image: Jz8N_export.png]

It's Perfect, thank you.

another precious edition.thanks alot

Looks Great ! Very useful enhancements

@dave r said: Well, it was worth a try. You haven't found any other solution yet, have you? I was just trying to help. No, I've pretty much given up on this. Just adding another volume to my Sketchup ScrewUps collection, soon to be available in handsome leather-bound 7-volume sets at your local Barnes and Noble. I very much appreciate your help. Have a nice holiday.

Could you post the model so we can see it? You might try importing the location again into a new SketchUp file and then copy and paste the building from the old file to the new. Maybe you managed to corrupt something when you were working with it the first time.

@unknownuser said: questions that seem to come up again and again I totally agree with these points. It's great how you distilled all the discussions and feature requests into these three points! In fact on that has been discussed a lot is the SketchUp App Store! (read here). We ruby developers haven't dared to take on this (believing the SketchUp team would suddenly unpack/release such a gift). Now still nothing of that happened for a long time, except someone was working on such a store, than it got quiet again – but it seems this silence is the foretoken of something big. Let's look forward on SketchUp 2013. @unknownuser said: allowing Trimble to integrate it's construction software and tools without turning SU into a purely construction-oriented program. That [extendibility/platform] is Trimble's vision, and exactly the reason why they bought SketchUp.

Thx! [image: Cynr_pop.jpg]

My current settings are: Length snapping on (0.100000mm) / precision 0.000000mm Angle snapping at 15 degrees / precision 0.0 (just FYI) Your procedure seems to be correct. Sometimes you need to rotate way out of line and redo the rotation to get it "spot on". Why/when? If you failed the first time and got is almost correct. Then you cannot rotate that last little correction. Maybe this is what happened in your situation. Same thing can happen with moving geometry in certain occasions. p.s. have you checked the drawing axes orientation and their origin compared to the systems axes and origin?

It's possible. We have a small number of components we use regularly that I could change, however, that doesn't stop someone else from being lazy and bringing a new one in however they want and not changing the layers beforehand. I think I may get an effect similar to what I want if I delete the layers I don't want and move them to the default layer. It seems to still allow me to control what I want for the most part..

Your sequence reminds me of this post. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=40331&start=15#p393786 I haven't tried it. You might find the whole thread interesting. It looks like you got instant Terrain plugin too?

I've had some issues with dropbox sync too, although I continue to use it as it seems to be the best solution for keeping working files in one location so I can access them anywhere on whichever computer I pick up to use. I'm not sure it's a good idea to be sharing the same working model at the same time as this could lead to issues or files getting renamed with extensions where it sees a conflict. I think my issues may of been with larger files that took too long to save while there may of simultaneously been a dropbox sync happening? One process i am currently trying is to save my working files to a folder on my local machine (which I also think has other speed benefits as it is a raid configuration) and then use a "folder sync utility" like "Allway Sync" to sync those files to the dropbox folder. The automated configuration of Allway Sync will only update (sync the files) if there have been no changes to the saved file for a predefined period. I think (and I've yet to fully test it) this may be a more robust way to avoid conflicts? Absolutely, one has to wait for dropbox to complete it's synchronization prior to logging off or shutting down as those files will not be on the server and consequently unavailable to other shared folders ( a mistake i see many new adopters of dropbox make). Allway Sync is free with some imitations, and i know there are other similar solutions too. I would go with windows "SyncToy" but it requires manual sync, and to set it up in task manager is a bit too fussy and has limited options for sync times - unless you just want it to run once a day.

Dave and Chris - I'll use your suggestions. It sure would be nice if you could simply modify the world origin in a manner similar to the axes. Thanks for your help! Doug

@jgb said: Vertex Tools looks great but a bit overkill for me at this time. i can't figure out in wich way a piece of software that effective and with that price is an overkill.. just the merge vertex feature is about 245234533613644734% worth the money.. and the problem of small vertex gap is gone forever..