Hi folks. Or import the chair in the other design using File Menu --> Import. Choose skp as file type. Just ideas.

I think I've discovered my problem. The models I've been working on were created in SU6 and SU7. Any groups that were twisted after creation have their group axis out of whack when edited in SU8. Thanks for the input.

I've got Windows 7 on my Mac too. It a good operating system, much better than XP (but of not as good, as OSX of course!) 8 gigs is plenty, but if someone is happy to pay for you to go to 16 gigs, go for it! However, watch out for the damn Shockwave Flash plug in. It has a memory leak in it, and if you have a lot of ram, it will eat it if you are running a browser (like Safari or Firefox). Therefore it's wise to get the "Click to Flash" plugin installed to halt Flash in its tracks. I'm pleased your office colleagues had a good experience. I had a very similar experience too. They thought the computer was a hard drive!!! There was complete disbelief when I had it up and running! Tom

Export .obj from Rhino Import .obj to SketchUp using plugin Rhino's .obj exporter is the most robust around so pay attention to export options.

hello my problem is thath i use 2d drawings e don't transform from 3d drawings. in autocad i use the border of my drawing in model space and not in layout. i want drawing in 2d in sketchup and rthen plot to pdf correctly. other problemare layers, if i will convert my drawing....

I would be curious, too. But indeed a lucky guys you are.

You will need to make that top face of the base into a group or component and also introduce a new layer where you put it like Wodan says. See the file below (open the layer dialog to see what's happening). Also I hid all the edges of the base and top components where they match. The edge now you see in scene 1 is the edge of that new group I created inside the base component. Copanar faces edges issue.skp

Google won't really ever buy a script and implement. They would want to write it themselves. They also like to encourage developers to write scripts, because it adds capabilities to SU, and makes SU even more popular. Soo, it doesn't make a lot of sense for Google to implement things that others have already made, because its not cool to say 'hey, develop scripts', then turn around and re-write them to distribute with SketchUp, and not pay the author. So its not really a good business model for them to follow the way they currently run things. But even still, we had booltools before they released their solid tools. Making a terrain from 3d points was a script before the sandbox tool were added in version 5. Like Alan said, 3dtext was a plugin first, then SU wrote it. So they have done it a few times, though I'm not sure they really did it on purpose per se.

I'm using V-Ray with SU V8.0. What's more I'm using the second-to-latest version of V-Ray, because I find the delay on SU start-up to be unacceptable with the latest V-Ray. You just need to make sure that, when installing V-Ray, you change the default installation folder from SU7/Plugins to SU8/Plugins. Edit: I see Thom has already mentioned this...and that you're on a Mac, but I'll leave this in place to reinforce the message for other readers.

I just looked at that thread, and yeah, same request as mine. It will be interesting how it turns out. So this thread is considered closed.

I am also running sketchup 8 on 10.7.2 , but am not having any problems with rubies showing up. or functioning. I did have most of mine installed under Snow Leopard, then upgraded to Lion. Don't know if that makes any difference. Are you installing the rubies into the user level library or into the system level one ? Mine are at the system level and I believe that they need to be. Dan

Also shapebender would work well there, though it would tend to actually warp the component, which I guess might not be desireable.

Yes: Update. I repaired permissions, but I find the behavior is intermittent. Does not always happen. It goes away for good periods. Could it be plugins?

@tig said: I expect that you have already tried Model Info > Statistics > Fix Problems... ? [and Purge Unused...] Yes, no problems found, purged and same results.

And here is a (complete???) list of entries you can use the VCB/Measurement box for: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=151558 (Always "refer to..." the actual tool for more detailed explanations)

I was browsing around turbosquid and found this page - it shows ballpark prices for 3D-related services. http://custom-3d.turbosquid.com/

@jgb said: And corroding aluminum with cola is not a party trick. Unless the party goes on a few days, and you get a source of uncoated aluminum. Foil won't do. It's not a myth, I HAVE seen it myself. But equally you could argue the same about vinegar and lemon juice! And what about all those who chew lime (the alkaline version), areca nut and betel in countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka? Can you imagine salad without vinegar, or hummus without lemon? Heavens forbid! As for caffeine, tea and coffee have copious amounts of that. Life without coffee??? Arghhhhh let me out of here!!!! ......the thread?.......what thread......?

For rendering detailed buildings maybe here

David, You can open the user library by clicking the Go menu then hold the option key down, it will appear about half way down the list. To get to the system user library, double click the hard drive icon in the upper righthand corner. The library folder will show up in the finder window. Dan

Just a quick thanks, I'll try to take it all in at the weekend. I'm going to meet up with the Shaderlight people soon as there doing an open surgery type event soon.