@rc5 said: @bob james said: @unknownuser said: sketchup gives a bug splat when i close the window. This happens to me often I also am continually plagued with the right-click menu being greyed out. So I have to weed out the conflicting plugin(s). I've seen this grayed out thing very often, but not the component browser. May I have the list of plugins that are the culprit? It's not a 'culprit' plugin or two. It's a result of the number of plugins you have loading - the context-menu etc can only support a certain number of 'commands' - if you exceed it by having hundreds of plugins vying for space it will 'gray-out'. This is a discussion about it AND even a plugin that tries to optimize 'command' usage http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=252413#p252413 . However its success will be limited if you have too many plugins loading - you can 'spring-clean' and disable the ones you never use that are contributing to the 'critical-mass' that's tipping you over the 'gray-out' limit - rename the little used .rb files with .TXT suffix, and then if you find later you want it to revert you can just remove the suffix and restart, OR to load it for that session only use ' load "xxxx.rb.TXT"' in the Ruby Console - where 'xxxx' is the tool/script's name. Note that if you have the latest version of your plugins then this will also help - a few scripts [including several of Fredo's] were found to contribute to this 'gray-out' issue by making 'duplicated' commands - as far as I know they have all be updated many months ago to avoid this contributory factor... Look through your Plugins and the Plugins Index to ensure you are up to date too...

how large model u have been build on the sketchup?

post some vidoes review for the sketchup model please...! tq!

Enjoy

Yes I use it, it's nice. See my post : http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=39864

mitcorb thanks for the feedback. I use an external usb drive to work from. I find i can keep my computer lean and mean by removing all the file clutter out of it. The issue went away when i restarted Su after the files started appearing. What's annoying about it is that every time you save it saves another copy of the file and numbers it 1,2,3 so forth. the original file does not get saved, if that makes any sense. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

@dave r said: How about this? Color the wall with the color of the paint and name the material "drywall" Paint the box blue and rename the blue material "20 ga. sheet metal" Paint the piece of furniture with a woodgrain material the color of the stained cherry and name it "cherry" A simple note can identify the finish. +1 I always try to name my material so I can find and reuse them. A model becomes messy if you keep picking the same colour from the material browser - ending up with many materials of the exact same colour. That just lead to a pain when you want to change it later on. Give material a semantic meaning and make sure you use the correct one for the correct place. Managing materials becomes so much easier that way.

@rock1 said: @pbacot said: Sorry it's not working. And you ARE in perspective camera view? Yes I am in perspective. Sketchup is really troubling me sometimes in the components browser, on clicking the down arrow drop down menu in it when I click components, it gets stuck. i.e. for e.g. if I have the landscape library opened and i want to go back to the architecture pack it won't show up. When I restart sketchup, it starts working fine. Looks like my system has a sketchup virus or somethin' you have another post for this question... try to keep your posts together and not spread out. this is a known issue called clipping. your model has extremely small geometry and extremely big geometry... and the origin is to far from the farthest point.

thanks guys, I knew it would be simple !

try cubits app

Hi Jgb, hi folks. If you have SU pro, you may try File menu --> Generate report. Just ideas.

A 3d DWG/DXF maintains layering etc.

@gaieus said: There's the solid tools > union in SU 8 (Pro). wow thanks man

Spot on - thanks!

Once you have opened the files in a newer version run Model Info > Fix Problems... and Purge Unused if appropriate... Then save as the new version... There's no simple way of automating this...

Hi, it could be a login-issue. Try the following: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=63461ea8cc877b77&hl=en [url=http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=6180bf382d1c7498&hl=en:2f00j1mf]http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=6180bf382d1c7498&hl=en#fid_6180bf382d1c749800048918c3bb94c9[/url:2f00j1mf]

Hi Danny, You can install the pro version and after 8 hs of use, it will simply revert to the free functionality. http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=60107 (I'd suggest this rather than downloading something from some obscure site)

Now I tryed to do what you did and found and easy solution. open paint bucket tool Right click texture object - make unique texture Then bucket paint it to the other sides

rpaul, Please download the plugin again. There was a problem with the previous one.

I totally agree with ledisnomad on his comparison between packages. I've found revit a very steep learning curve beyond the play about stage. The main trouble is that everything has to be a family/component/block, & the editor is not the most user friendly. Once you have a kit of parts, you are laughing, as you can create new models in no time. I think the cross breeding with AutoCAD will pay dividends in ease of use, but it has a way to go yet. Perhaps Vectorworks is another package to look at...