Fullmer's worked after I reset the axis on my component. So they would be correct along the line path. Thanks Now I can make paths easier for my special projects.

You never said you wanted the DWGs importing so each went into a separate SKP file ! To do that you need a bit more code - start with an almost empty SKP add a small bit of geometry [dot at origin?] to force a new component on import; run the adjusted code, it gets the imported file name and imports it, saves the SKP with that name.skpe [into a given folder], then it erases the DWG-component and purges the SKP's definitions, and adds the next DWG and repeats saving as that name etc... until all DWGs should have been saved into separate SKPs...

@unknownuser said: Very cool. It's very interesting how you can change the actual material beyond just the color. Do you guys find that you use this very often? Although it seems like a very powerful tool for certain circumstances I can't imagine using it for most renderings. -Brodie I have used it twice already, for a furniture catalogue, I needed to show the different variations of materials/finishes of a particular set and instead of doing four renders I just did the one and changed mats afterwards, came in handy and definitely something I will use in future as the need arises.

@pbacot:

Sweet. I haven't seen it before. Thanks for the link.

No, they are different graphics cards. Our IT department must have thought we were more special

Do you have a Plugins menu? And did you restart SketchUp after installing the plugin into the Plugins directory? If there is no Plugins menu, go to Window>Preferences>Extensions and tick the boxes you find there. If you haven't restarted sketchUp, close it and re-open it. this is copied from the instructions included in the plugin file. You can open and read .rb files in any text editor. @unknownuser said: Usage: 1. Select entities. [IF there's no selection ALL active entities are used] 2. Activate the script from the Plugins Menu. 3. Choose Old Material [to be replaced]. << DEFAULT-FRONT >> = NO Material on Front-Face << DEFAULT-BACK >> = NO Material on Back-Face << DEFAULT >> = ALL Entities that have NO Materials (e.g. Front AND Back Faces, and Text etc) << ALL >> = ALL Materials (Any Face and Any Entitiy) and then an Alphabetical list of other Materials in the Model. 4. Choose the desired New Material. [<< DEFAULT >> = No Material] To access Materials that are off the visible list type the first letter - e.g. 'W' and use up/down arrow-keys to move to the one you want e.g. 'W'hite..

Also SyCode offer various import and export options... http://www.sycode.com/products/sketchup/index.htm

The problem is that the forum software seems to restrict you to words of 4 or more characters - so 'fog' doesn't count on its own! The trick when searching for short words is to use Google with something like http://forums.sketchucation.com render fog

Each 'context' can have one active section-cut. So if you make two groups and add an active section-cut inside each one then you have what you want. For more cuts you just sub-divide your model into more sub-groups... Also see here... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=344761#p344761 and many similar threads that can be found using the Search tool...

TIG is correct...otherwise beta testers would have real problems. Most beta testers continue to run a licensed Pro current version while also running a separately licensed Pro beta version of the next release on the same machine. There is no interaction. It sounds like in this instance there may have been some hiccup in the installation procedure. I've experienced similar...usually by forgetting to run the install as an administrator, or something like that.

@Dave - I know what you mean. Even apps notionally doing the same thing can differ markedly in the way they are used and in this instance I'd actually argue that it's AutoCAD's way of doing things that is peculiar (I'm not aware of other programs where you have to press Escape to unselect). It is a bit disappointing however to hear that Google don't seem to be interested in at least offering a customisation feature to disable Escape given how large a potential market AutoCAD users represent. Thanks for the replies If there's anywhere to suggest new features I'll add my name to that one.

Look for the Paint Bucket tool or click on Window>Materials. I would suggest you read through the Help files and also watch the basic tutorials on the SketchUp site. I think you'll find them extremely educational.

Thanks! CleanUp is a great plugin that I have used for a while now. And in combination with MeshLab and Babel online converter the I reduced the size to 4-5MB, but the result isn't that good. But, I think it is hard to get it better. Will try to get the cad files and simplify the model from start.

@unknownuser said: ...or changing the back side to the same color as the front side might make more sense in this case since you aren't showing edges. -brodie True, true.

hello to all, as i had to work on this file, i've openned it on a 64bit pc and 'broke' it in small pieces - then i removed all building materials, join it all again, now its fine. later when preparing final renders i'll export to collada to reduce texture sizes, but right now i prefer everything in white... regards, diogo

I'd be willing to draw them for a fee. PM me if you want to discuss it.

Thank you Rich, I've downloaded both and will be trying them out when I have a few minutes.

I poked about last week and I was investigating some edge loop routines.

I'll comment again probably where I have no business , but I expressed concern some time ago related to issues with plugins probably costing Google support dollars and if the the issues raised are not brought under control you may will find your self where Google will impose requirements you may not like. Dan Rathburn tried but don't think he had much success. Secondly: When one talks about problems and SU blame that's very generic and you have to worry memory snd system also. For a 32 bit machine , that means you can only address 4GB but SU only gets 2GB9 If you have 4GB RAM) because the way the MS memory manager works. Even if you have a 64 bit machine and tons of memory SU will still only be allocated 4 GB even though 64B allows much more address than that. Some of these strange artifacts can very well be memory issues. When you have problems watch the task manager and see and understand what it is reporting. Win xp, vista etc are not all the same. See this link if you have some spare time and want to under stand virtual memory, which is what programs get to use, and physical memory. It will make your eyes glaze over?? http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406.aspx. and the post here in of opening a 360MB SU file with Win XP pro and 4GB Ram http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=39401 Thirdly:It is completely unreasonable to tag Google with any responsibility of running regression testing of any external plugin in the software drop. If you have had to do this you will know what I mean. Sorry if I am totally out of line