Well, I have corrected the problem. With Dale's help. For some reason, the program reverted back to a trial version and it appeared the registration code wasn't working. However, the problem seems to be me. I guess I wasn't careful enough in entering either the email address or the code. Anyway, after being extra careful, the program was registered again with the original code. I wish to thank Dale for all his help and the program. Just wanted to be sure I have included the solution to this plugin problem. Thanks to all in your responses. Ken

Is this the way you think it should look then?[image: Clipboard-30.jpg] That's how I understand what you're explaining, but IMO that looks very wrong.

May be you need a new mouse? Borrow one to see if that's the problem. Most of use have more parts then we use.

Here is the tutorial http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37707&p=332802#p332802

Yes this works in Windows 7 also.

Rich's method is perfect if your blue prints are in an image format and can be applied as a texture. If you've got a SketchUp drawing instead, you might want to look at Chris Fullmer's Shape Bender.

Hey These are kind of fun. She uses the "thingies" idea pretty well, as well as it looks like she had some fun with the projections. Your right, interesting idea.

Well, I indeed have custom window sizes but then also it ma affect your toolbars badly. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=37422

BTW, here's the link to Kwok's "Key rotate" plug-in: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=28086 Thanks for the pointers so far Kwok! Woz

@tibet said: ...funny, i thought curviloft plugin will do the magic... It [or EEbyRails etc] probably would,,, BUT they are really necessary...

I follow you, I'm not very familiar with the solid tools yet, I'll have to explore those. I understand from your guidance that I need to fix the model according to your guidelines before I can use these tools to create a wall thickness. Thank you

Ya, Soluto is quite nice. They came out with an update recently and added some new features. Originally the idea was to speed up your boot time by helping you chose programs that didn't need to start up at boot time. Now they've added a new feature which keeps track of your program crashes and eventually as it develops, may help you to fix them. The hope is that it will be what the normal windows crash reports should be (something that helps you fix the issue, rather than just a log that gets sent off somewhere). It also has a new feature to help speed up your browser but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. At any rate, it's a great software. One of those rare ones like dropbox, that just does what it does, but does it very well. -Brodie

hi sketch3d.de, thanks, we appreciate your help too! cheers!

"Plain" 3d arc/circles imported from DWG/DXF are recognized as such in the SKP, so you can then change their segmentation in Entity Info later [there is also a script to change selected arc/circle's segmentation en mas sin the same way]. If the arc is part of a 3d form it's not changeable.

@tig said: The 'section-plane list' dialog could select [i.e. highlight] the 'ticked' section-plane [picked from the list listed 'by name']... BUT then you'd have to make it 'active' manually [at least at the moment the way the API is]... Hide the other section cuts? <span class="syntaxdefault"><br />def&nbsp;display_sectioncut</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">all_section_cuts</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">().</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{&nbsp;|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">s</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">visible&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=&nbsp;(&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">s&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">==&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">sectioncut&nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end<br /></span>

I haven't know about the"Purge Unused" function until you showed me. Yes, measure units are the same in the 3D MAX and SU (mm). However, it is a bit strange that the model looks fine when reproduced through my PC with SU [image: SU.JPG]

I knew there was another but couldn't think. Good it worked out for you

I have been dealing with a similar kind of project, so maybe these comments help you. I had a pdf document with all the contour lines. Actually some really helpful people in this forum helped me to convert the pdf into skp file (pdf => dxf => skp). Anyway, if you don't have these softwares I have found that the best way is to trace the contour lines form image file of the terrain/contours. Workflow would be: Import the image file and scale it to the right size Trace the contour lines with Catmull Spline - tool (bezierspline plugin) and using top view Put all the contours on certain layer that corresponds the height value (contour height 20m => layer: 20m) Use Edge tools or simplify contours plugins to simplify the contours if needed Use front/back view and use the move tool to put the contour lines to certain height Use Sandbox tool to create the terrain Anyway, I don't know detailed you need to be and how big is the terrain. This is the map of the project that I have been dealing with. [image: http://i.imgur.com/q5M5z.jpg]

@frascati said: Ok, did I finally wear out my welcome with this post? Am I so bone stupid that I'm just getting ignored? Would anyone simply try this with a single line segment in a new model and get back to me with the, no doubt, four neuron maximum instructions on what I'm doing wrong? Don't think because I didn't reply that I was ignoring you. Shortly after my last post I got in the car to make the drive to my father's house. Since the OM won't be needing a house anymore, we gotta get busy cleaning it out so we can sell it. As I already wrote, if you don't stop on the second endpoint and you don't make the second click, it won't offer to scale. When you enter the distance it'll put the guide point out there.

Perfect,I like this style!