Brodie, See this: http://www.smustard.com/script/SceneExporterPro An invaluable tool - I'd be lost without it. Pro version well worth the $10 - HIGHLY recommended. ........ There is also a free version. ........ I've found: For everyday images (eg for use in MS Word / other applications or for A3/ A4 printouts) you can export out as jpg's. For large (eg A0 / A1 size) high quality images, export out as png's (eg 6000+ px wide/tall ) - they come out really well - very sharp / crisp. ......... Hope this helps Regards Howard L'

Look forward to seeing it. Love to hear any tips you have on the photoshop trics as well. -brodie

joscha We are good but your cryptic clues are not clear. Can you attach images [or SKPs] of what you get and what you want ? It might be that you actually need to do some work making this form and that plugins will only help you a certain distance along the road. With a little more detail I sure we can advise you how to do this...

@jarynzlesa said: Brilliant idea tallbridgeguy . Nice animation. Have you patented it already? If not, I'm going to do that . Thanks! I think if I ever build it I will probably need a full time lawyer to cover the accidents! s

Thanks everyone. I got Loft by Spline to work. That's exactly what I needed. I appreciate all the help.

you do need to, select color, adjust 'opacity', apply color then re-adjust and re-apply to see changes [image: 2Fsl_opacity_Mac.png]

Autodesk Alias? It can import .obj files as far as I can remember.

I have had no issues with weld.rb Maybe Recurve is conflicting with weld? I have not yet used Recurve, I will check it out.

Yes! - thats it. Thanks so much cheers rabbit

@unknownuser said: it's that your rectangle is the inside bottom face of an object you haven't yet push/pulled. So it must be reversed to form a correctly orientated box. Either that or voodoo? Thank you, Rich. So no voodoo.

The difference between the two is probably best explained on a simple cylinder. [image: EwXZ_soften.jpg]

I have had similar problems in the past few days....but I have no solution as of yet. Cheers,

@rootbender said: @stilteg said: Problem will be that those large models will probably exceed the upload limit of the warehouse ! And what is their upload limit? The stated load limit is 10MB. When you upload the file it is compressed and you can also down load compressed files. I have not investigated but think that limit is compressed or un-compressed based on this http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=59462. This link and others you can find by searching for large file size ftp sites. For course with large files you will run into the problems of errors even for high quality, low error rate , sites. That is why for some file down loads large pauses are at the end of the file while checks are made or some times the error check code ( The normal CRC , cyclic redundancy code , check code used is not adequate to find errors) is supplied to you and you have to do the check your self aka hash or md5 checks etc. So when you say for test purpose I am at a lost what you are really trying to do. It is very will established large file size can be transmitted. Look at some of the file sizes of programs you down load. If you want to just down load a large file then just do the search recommended in these postings. If there is some other reason lets us know we maybe able someonecan help I've seen some very large Sketchup models just under 10 MB (almost a million triangles). But would like to find larger ones.

Thanks TIg and Fredo!! That plugin is very very good!

As I have said many time before; I have used ACAD for many years. But I struggled with ACAD's 2 1/2D disaster for over 2 weeks trying to get a good approximation of an airplane fuselage I've been developing on paper. I gave up. Then I discoverd SU V6. In just the very first 2 HOURS of playing with it, I had my design exactly as I wanted it. ACAD has never since lit up my screen.

Two Quick and dirty solutions: #1(vista) download d3d8.dll,d3d9.dll for Stability, helps sketchup graphs speed. http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/d3d8.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html #2 Run more than one sketchup: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=40254 a) By copying sketckup 8 to another location, you can load more plugins. b) Also a empty plug-in folder is a great viewer c) For zone testing for new downloaded plug-ins Now Enjoy, Give thanks to sketckup team.

After an epic journey, I found the answer! the line: -moz-user-select: none; Must be added to the CSS of #sheet Andrey

@ledisnomad said: Alan, I always get an error when I try to bring in components with TIFFs. Are there particular TIFF formats that work and some that don't? Also note that SU doesn't like files that use the CMYK colour space, it only supports RGB for colour images. Anssi

Great! As you can see from the resultant images making a compliant staircase with tapered treads etc is far from easy... As you say, you can now take the plan image, import it as an Image and Scale it [TapeMeasure tool] to the correct size; then use it as a basis for making the stairs...[image: p1SS_Capture.PNG]

Find it, thanks for the first response. [image: nzyO_Clipboard-3.jpg]