In addition, you can make it easier on yourself (editing,) by taking advantage of layers, to hide/show particular elements of the model. (Examine attached.) -Taff geo_taff(2).skp [image: 8Hho_geo_taff2.jpg]

Pbacot, You observation of the 16Th of an inch dimensions is a keen one. Normally I do not dimension to that degree of accuracy. In this case however, we are the builder, and the field dimensions were taken by me and the drawing of the stone is actually the size that it will be cut to. The Stone supplier may choose to adjust slightly if it makes sense to them to do so, but this gives them an accurate starting point. Also, math does not lie. If I take an existing overall measurement and need a certain equal number of divisions within that measurement and it comes out at xx 1/16", so be it. The guys in the field will laugh, call me an idiot, discuss what color the sky is in my world, and then make it happen, but they will at least have an accurate plan to start with. I absolutely agree that the craftsman should be shown what we want, not how to get there. Especially when dealing in such artistic mediums as interior cut stone and Finish carpentry. The good ones are artists! Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I will post finished photos. ]p

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that one! Thanks!

@unknownuser said: On non-solids. Even on solid ! "Double faces" are so mixed that is impossible to solve (with SU Scripts or Reverse, Orient functions Hands are necessary

Thanks, Tom, I may try that. I've not been using the import of dwgs very often lately. Got a bunch of furniture leg profiles from a place that manufactures legs and other mill work which I would import and use as patterns to extrude. I've been making models of antique furniture using photos of the originals and found I can usually trace out the shapes pretty close, so haven't the DWGs much.

Some more shapes, and the basic components if somebody else wants to play ... basic components [image: 1CJi_comp_01.jpg]

I'm pretty sure this is a graphic card issue. (which one you got?) Confirm by temporary disable hardware acceleration. If you see it then, update your drivers.

Solo, thank's for the "Sculptris", reference. Although I'll probably never us it for my primary work, it's really fun to use! It reminds me of a program from about '96, by Dazzle, maybe. But so much easier!

Good to hear. I have the same problem...too many plugins that is. I actually went through my plugins folder before migrating it over to 8 to see what was in there....lots of buried treasures I'd forgotten about, and even some oldies back from SketchUp 4! [edit] Ha! Just checked PageExim, and it was written for v4. Too funny.

@honoluludesktop said: Apple is candy wrapper, and I do not mean that badly. I wear Ferragamo shoes too. i dunno, i think it goes a bit beyond just making the things look fancy.. the unibody design of their laptops can't be beat.. literally, take a solid chunk of aluminum and carve out the innards. they're not just candy wrapped, they're light and durable with attention to detail candy wrappings i honestly think if you walked in your honolulu apple store(s) and picked one up that you'd be impressed with the design.. [wether or not you'd like OSX, well, that's a different story ] and hey, you even get a little feel good music/soft voice type of description of the manufacturing process! [flash=660,405:1n6ao1lo]http://www.youtube.com/v/3OOtuftGO1U?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1[/flash:1n6ao1lo] [point being, yes, you are paying a bit more but you're not paying solely for the boutique factor.. there's some nice engineering/design thrown in there as well]

Thanks Csaba, there is probably no other way. Charly

@solo said: Do not make the background 0.0.0 lighten it a tiny bit. So first go back to white (so they turn black again) then make it 0.0.1 and the lines will stay black. use RGB selection Well, that was easy. I never thought of that. Thanks, Pete. Regards, _KN

@liam887 said: well then hopefully some of the ruby guys could write a little file browser to use within sketchup that would be great! That's a nice idea, but I don't think it would work, because the code has to be written within the app itself. It would probably be best just to badger Google more for an update in SU9.

Dear John, The .sat file was created using AutoDesk's Inventor 11. If you want to weld the 40 segments of the circle, then soften the group first. After softening, Chris Fullmer's tool for finding the centre point can be used. Also note, the SU model needs to be scaled by 0.01 (I forgot to do this before posting). Hope this helps. Regards, Bob

Thanks bro...didn't realize that!

Yes! It works Thank you very much Gaieus!!!

Hi, I used Chris Fullmers Center on Origin and than exploded it once and all was normal. Charly jumping sit eplan.skp

It's not the nesting, the component bends perfectly on my system. Select the component, hit the bending tool, select the straight line on the red axes, it should turn blue, then select the curve, it turns blue. Wait a bit and you get the blue and green formers, when they are the way you want, hit enter. And wait. [image: QNxd_Bent.JPG]

Not sure if this helps, but I have been using SU on an external hard drive for a few years now. When I reconnect the drive, I often have to go into the drive directory to use the application (as opposed to the start menu) but otherwise it works just fine.

hey guys thanks a lot! i will give it a go....