Trouble is that there are some severe limitations to the materials in the Ruby API. I'm trying to find functional workarounds.

After a reboot to try to get Vista to stop telling me I needed V8 to open a file which had been saved with V8, and ignoring my repeated instructions in various places to open SU file with V8, my toolbars are docked where I last left them. SU windows (managers and such) remain uncontrollable.

Yes, with a tree image the transparency is a feature, but if the image is person or solid object, then there's a problem. The lines in the distance show through that person when transparency is enabled. Or the background blocks the styles, if transparency is disabled. - Joel

I have 2 systems. Both are WinXP, and have SU 7 and 8. One will animate, and the other crashes to the desktop as soon as the progress bar comes up. SU8WinCrash_090210_191609.zip

Good to hear!

Simple as that - thanks

You can try editing the style so the transparency is "Nicer"...see attachment. [image: Capture.JPG]

Yes i mean 3d max connection extension included in v2011 but when importing it destroys the SU structure. It takes only into account the bottom level component in case of nested components. That is the big issue.

You should try with Curviloft´s skin. Look at the attachment to see how I make it work for your model. Daniel S twoarcs2.skp

I'm not worried about the royalties, but I do expect to see "Illustrations by Box" in at least 72 point on the cover. [image: http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s296/storeben/Smilies/throlling3.gif]

That sundial is pretty amazing.

And here all the other versions (free & pro)

And don't forget that he was bringing those back that were th top ten ideas. Some of them enthusiastically wished herebut others are not. Th user base is definitely much wider than SCF.

Exactly.

Dan, yep got it all going. Thanks for your help.

Yep, that was it. Loaded the V5 plugin into 7 and the cameras showed up. Thanks

Thank you for your help again my friend, I really have an annoying issue here. @honoluludesktop said: ???? Maybe you need to rerun the SU8 install program as repair. Where are your component folders? My three (see the first image) are in: C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Components I also pointed the "Window > Preferences > Files > Models" to the component folder. I tried pointing those preference files - re-booted- no change. This is my 3rd install of SU8, and in one of the installs, the component box had some files that were saved in the SU7 folder. I am on re-install #2 with no luck. Everything is in the correct folder. Btw: I wasn't able to run your video, what do I need on my side to do so? The video was made with Jing, a free capture program for stills and video. The pro version is $14/year and lets you save in MP4 as well as the default SWF. The forum won't allow MP4's so it is SWF. thanks again. Hope your animation problem gets worked out

thank you. I'll be burning that to disk from now on.

I know that problem that SketchUp "forgets" hidden/smoothed edges. It's annoying. Unfortunately I don't know a fix. It happened to me only in huge models and I decided to correct it only when it was absolutely finished. It also happens to the exported version to Kerkythea. Especially evil if you rely on the "wireframe" procedural (that shouldn't show on smoothed edges).

It is possible to set the grid frequency much higher. In other words, select 2' x 2' or the equivalent metric, rather than 10' grid. And- without having used Sandbox in a while- can you not select the radius of influence or the inference points to fine tune the effect?