thanks for your reply+help I'll try them out

Try the right-click context-menu...

If you want to visually pick the materials you replace from the model, you can use this one: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=26013

OK - cheers TIG That works, but it seems to me it would be much cleaner if the incoming file would either just drop at the origin automatically, or you could type in 0,0,0 or even just 0 - don't see what the advantage is really of having it default to following the cursor around... rabbit

Finished Thanks guys realy helped I am geo modeling this so it is going to be basic! Roofs are not my forte... As a reward for helping me out you can see how far I have gotten [image: YeJf_Rooffinished.JPG]

Several suggestions: Get the house model fixed before you do anything else. You should not have to draw the triangles to get the surfaces to form the way you have. Set the drawing axis to line up with the house edges to help you here; The roof surface measures 25367141.8 sq mm and the panels 1580x808 ( 1276.6 sq mm). That means if you have 100% packing efficiency you should be able to install 19 but the chimney prevents that so look at either optimization of the required number of panels based on you longitude where you are going to install and possibly reduce number required; Instead of installing all " vertically" the way you have try 90 deg rotation of some to see if you can get the 12 to fit ok Look at the combination of different panel sizes to get the wattage you need to fit your needs. If you check the panel supplier site I guess they would give you some options in this area. Good Luck BTW here is a small fix to your model http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c0eb29754d7d46969f30f02514717f00

If you paint a component with a material, all the faces inside that component which has Default material will inherit the components material. A very handy feature. It means you can model a car, leave the body with Default material, and add all the rest - like tires, lights etc. Then when you place instances of that car component you can paint each instance with a different colour and the car body will reflect that. I'm guessing this is what you are referring to. Maybe a sample model, just to be sure we are talking about the same thing?

@honoluludesktop said: I would consider resetting my system to a point when everything was functioning OK. That did work.... Big Thanks Went back 2 days to be sure.

@unknownuser said: ...It can also run in tandem with SU6 so no harm done... Yes, you can keep su6 beside su 7. I do not know who was that nuts who said this to you however. DWG/DXF import was taken out of su 7.1 (not 7.0) but a plugin was provided instead.

@dragoonprogramming said: No i am not that bad I am just not a mac user I have tried a few of fredo's plugins but nothing is working... Stupid macs Well if you have managed to put files in right place, i would check under tool palettes and see if listed. If not go to preferences and make sure checked. Then check what location you chose for tool to be at. [image: c2jc_SketchUpMac.jpg]

Whoo cannt spel hear?

after doing some tests we ran into an odd problem. after selecting Components>>Nearby Models we choose one model and are able to download that one. then we select a second one and after downloading it all we get is the 1st one over and over. however, this does not happen with all locations. with some it does with others it does not. any ideas?

@ nics: Regarding the empty back face on the door frame, this may be a similar effect of the PushPull tool. You can simply trace with the pencil tool one of the edges of the missing face and it should fill in. If it does not, then you can draw a diagonal across the open area. This should cause the face to fill, but will not guarantee that the face is a single plane. If it is a single plane, you can erase the diagonal and the face will remain. Also, sometimes there are unseen endpoints along what appears to be one straight segment. You will need to "connect all the dots" to close the face. In most cases a face will not fill if the edges are not completely on the same plane. Sometimes Sketchup seems not to notice whether all edges can form a plane. This is due to some ambiguity in the workings of the program "behind the curtains".

Now Pete will have the beer money to treat us well in BaseCamp!

Sure, of course Dylan!

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Sorry David I will only find out if they are cropped if I try to photomatch them. I am not technically competent in photography and the image was emailed to me by a client - from a website download. I have modelled it by guesstimating the dimensions. I plan to make a similar bed for the client and she wanted it as close as possible to the image. It was my first attempt at photomatch and I was getting very frustrated at not being able to achieve a good vertical line position when my horizon points were very accurately positioned. Thus the request for help. I have reread your original post on the topic and I just cant match what you are saying to what you have done in the images with the lines. Sorry for not being able to understand this thus my request for further direction on learning more about the subject. Thanks for the reply.

Hummmm I was sort of hoping that someone might have a script (ruby or otherwise) that would shut the darn thing off. You're right. It's about 95% crap. I knew that when Google purchased SU, that it would loose some class. I mean, for god's sake, I've now got smiling laughing utterly ridiculous icons dancing on this page. Maybe that's okay if you're modeling for the kiddie sandbox. It's way I stopped visiting the forums, stopped, just about everything related to Google.

Search for a similar thread - where I showed how to use a completely transparent png as a texture for the material on all faces - you then also hide the edges in the object [group/component] and then you can't see it at all, but it casts a shadow...

ahhhh. the memories.....