Thanks. Iĺl try

I found out that the Sirion 2 originally sold as Toyota Passo. And on that subject I found this: http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/toyota-passo-3d-model/433411 But this model is not free and it seems like this model is not that realistic..the rear lights are huuuge comparing with the real one.

Jim unless I have the wrong spot my suggestion is: turn hidden geo on; Use line tool and green inference to extend lines from bottom circle edges to the top face, use green inference; Connect the top edges and your faces will form. They did for me Attachment removed by mac1 9-2-01

I'm looking forward to the future! We still have a (horizontal) resolution of 90m.

If all you need to do, is to change an image from 96 dpi to 300 dpi, most image editors will do so. Keep in mind that the physical size of the image will shrink accordingly. [image: Temp04.jpg]

Blimey, you're quick off the mark! Thanks very much for continually supplying & supporting such a range of useful tools.

Try v8... it has got this bug fixed http://sketchup.google.com/product/newin8.html

Apparently the linking problem was related to group materials. After experimenting with diffent settings, it works fine now.

yeah, fredoscale... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17948 it will do what you're looking for + a whole lot more.

Thanks for that but that's not the one i'm after. I'm after this one http://news.sketchucation.com/creating-a-swaying-curtain-in-google-sketchup/ (click and you will see a summary of it) then when you click on "Source: SketchUcation. View this tutorial." It's broken now, it happened when they did the changes to the website =[

@rhysifan said: WOW! curviloft works like a charm. thank you! In your case, I would suggest you use Curviloft "Loft by Spline" (instead of Loft Along), so ignoring the curve. Just select the two faces, and then use the method "Orthogonal Elliptic" (small red arc of circle icon in the button palette). This will make the bended portion orthogonal to each straight rail end. Fredo

I use a few ruby scripts to match the cameras between sketchup and renders. I don't recall the exact names, camera controls? to get the tilt, pan and rotation. I also use a script that places a construction point at the position of the cameras. I then draw a tiny circle at the point and paint a material named camera# onto that circle. When I go into whatever render I am using usually Vue.( I can't get the script for Vue cameras to work) I place a camera at the position of the tiny circle that I exported with the model. I then adjust the camera orientation based on my camera settings I read from camera controls. I use the field of view setting from sketchup. Depending on the render you might need to adjust the angles of the camera. If camera control script said the camera was at -30 degrees you might have to enter it as 330 degrees in the render. Hope that helps.

Thanks that fixed the problem. I will look at the graphics drivers also Keith

Different objects will require different model-making processes. The 3d modeling process you decide on will help determine the best way to export your Sketchup model.

Troy there are NO dumb questions only dumb answers I would be ashamed to show you how I STILL do some SU manipulations. Part of the habits developed since SUv1 but I am gradually changing the habits Mike

what kind of issues? I'm going to guess it's related to graphic card drivers.

@aadbuild said: HI Chris Christmas has come upon me ... This post is really meant for you Andrew but there may just be others who are interested in this type of thing. Well I think the time has come to see whether our efforts can be merged in any way; here is a kind of wip video that may help consider how. [flash=400,300:2mzchx54]http://screencast.com/t/ODIzNmQ3ZDgt[/flash:2mzchx54] The Internet is a bit dodgy around here. So here is the Screencast link Also a zipped avi Animated UI.zip Animated_UI.swf

But you can export as PNG and then convert it to openEXR with another application like this http://scanline.ca/exrtools/ http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html You could perhaps automate if with Ruby API for the PNG and auto-make/execute a CMD/BAT file to convert that to EXR... Here's an on-line converter - most image formats to EXR !!! http://image.online-convert.com/convert-hdr-exr

Thanks Gaieus - I look forward to it. Julie