Heres some images from the project. [image: vHc2_wbh_1.jpg] [image: 3ifa_wbh_2.jpg]

You can quite easily change the location of the sun by selecting the location tab in the Model info pallette under the window menu. see atttached just type in 180 in the box to rotate the sun through 180 degrees or as required. [image: 8Lae_NORTH.jpg]

There has been several discussions on this on the Thea forum http://www.thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20399#p20399. Apparently it is called letterboxing. There are a couple of code snippets in the above link that can be typed into the console. I know they work for the .skp files I use in for rendering in Thea, I think they may work for files created by another exporter as well, but it may take a ruby guru to verify this.

Are you sending mouse events to SketchUp? Or do you want to translate gestures into SketchUp commands? If the latter, then you might be able to use the Ruby API or the C++ SDK API?

Thanks Guy's I couldnt remeber what it was so I deleted all the related files which got rid of the error messages. Thanks for the link Cj, if I decided to use it I'll relosad it more carefully.

Hi folks. See this SU file for ideas. Spiral_handrail.skp

@magnato said: When I hide a subgroup in one scene and updating the scene, it is hidden in all scenes. Is there any way around it? Magnar I hope it is otherwise it sounds like a bug for me. Sketchup sometimes is really annoying, it doesn't work like it logically would have to.

Hi sheyue, That site needs one to be logged in to view whatever you link here from.

IGNORE WHAT FOLLOWS, I wrote it before I saw the light, and go to the bump which follows. **Thank you much, David. I meant to be clear that I think I understand well the scene manger's utility for storing all manner of settings, including axes, and for updating all or any one of them in bulk or individually. What I meant by a user being able to set a default custom axes is that one could set it and it would remain that way until manually changed (including through scenes). Fiddling with scenes would then not be required at all even if one's desired axes differed from SU's geo driven default. 'Multiple defaults' may be a poorly coined phrase, maybe stickily-definable is marginally better?? Anyway, I hope you understand me but I don't want to waste any more of anyone's time on this, even if I can't get any measure of concurrence, out of anyone. I'll be alright.**

@ross macintosh said: Hi Rudbeckia I rather like the FormFonts styles but being their creator I'm probably biased. I attach an example showing one of my favorites. It is known as the Fineline Ink Sketch style. Click on the image for a bigger version. Regards, Ross Thanks! Yes the styles on the site look great, doing some research for my company........do you have a student price for when I go back to school

@shura said: Hello Dave, Can you post a screenshot as an example? Maybe it's my english, but I don't fully understand your description. alex I've attached an example of a finished model. What I'm saying is after breaking up the road surface into smaller sections, sometimes when texturing the stripe is aligned to the curve, just as you see here, and in another, similar model, each section has the stripe aligned to the green axis. I was wondering (1) has anyone else noticed this and (2) does anyone know how to force the curve-alignment to happen? As far as my work procedure goes, I usually do a short follow-me from a master profile, texture and position just a few sections of the model, group them, and then copy, paste in place, and then rotate the group from the center point of the road radius, repeating as many times as I need to acheive the length I want. It works well enough. I'm just curious about why SU acts differently with the same sort of problem in different models. [image: 71eW_Clipboard11.jpg]

"Intersect with context" worked. Dont know why it worked and "intersect with mode" did not:?

@nics said: ok it works, my zoom was really high and my instance was out of my screen. Now I see the rotated ComponentInstance and the ComponentDefinition. I tried the remove the definition by doing defn.remove! but I have this exception : (eval):22:in `erase!': Cannot determine parent of entity getting better .. ill try to figure out how to delete thanks for all appreciated inst.erase! erases an instance. group.erase! erases a group. or to 'remove' a defn completely erase! all of it's entities inside a start_operation..commit..

And yes - you can upgrade your SU6 Pro to SU7 Pro for a discount: http://sketchup-store.sketchup.com/

I've never thought about doing the racing surface as a seperate component. I think I'll try that aproach for road courses now.

@jean lemire said: Hi Banaticus, hi folks. Yes, normally, you can use the Dimension Tool inside the group or component to add the diameter of the hole. If you would like this dimension entity to reside outside the group or component and be, instead, at the root of the model, you can try this: 1 - Open the group or component for editing, if not already opened; 2 - Select the dimension; 3 - Cut it (CTRL-x on PC, CMD-x on Mac); 4 - Close the group or component; 5 - Paste in place. Notice that this will break the association of the dimension with its related geometry. Any change made to the circle will not ne reflected on the dimension. Just ideas. jean, that is a seriously convoluted workaround. I dont use dims in su anymore, (except for my working drawings.) For anything that needs presentation, it's straight to 'layout' for moi. baz

@genma saotome said: @jaxcoffee said: Has anyone else used this type of resource to model from? It would be interesting to see if any history has been modeled from this type of information, don't you think? Modeling from Sanborn maps is pretty much what I do. I have a San Jose library card which gives me access to the California maps and at various times I've had access to NC, UT, MT, and NY maps as well. I've found that it helps a whole lot if the building is still extant and can be seen in birdeye's view in MS Bing. Sometimes Google street view is clear enough to also be useful but a lot of times the Bing images is good enough. Do you have any question's in particular? Thanks so much for your input Dave. I have sent a PM to you with a question. Thanks again.

Thanks, Jean, for the generous explication.

I think you need to be a LinkedIn member to see that discussion, and possibly even a member of that group withing LinkedIn. Moral of the story is, if there are any residential designers out there that would like to participate in the contest, I can give you more details, and put you in touch with the right people. Its a great contest, the show is nice, and the awards ceremony is great as well!

I must be going mad because I really thought I used to be able to do this. And I have not used anything other than SU6 & 7.