Select an instance of it and right-click, the context-menu item 'Save_As' then exports that component to a chosen location. A similar method is also available even if there are no instances - in the Component Browser hover over its icon in the Model pane and right-click again you have 'Save_As' again... To use that component in another model use File > Import, or if it's in a folder in you Components' paths then pick it from there in the Component Browser. Another way is to Edit > Copy an instance and then in the other model's window Edit > Paste [you choose the location] or Edit > Paste_in_Place to put it exactly where it was in the original model...

Thanks for the answer and sorry for my late one My first need is for a simple stucture let say a "corrugated" cardbord composition .

@unknownuser said: Extrude a selected profile along a path. This tool solves the twisting problem that occurs when using Sketchup's standard followme tool on a sloping path. @TIM You have also 1001bits (video of the tool) A damned good tools box for architects! or other artists

I'm guessing you are not using the latest V-Ray for Sketchup and the jpeg texture you try to render is an Image. (It says Image in the Entity Info window when you select it?) Before v1.48.66 of VfSU it did not render Image elements. You have the explode it. We have a V-Ray section here at the forum: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewforum.php?f=322 And please mention what version of VfSU when asking question as the answer often depends on this. Also: screenshots of your SU model and your test renders greatly help when answering. If you have a small test model then you can add that to the post as well.

zip it. works and saves diskspace and bandwidth

I always have appreciated the philosophy of Google and they have been good to make all kinds of useful information belong to people, not to corporates(in terms of their mission statement). I think they are making efforts to make the exclusive format of DWG more universal. This is just start. For those who want to make this world better, they need to participate and put up with the inconvenience along the necessary change. A corporate can easily dominate a market with their enormous money and sometimes the method that the company takes along their profit is not necessarily good for the majority of human kind. Once it happens, it is really hard to make it back. I believe Google is the one of those corporates with good will. I value their idea that they try to bring the result of one's effort back to the creator(3D model and its information to the creator in this case). There are many ways to work around; you can stick to the previous version, you can buy or download a DWG import/exporter ruby plugin, or just buy the Pro version. I have benefited from all the things Google provides for free. May be, this is one small thing that I can participate to support their philosophy, having patience and shifting from old habit to new one.

Thank you Tig. p

The only problem is that all the scenes will be updated with the layers you have selected/deselected and that is not the intention is it? So the problem remains I right?

Solo, here you go. thanks in advance. pillow.skp

There are exceptions and if an exception has its meaningful explanation, the students should understand and accept those exceptions. After the intersection and clean-up, you can safely scale the model back (like I did in the attached file). This won't contradict with the "general rule" either as you end up with a 1:1 scale model just have used a trick to come around an OpenGL limitation.

That's it. Thanks a ton Chris.

I had looked into it, but the materials used for 3D printing tended to be quite fragile/brittle, as far as I could tell. CNC milling from real materials (i.e. aluminium) seemed the way to go, although more expensive. I also couldn't find anyone capable of printing semi-flexible 3D models (i.e. hard rubber), instead of solid resin. Is this because it is impossible? Thanks for the help AJ

Red -- I've complained about this behaviour through the beta testing channels for a while now... they keep saying they've fixed it, but as you've noticed they've done anything but. Check out my posts and my YouTube channel (timdanaher) for examples...

nope, that was the floor plan r

i also use hidden lines as quick guides some times.

SU does not have UV mapping gizmos like other apps. If you apply a box UV map in Max, then when imported in SU the UV mapping will not behave the same as in Max when you change the mesh.

Or, you could use my Selection Toys plugin: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=14975 Personally I've assigned Ctrl+1 to select only Edges and Ctrl+2 to select only faces. Shortcuts I use all the time.

Thanks for the help. I got decent results by doing the whole dome and then erasing the half of it. And, with this Extrude Edges by Rail plugin it worked just perfect.

@unknownuser said: You have a scene that you like, and you wan to make another identical scene. So you activate the scene you like. Then you create a new scene. That is about as far as I undesrstood. But you're saying something about the new scene does not rememeber layer visibility correctly? How do you mean? The display is correct but is inconsistent with the layer manager settings: layers which are visible in the display are not checked in the manager. @unknownuser said: It will not let you turn check the layer visibility box? No problem with that, I just want the parent layer visibility settings to track to the new scene, as the display does correctly. As I said, I think the layers created 'hidden' are turned off but the display is not adjusted for that and there's the frass. @unknownuser said: Or it forgets what layers you have on or off? Yes, so to speak. It adjusts away from the parent settings but doesn't immediately update the display, and I'm flummoxed when it does that update subsequently. I just want it to stay true to the parent or at the very least display consistent with the settings.

That is very odd. I can't understand what a plugin would do to cause such behaviour...