@Al Hart This is not about the mechanics but the role of advertising in relation to Google's stated philosophy and my own proposed method of working. This was discussed at some length in the topic around Solo's post but wandered off into usual wishlist stuff. My discovery of Google's Interior on line in my view reinforces what I wrote then and perhaps it is time to revisit the subject. All this has a bearing on the development of the technical aspects of Sketchup. Thanks

Yes, I saw your post in the plugin topic. Glad it works.

@anssi said: all the documentation should "automatically" update fwiw, this is exactly what Solidworks also does- but for engineering. Create an assembly, change something, then a huge box appears with a massive list of errors, and "you really didn't want to do that" pop-up windows!!

Thanks, ThomThom: Your reply is sufficient. I should have realized the materials thing being related to the default component geometry. (Apparently, all 3d programs insert a default object?) It seems that the validity check was automatic when there was a problem earlier on in my modeling "career". Not that it can't happen again, and again, and again.

Hi HL, Thanks for your response. Interesting plugins. The Smustard one looks promising, assuming that a jpeg at 2048 x 1307 px prints better at A4 than the equivalent view rendered in LayOut (Hybrid or Vector if possible) and then Exported to PDF. And that is my main question: jpeg export straight out of SU, or use LO and export to PDF... I suppose it depends on the final destination of the image (jpeg or PDF)...

You can also smooth the mesh surface first then drape the terrain shape on it triple click anywhere with the select tool double click in the middle with the Shift key pressed (to deselect the middle part) and hit the Delete button You can unsoften you mesh later - or leave it like that (you would probably soften it eventually anyway) as the other sandbox tools work on smooth surfaces, too - or you can display hidden geometry any time from the View menu.

In this case erase the from three edge and reverse the triangular face - done. No Move, no PushPull etc

Oh I'm too late. But here is the video I had made for something very similar previously, using the Shape Bender script. [flash=800,600:2ojyrnmr]http://www.youtube.com/v/tGHTIOMm_34&hd=1&fs=1[/flash:2ojyrnmr] Chris

Scott, have you already tried with Fredo's tools on surface plugin? It have a free hand tool in wich you can set the sensitivity (number of pixels, from 5 to 200, in length of a single segment) of your line.

Hi Wim, I guess there would not be any problem with translating them but of course it would show some courtesy to ask the authors first. I sent you a Private Message about this, check your inbox.

My suggestion would be dont worry about it.

Could you bring the text in as a texture (high res .jpeg) to a rectangle with hidden edges, then print?

I haven't personally used the slicer feature. My friend is basically done with the hull, from what I hear, but is looking to convert it to 3DS to get it into another program he's using. Ryan

Thanks Xrok1.

While other 3d modelling tools might support non-coplanar quads - SU does not. So in many cases it would be impossible to convert triangles to quads within Sketchup.

That's a slick animation. @tomot said: I would hope Verlux don't consider this as a do-it yourself-home-handy-man-project. I think they may be leaning that way though... Last pair I installed had instruction sheets with "Tools needed for this project..." on the front.

I arrived a little late to this thread: I notice the discussion has meandered, which is normal, in forums. For those reading this thread, I have already donated 2 Ruby scripts to this forum which I wrote: I didn't claim copyright nor did I obfuscate the code so others could not read it, and anyone is free to use the code and alter it. Window Tools: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=14394&p=109705&hilit=window+tools#p108868 Door Tool: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=14008&p=105538&hilit=doortools#p105538 My investigation into Ruby coding lead me to believe that it was impossible to cut an opening into a wall, because a SketchUp wall is not actually a wall, its only to planes separated by a given distance, with 4 more planes defining the thickness, unlike a real 3d object which would require a Boolean operation to cut holes into it, or Nurb objects. However my 2 ruby scripts will cut openings into walls as long as the user enters the wall thickness into the dialog box prior to cutting the holes. SketchUp is a surface modeling program NOT a solid modeling program like ArchiCad, Maya, XIS, Max, C4D, or Rhino. Its also one of the main problems facing developers trying to produce workable export plugins from SketchUp to other 3d platforms. I found schedules the 3rd item on the list, to which not much attention has been paid. When I was creating AutoCad window and Door schedules many years ago, I could get them to print out via an Excel spreadsheet. So they could be incorporated in 8.5x 11 format into the back of a specification manual(s) I had to create a Dialog box consisting of some 15 attribute tags that needed to by filled out before a door could be inserted onto a AutoCad drawing file. So whats wrong with that! Nothing except AutoCad would change its menu structure each year. And with each newer version, it became impossible to keep up making changes to the menu structure, and to incorporate those Attribute and Lisp coded functions. And it got even harder, for the Firm, after I left. I heard later that they were making schedules the old fashioned way, which was much faster in the long run. I've been there just like Atl-Arch describing his attempt to build a stone cap parapet. I recall Working with a $3000.00 program from AutoDesk called Architectural Desktop, which was supposed to be used to draw repetitive floor plans, except they forgot to include an actual floor in the program that you could insert and which had actual thickness. I hope Revit users wont go through the same dilemma, now that AutoDesk bought them. Regardless, I'm looking forward to the schedule, good luck, Al

To see a section slice in a model, just nudge it away from your section plane by .01 or .1 inches (depending on scale / units / etc.). Works great... TIG's tool sounds great - but I use the built in tool to create a group, nudge it into the part of the model that is showing. I'll often slide it over 1000" or some handy number, make it into a component, and then edit, fill in the solids with various colors, textures, etc. Then detail it in LayOut.

Just take the model you submitted last year - put a tree on the roof and some Arroway wood on doors of the car, and maybe it will win this year.

Thanks for the great little Tutorial Jean. BTW, I'm collecting them .... over 70 now on last count Mike