@dave r said: EDson, I just tried intersecting contours with the sides of a box like you showed in the beginning. I selected the contours and the box and then used Intersect>Intersect Selected. For the example, I had no groups or components. If your contours are inside either a group or component, put the box inside with the contours before doing the intersect. strange, because this exactly what i did (or al least I think i did). perhaps one of the two elements was still a group. thanks anyway.

Can you post an image?

There are some specific programs to do that. Probably you are on PC and I'm mac user but specially many photo-stitching softwares have the hability to correct linear and non linear perspectives automatically. The Photoshop method described above is OK too but with a little more of hand work. You can take a look at some topographic GIS software too. There are a lot of open source programs to make orthographical corrections to aerial photos and perspectives that needs to play with earth curvature and camera views like you described so may be capable to transform cilindrical distortions. In fact, Google needs this kind of programs to construct most of their 3d maps. If you will need to replicate this process many times I think it could be a good solution as you can even process many buildings at the same time.

The image I posted was a JPG export. I didn't have the plugin here on my computer at work so I redownloaded it and installed it a minute or two before making that image. If you get the Smustard toolbar, you should be able to update the plugin after clicking on My Smustard. Dave

Thanks Al, @unknownuser said: The new URL works fine Also, after emptying the cache, the old URL works fine too Ditto for me. Both URLs working fine at this point. August

Yes, this "when and where" to use SU work flow is the issue. I am assuming that these drawings were NOT done in SU/LO if so, this is what I would like to emulate, and do the detail key numbers "limk" to other locations on the model? aloha red

my workflow : Import cad lines to adobe illustrator ... then select all, object/ paths/ simplify ... play with settings Export to dxf/dwg from adobe illustrator open the new cad file in autocad ... check the scale as it will probably open up in different units, or if you know a particular dimension then you can just scale them once inside sketchup with the tape measure tool

Never though of that, thank you very much Pixero,

PERFECT!!!! Thanks Massimo

@nohd said: too bad i only use PlugIns that are free to download. ah, private use. btw, which plug-in? N.

Thanks! this helps a lot. but how would you made the bevel wheel?

Awesome. I knew there was an easy solution. Thanks for the help.

After setting up the renderer, save your sU file, RESTART your computer, open up the file then start rendering, youl see how fast its change....

Rabbit, Thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a try, if they accept my app. aloha red

THANK ALL GUY I have see Mike CLICK CLICK the mouse key when the wireframe will show on~ The time range in video at 02:40-02:55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtZWQrimV0

Thanks baz - I think somewhere in that long thread is the answer I'm looking for, and this is my starting point (I'm quoting from the thread) - "while on the subject of helping out vray, vray SR1 creates vray materials of all materials in the scene even the materials on lines (multi-coloured from CAD imports) could there also be a script to remove all materials from lines? that way vray wouldnt create any unnecessary materials" Only after reading that comment did I realize that the two offending lines only exist in the original CAD file.

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Thanks guys! Superstars as always Puck

Can we see it?

THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SUBMIT SUCH GOOD ANSWERS..(Sorry didn't know caps key was on..I never look at the screen as I type...) 0