Gene, I dealt with part of your question towards the end of this thread. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=5929 I have attached a quick example here, in which I have used the standard cherry wood material from SU itself. Rather than messing around with the material control handles...which can be a little messy if you have many orientations of the material to deal with...I simply painted it onto one surface (in order to load it onto the In Model collection) I then right-clicked the swatch in the In Model browser and exported the material as a jpg to my desktop. Obviously, you don't need to do this if you already have a bunch of wood textures as a starting point. I then imported the image (as an image, not a texture), stretched it to a good-looking size, then duplicated it and rotated it to all the different angles I needed. I then selected all these and exploded them. All you then have to do is sample the appropriate one (Paint Tool + Alt) then paint it onto your panel. I have left hidden geometry showing in order to demonstrate that you can use lines, then hide them, in order to separate different angles of grain on the same flat surface. (Not so much for your benefit as for any passing complete beginner.) You can achieve the same result by right-clicking any texture and choosing Texture > Position...I just find this way faster and more convenient. panels.skp [image: TWO1_panels.jpg]

It's been said... You can't edit the SUp base materials in the browser. BUT you CAN edit the model's materials (see 'little house' button in browser). IF you have made a material in a model that you want to be accessible to any future models - via the 'base set' - then do a "Save_As" of this new material (in the model's material browser window select it and right-click to get a context menu...). Put it with only similar materials in your Materials folder structure... New models get access to it...

This one zooms in much better and doesn't clip the 20' [image: Etm1_pdf3.jpg] @alpro said: Using Anssis suggestion produced a much better result. Mike

Hey Craig, Sounds like an amazing job opportunity -- I am VERY interested! I tossed my resume on the pile as well... looking forward to hearing back/getting some more info.

Hmmm... Interesting that my Firefox ad blocker does not block ads on the Custom search page. Maybe Google has found a way to beat the ad blocker?

Regarding using Lisp in LT, there is a great software at a very low price. It is LT Extender. Please look at this: http://www.lt-extender.com/LT-Extender/englisch/default.htm With best regards PRSS

I wonder if my problem started after I applied texture to the model. Because without textures the file was around 1-2MB. (I used lots of components.) And I've ensured that every component is clean and free of unneeded geometry. And so far I've only used one component that I didn't make myself and that was a tree from the SU download area. However, with the textures the model is now up to 14MB. I model without the textures visible, but maybe they are still causing trouble... Problem is that I can't just copy my model into a new file because I'm using V-Ray and all the materals will be lost if I do so...

here the tuts jons talking about: part 1: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=723 part 2: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=752

I updated Windows then the driver was updated sucessfully. It was fixed.

No, This is what I'm getting at... I had to revise a part of the master plan and in doing so lost some faces i.e. the parking lot and roads. When using makefaces it closed faces but made coplanar faces in some areas. I'm finding myself tracing the thing all over again which works sometimes but not all_trial and error. [image: Ix6Q_75185_swic_masterplan.jpg]

It's Christmas every days Thx again Didier PS there is not a function for erase an url : Set/Edit, Get, Open But sure you can erase the object

Gene, I just posted a link to the beginning of a tut over at JLC. This will be for a draped hip roof though and not for a dutch hip. Here it is on yousendit.com http://tinyurl.com/22gnqm

I hadn't noticed before, but it seems to be true. The reason seems to be in the way the offset function works. Arcs are just open curves with all the segments the same length, and with all the vertices being on the same arc. When you offset it, this no longer applies. The offset command makes the end segments relatively shorter, and a line drawn between the endpoint of the original and offsetted curve is at 90 degrees to the first segments, and does not cross the centerpont of the original arc. It is more noticeable if you make an arc of very few segments. Anssi

@unknownuser said: Hi Edson, Thank you for your note. Based on your description it sounds like you may be encountering the "License Limit Exceeded" message. Please be aware that this is a known issue with the Leopard operating system, and we're currently working to resolve it. If you are receiving this message while using Leopard, we suggest upgrading to the recently released OS 10.5.2 If this doesn't resolve your issue, or you're not running Leopard, we suggest disconnecting from the internet. Please disable any wired or wireless internet connection, restart your computer, then attempt to authorize again. Thanks again for taking the time to write. Regards, The Google Team this is the answer i got from google help. they were quite fast and helpful. i am quoting their reply here in the hope it can help other people. i do hope they do not mind. well, i did as suggested: disconnected my mac and the dreaded message stopped. let's see what happens tomorrow. will this fix it for good or will i have to disconnect every time i launch SUp? P.S.: anssi, i had already done what you suggested. as you can see, it is a bug.

thank you all. now i can see possible uses for the color by layer setup.

And that's a great scipt, too. See the thread about it to get more ideas (like it remembers a selection set in a group that you have closed since the selection etc.)

Actually, Remus, with AA on at anything much above screen resolution you won't get anything at all...it'll crash the program. I ALWAYS have AA switched off. If I need that extra quality, I export big and resize in Photoshop. The answer to the original question is yes, people have exported stuff from SU that's fit to go on a billboard. Use Tiff or png...they use lossless compression...jpegs don't. Actually, SU will export a tiff completely uncompressed...and it will be HUGE. You need to open it in Photoshop or something then resave it using LZW compression to bring it down to something reasonable. If you do decide to use a jpg, make sure that the quality slider is at about 90%. You'll get some artifacting but it ought to be acceptable.

I model in perspective, with textures turned on. Occassionally I will temporarily switch to ortho mode or x-ray when selecting, but always revert back to perspective.

Thanks Nick. Something like that happened quite a bit when I moved my lap top between office and home, but was suprised when it happened on my office desk top which Is always in two screen mode. Some how I managed to move the component screen off the edge of the world!

well i guess it must be late. i just re-read your post and you were talking about "Artstudio Pro" not the "Virtual Painter" program. oooooops. i just downloaded the trial version of "Artstudio Pro" and it looks pretty good - more in line with Mike Lucy's "PhotoArtMaster" recommendation (a lot more artistic control). looks promising - i'll have to play with it more tomorrow. jb the big swooooosh looking thing is the program's trial version watermark [image: 0Sut_table2copy.JPG]