Copying the project into a new one help a lot, thanks.

@joe wood said: Pretty neat little pad Baz, did you laminate those two handrails to get the curve in them? Yes and the rafters.

Thanks is for the reply. I tried doing that but the closed geometry wont follow the contour of the bend.

Not really topic specific but the latest Xfrog related post I could find so thought I'd touch base with this one. I've just started using Xfrog to make some custom trees. But, I'm having issues exporting them as .obj format to import into S.U. (Pro 2019). Some of my models import with the tiff textures OK, but others don't. On some, the image textures (tiffs) don't import, but get swapped out for default Xfrog textures (colors only), and on others, they come in as one sided only, which is not very useful, esp. on the leaf textures, as there are a lot of those to fix and the normal directions are all over the shop. I've also tried importing into Blender & same issue seem to occur. I'm not sure if it's the way the trees are structured in the Hierarchy and if some Xfrog components cause issues with exporting or not. Because I've had some import into S.U. OK, I'm pretty sure it must have something to do with how there made in Xfrog. I'm trying to work it out by trial & error but hoping someone else can shed some light on the topic. I haven't had much luck finding support resources for Xfrog, esp. in re: to S.U., so hoping this forum might be some help. And if anyone has any other tips on using Xfrog that they wish to share, that would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

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Thank you, Box. That sounds like a great plan. I appreciate the help!

Yes, je pense que c'est une histoire de logiciel, de ce que j'ai lu les animations plus poussées graphiquement se font avec 3DS Max, Rhino, Revit etc...

Much Thanks, Had to google translate. Marc

Thanks Pilou. Just reached out to him.

I think you'll find it difficult to do in SketchUp. I'll wish you success, though.

Your web-browser has many settings/options. For each file-type download made through your web-browser you can/must set an action... So for example, for a PDF file you might specify to always open it with the associated PDF-app... For a SKP file you might specify to either open if [with SketchUp using a Temp-file download] or to Save it directly to your computer - with no 'open'... For an RBZ [which is an extension archive] you should always have it set to Save... and nothing more... For the Saving location you can specify [say] to use your 'Downloads' folder, or 'Ask for location' each time... It sounds like your browser-settings have RBZ associated with SketchUp [incorrectly] and so it tries to open it after it is downloaded, and thereby breaks SketchUp doing. You need to Save it, and then use the built-in SketchUp > Extension-Manager to 'Install' the RBZ for you... So change your web-browser's settings/options to save the RBZ, NOT to open it... Then retry getting an RBZ downloaded... and then installed...

@robbitybobbityboo said: Any advice on a plugin that will create a clean outline of the projection of a shape onto a plane? Thanks. R. You may want to try FredoPortrait Here is the video https://youtu.be/6ulctxvENSI The approach is slightly different from a projection or flattening, since it takes the picture of the model (which is 2D) and create the silhouette out of it. I don't know if your model would work but it may be worth trying. Fredo

It's easy enough to post-process the image... Give the model a simple pure-white background. Export the PNG... In Photoshop / Gimp [or similar image-editor] choose the magic-wand tool and click any white pixel in the model's image to select all similar pixels. Hit delete and they are all gone. Repeat this with the background as necessary - e.g. if that's considered different color pixel-wise... Save changes - you should now have a transparent PNG with black line-work...

Maybe worth mentioning that if you run a program as admin, it won't see drives you mapped as your user.

Look forward to see what you come up with. Also curious if it is possible to implement Mantaflow snide of Sketchup.

It could be that your laptop isn't up to the task of handling the file. As I wrote before, "Not responding" means SketchUp is trying to process something in the model file and it is taking time, most likely because of the CPU but there could be other bottlenecks in the processing. Maybe it's time for a new computer. Maybe it's also time to upgrade SketchUp. Since 2016 there has been a fair amount of performance optimization changes that make handling large files easier and faster.

It's quite a common problem, usually caused by Windows pushing bad Graphic card drivers. First thing to try is to download the most recent driver for your graphic card from the card manufacturer. Do not trust windows to tell you it is up to date.

I don't see any image but what you describe is indicative of incorrect axis orientation. Change the axis orientation so the red/green plane is parallel to the gluing face on the component.

Writing script is way above my paygrade, as was your explanation. Thanks for trying to help. I'm just a bit thicker than that. @pcmoor said: Copying groups with attributes creates groups that are connected, you would need to make them unique via a script [attachment=0:2tp8ykp5]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.JPG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2tp8ykp5] It may be best to make components, then right click make unique, you could experiment with reset scale or scale definition, which ever is best suited for the situation.

Steven, you do realize this thread is more than 10 years old and the OP's last visit here was in 2014, right?