Set it to a key command and toggle on and off.

@box said: Or wearing the hair on your tongue.

Thanks, Box. That's a good way to do it for my purposes. I'm trying to decide on finishes for the range wall in my kitchen (or to let my wife help!). It is helpful to have reasonably realistic representations of the items on the wall to get a better feel for how things hang together. But super-detailed geometry for a close-up is not needed. OTOH, I was very glad to learn the other ways to model this as well, to improve my general knowledge!

@galiaf, youve dredged up an ancient thread. Curiously no one has addressed Gaeius's question. If right click is used for Orbit, how does one acess the Context menu?

@hornoxx said: ... a probably more stupid question: if you turn on "hidden geometry" and all layers visible, then copy-paste in place the desired model content into a new empty SkUp-template, does the same happen then? Hang on...The problem apparentlydisappeared since I did just THAT! And not just the model in the new template worked like a charm but also the original. Even more punishing old models (which were a total mess last time) displayed flawlessly with Hardware Acceleration on. Wtf? But sadly the artifacts came back after a while, as I was expecting (even if I was about to post a celebratory reply). And if all this wasn´t confusing enough, a bit later the line/band-shaped artifacts changed to some kind of shader thing on the non-textured model surfaces, apparently. [image: ISO11.jpg] And then it got back to the original artifacts. At this point, I am about to give up and look for a cheap graphics card which just does the job, or else I´ll get mad about it. Something along the lines of GeForce GT 1030 at 70 euros would be a hugeupgrade from this pretty weak old Quadro (which already did the job ok for some modeling in this secondary computer in the other hand, so I could go even cheaper). I should try updating to 64 bits also, but I am not sure if I will manage with this processor. So I guess I am moving on, but still curious...Thanks for the replies anyway!

If you speak about these base volumes...file linked : here for 2016 Make not tested for 2017 Make... sorry in French Box, Cylinder, Cone, Donuts, Tube, Prism, Pyramid, Dome, Sphere, Helix [image: BLmI_base_volume.jpg] sushapes.zip

Thank you again. As per your suggestion (as my Downloads Folder is empty), I downloaded the SU2019 Installer (to my Desktop), ran the Repair function as Administrator, then rebooted, arranged Tool Bars, inserted a simple model. I then saved as a template and opened another instance of SU. This did not remedy the problem. Shall I try uninstalling, then reinstalling SU as Administrator?

@freebs said: Do I have the video for you. This guy - "Winning with Sketchup" - is by far the best sketchup-in-the-real-world teacher I've found on the net to date. He's clear, succint and shows you which plugins he uses. Most are those we already have, but used well as part of an excellent workflow. He's a pro that actually uses Sketchup. This helped me do almost exactly what you're trying for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4tGgOFQJQ&t=602s Also see these ones (2-part series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjVrL0oetQ&t=330s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T6xe3z0SEo Cheers, Brett. Thanks for the links! That's exactly SSB video I was thinking of!

With the method of the Extrude Tools By Tig Bezier Splines Trick is drawing curves on a rectangular surface (here the image) or a simple rectangle then erase the unwanted...or like follow a Copy / Move! you can use only 3 curves (so make 2 clicks on the second curve - here it's 4 curves) Extrude Tools [image: VCf2_extruc.jpg] https://youtu.be/0lmLHyhTIBM

@george said: Before setting up your scenes... Window > Model Info > Animation > Disable Scene Transitions. Each scene will then retain its individual North setting... sorry George - somehow I missed your so helpful contribution - thanks for that and yes, that's exactly how it finally works now Thanks to all again and hopefully I'll really remember it this time

Sorry mate, I just wonder what the point of duplicating all my files is all about. This has only happened in 2019 and only really since the .3 edition, nothing like this before and I do not appreciate the mucking about. The idea of putting the files on drive 'D' is to save memory on drive 'C', it is an internal hdd direct to the mother board. BTW, the answer is no. Having moved my files to the 'C' drive I still cannot import SKP. I think I must be getting two tuesday's this week. I hope only two anyway.

No. SketchUp does not have an automation interface on Mac or on Windows. The nearest thing is an external utility that simulates keypresses, but that isn't really what you want.

Hello, It's an old post but as i've the same question than Tommyg101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNdn1EzzIUA does anybody know of anything similar ? Thanks

The source for the terrain and imagery is not free since Google took their toys and went home. Now that it is a premium service and hobbyists using SketchUp Make, such as yourself, aren't paying for it, they don't get access to that data.

@mtno said: :ecstatic: Did I miss SU 2020? Most users ever online was 1859 on Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:53 pm Based on your profile, you missed SU2019, too. You ought to hang around here more often.

I have no advice to offer but I wish you well. I hope you find something that works for you.

From Google Translate: @unknownuser said: Please tell me which plug-in is needed to calculate the materials of the ventilated facade? Please provide more specific information. Upload your SketchUp model file or at least an image showing what you are trying to do. Which version of SketchUp are you using? Your profile says you are using 2018 Free/Make but there is no such version. The correct information will help us help you.

This did not work to me. Tried everything, I can't get two toolbars to stick where the hell I put them.......

Thanks, glad to help

A Group of entities can have the same 'Instance' name as any other group of (different) entities. The Group instance name will not be unique unlike a Component. You can name your new spline instance with the same name as the original. Place the new version where you want and just delete the old one. That would be my take if you only need to replace a few instances. Not sure if there would be any other way to do it other than the Component option but of course that would not allow unique numbering/naming. Hope I have interpreted your query correctly, I so often don't!