Yea, I'm trying that in several different ways right now. Thanks for responding! Bob @srx said: They are not so smart You have to separate surface in several groups which does not break, and than use the tools.

Hey guys, thank you for your responses and ideas I guess this wont work for the intended use in the pipeline to 3DS Max.. First, thanks @Dave for clarifying the correct term, great I can get back to guide point as the proper term, just read "construction point" pretty often in SU context and therefor though it should be like this. Better to stick to guide points though I totally get the point that in a SU context there would be many workarounds - and using a component, e.g. a cross of lines with some "meta"information would be ideal and I would have done it that way. Wouldn't work in 3DS Max like this - and the programs that follow. I need to set up a certain hierachy in 3DS, linked to guide points. And I have to process a bunch of objects from the same file - ideally e.g. exporting FBX with autmatic naming of the linked elements based on the guide points name. Thats why I was asking for guide point naming informations in SU.. And actually in 3DS all guide points come in in a numerical order, which makes it hard to identify the correct relating guide points. If I'd use components in SU I maybe could realign guide points in 3DS to those components - but then I'm left with the same: guide points in a numerical order without any name.. Maybe some scripting could help but this is beyond my knowledge, sadly. So I guess I have to stick with whats given and resort / rename the SU guide points in 3DS as I did it now. But dont you know of any option to change the viewport representation of guide points in SU, to eg. make them larger? As I need to keep going with the SU guide points workflow this would make the working with them a bit easier. Just a rough guess: Maybe I could nest a single guide point in a group and name that group - MAYBE that could be used for carrying over some information - but I guess it's not helping as guide points come in loose, no matter if they are inside a group/component or not.. At least through the native .skp file import in 3DS. Maybe any other ideas? Best, Niko EDIT Ah, shoot, putting a single guide point a group won't work.. If I have eg two lines in a group (+ a guide point, guidepoint + one single line won't work) - as soon as I delete the lines the group disappears, and so does the guide point.. EDITEDIT It DOES work indeed.. The guide point disappeared as it was somehow connected to the line I drew from it. Putting all objects a bit to the side and adding another guide point at the worlds origin worked. Dont know if this helps me in 3DS - but its something.

Prior to SU2017 they used the browser supplied by the operating system so it's always been important to keep the OS-supplied browser up to date. That gets to be a problem when the OS is out of date and not getting supported anymore.

I save the file using the reverse date as a prefix to the file name. Eg, 181024 House1.skp, 181025 House1.skp. Easy Peesy.

If you close the curve around the lake so it is almost offset of it, and than move the lake, I guess it will be ok. You could start with offseting the lake to have a guide.

I'd like that.

Try editing the style and reducing the opacity of the watercolor overlay in the Watermark settings. [image: L7nm_Screenshot-10_16_20189_48_47PM.png]

Could it be the scale as well? There are a few plugins that can scale the definition of a component. I use it for imported objects that are the wrong scale. Search for scale definition.

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gilles, if you traced one of the existing edges at the base of the pyramid instead of drawing the diagonal, you'd still get the face on the bottom but you could eliminate the step of erasing the unneeded diagonal line. [image: ov7d_pyramid.gif] Might need to click on the picture.

have found the topic "Rename Materials" and the posts there the problem was mentioned in 2013: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=47234&p=482611&hilit=rename+materials#p498542

We've been trying to get 3DConnexion to acknowledge and fix this issue for years, but so far no luck! It doesn't happen to everyone and doesn't happen every time. There's been a topic on the Trimble SketchUp forum where simoncbevans found that if he disabled the MacOS firewall while installing the driver and then turned it back on afterward that his device started to behave. I tried that, and for me the results are still erratic: many times SketchUp will work just fine, and then suddenly for no obvious reason the memory blows up again.

@pixero said: In Max I convert all materials to standard materials and export as obj then I use SIM lab to save it as skp. I think I get components through ok that way. At least I havent noticed anything but it was some time since I converted anything so I might be wrong. Hi Pixero! Yes I convert all materials to standard materials too. And now I tried converting OBJ format to skp in simlab composer. it did a good job and everything is fine! all instances are components in Sketchup format. Thanks for the pro tips!

@juju said: ... however, was that not discontinued and replaced with a commercial extension? you were right Juju https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=53065&hilit=Renderiza#p630707

TRANFERT ANSWER FROM MSI COMPUTER ASSISTANCE Pour le problème mentionné avec le log (erreurs RAM et Graphic Cards), SketchUp se baserait sur les informations fournies par Winbdows. Il peut arriver que Windows indique de mauvaises informations, ce qui causerait cette erreurs. Pour le problème de lenteur, il est possible que le logiciel tourne sur la carte graphique Intel, ce qui causerait ce problème. Essayez de faire une réinstallation complète des pilotes graphiques. Pour cela, téléchargez le logiciel ci-dessous : https://www.wagnardsoft.com/DDU/download/DDU v17.0.8.6.exe Une fois le logiciel lancé, dans "Option de démarrage", sélectionnez "Mode sans échec", puis cliquez sur "Redémarrer en mode sans échec". L'ordinateur redémarrera et une fenêtre s'ouvrira pour DDU, cliquez sur "Nettoyer et redémarrer" Refaites ensuite la même manipulation, mais en sélectionnant cette fois "Intel" dans le menu "Selection du pilote Graphique". Installez ensuite les pilotes Intel, puis Nvidia disponibles via les liens ci-dessous : http://download.msi.com/nb_drivers/vga/VGA_vga_win64_22.20.16.4708_0x09f3b5ab.zip => Intel http://download.msi.com/nb_drivers/vga/VGA_vga_Win10_x64_HDA(382.05-1021493-01_22.21.13.8205_0x7886bd5c.zip => Nvidia Lors de l'installation des pilotes Nvidia, cliquez sur "Installation personnalisée" et veillez a bien cocher la case "Faire une nouvelle installation". ​Cordialement,

Hi guys, sorry I haven't replied yet, I've had no internet all weekend. I have cleaned up the model and uploaded it as SU version 8 farmhouse chair for SU8 plus.skp

Ahh! Perfect! Many thanks for that! You’ve saved me hours of searching and trying to figure it out on my own! I appreciate your reply a lot. Mark

... the use of Skatter is ideal to combine your desired randomness with a grid

@slbaumgartner said: @m_mortenttt said: with command "qlmanage -m plugins | grep skp" or "qlmanage -m plugins | grep Sketch" not reset icon to show quicklook. Just with command "qlmanage -r" can reset and show correctly quicklook, but it's for a moment. It's ok. Thanks for try to help I hope someone else can help me, or new MacOS Mojave can fix the problem. Thanks No, those commands won't fix or reset anything, they can just help diagnose what is going on. Yes, and I have updated the MacOS to Mojave but still does not solve the problem

Hi Liam Yes, SketchUp Make is is still available, but only up to version 2017 Make. https://www.sketchup.com/de/download/all#de [image: W6VW_AllDownloads_SketchUp.jpg]