The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL has modelled London for precisely that purpose. Google wanted to incorporate it in GE, but Ordnance Survey, he say "No!" Crown Copyright and all that. Don't you just love freedom of information in dear old Blighty? I believe CASA have small chunks of it on their blog site.

Nice idea, but I think the idea of requesting specific models doesn't play too well with sites offering free, unsolicited material. The reason why there are maybe 201 variants of a Murcielago on the 3DW is probably because they are all different mods of the same ripped-off commercial model by Dosch, or whatever....mostly done by teenagers who couldn't produce an original model to order if their life depended on it. There's obvious advantages in the model challenges, as Pete points out, but I find it hard to imagine a dedicated bunch of specialists churning out free model requests just for the kudos. A request means working to a brief; and most of us have enough of that at work...we prefer to fly our own kite in our free time. FormFonts will model to order...you can request a specific item of furniture, or species of tree, or person engaged in a particular activity. Up to a point you get it "free" as part of the subscription, but that's the point; it will cost you the price of a subscription. People here at SCF do occasionally oblige with a plea for a specific model, but I don't see it ever becoming more than an ad hoc thing...that would smack too much of the work treadmill.

thanks. here i tweacked the edges a bit. [image: AXXc_Capture1.JPG]

ohh! and especially this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23616&hilit=stringer

thank you for the your help. I solved the problem with a bump map.

I did this Roger Seller Tub a few weeks ago for Gary. It might work for you. The model is on the post below this one. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=224096#p224096

Thanks Richard, I will investigate both the book and your workflow suggestions. Appreciate your help. I hope to post the outcome (if the client and my boss agree).

Thanks don I'll have a look.

Thanks for that suggestion but the question was answered a long time ago.

You want soil or rock? Just photograph the cut where a local road passed through a hill rather than going around it. I would send one. But things here are rocky as the surface of the moon.

@chris fullmer said: A beech hedge? Aren't beeches large trees? That must be some massive hedge! If you're trimming a beech hedge, it won't become a large tree... It's almost like a Bonzai tree... [image: SqP2_beech-hedge.jpg]

I have a couple of low res ones from 200-500 pixels high I use for Piranesi. Happy to zip and mail - pm me Andre

Like the attached file? Are other menu items grayed out as well? Coved Board.skp

Many thanks,,,,,these are usable

Thank you so much for your help! You all saved me a big headache

Dave R did a little tutorial here. Check the first post to download his excellent style. modelhead did a brilliant one here or use advanced search.... [image: z5CR_SearchOptions.png]

Dave, thats pretty much what I've been doing up till now, but the textures seem to come out a little greyed and aliased. Well I just quickly took some Cad hatches, and png'd them and added them as sketchy textures. They will take a little work to clean up and find or draw the right ones but it will work. I'll post the results in skp format when I get the time to work on it more. Here are some examples. [image: 2VmD_Picture133.jpg]

I would suggest this. It is one of the best scripts I use. http://www.smustard.com/script/ProfileBuilder Scott

Glad I could help. Scott

Thank you. That resolution will work great, and the mapping is perfect.