Sketchup 2015 orange north line

jamesmentzos · 14 Apr 2015, 20:06

Hi there everyone,
I'm looking everywhere and cannot find the answer.
I am using sketchup pro 2015 on a mac, and cannot for the life of me figure out how to hide the big orange line represented North.
I don't need it, i want it off.
Please somebody help me!
Thank you

cotty · 14 Apr 2015, 20:09

Make sure the "Solar North " toolbar is visible and deactivate the visibility.

jamesmentzos · 14 Apr 2015, 20:48

I don't see the Solar North toolbar anywhere

cotty · 14 Apr 2015, 20:52

I thought as an advanced SU user you should be able to find a toolbar

Is it listed here: window -> preferences -> extensions?

jamesmentzos · 14 Apr 2015, 20:58

Hmm yes you'd definitely think as an advanced SU user I would be able to, but here we are...
It is not in preferences-extensions either.
Looking online i see that Solar North is a plug-in, a plug-in that I never installed, and also is not appearing in my plug-ins manager.

cotty · 14 Apr 2015, 21:02

And if you install it, can you change the orange line? Is it in all your new model? If so, it might be saved with a template file? Did you try to use another template?

driven · 14 Apr 2015, 23:00

I vaguely recall at least two plugins that also add Solar North, I think Jim had one and possibly Skelion...

what plugins do you have?

john

Dave R · 15 Apr 2015, 00:27

At some point in the past when the SketchUp team was preparing one of the version, the decision was made to not include it in the SketchUp package because there are a large number of users who don't need it. At that point it became a plugin that you would have to install if you want it. It is freely available in the Extension Warehouse and can be auto-installed from there.

hellnbak · 18 Apr 2015, 08:25

I had the same problem, drove me nuts!
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=60506%26amp;p=553303%26amp;hilit=orange+line#p553303