@mikar said: Great tips (an so much effort put into explaining)! Thank you all very much! @joe wood said: Thanks Dave! I never knew you could r click again and choose 90*! That'll be very handy! = again a D'oh!- moment for me and I join in these thanks

It's good practice to save & send .skp using some older version, even SU8. Online SU: Hnggggh. Cannot open.

Thanks so much Box, very helpful! This will help me with a bunch of stuff!

This section is very complex. Is there an object or picture you have sampled for drawing this section? Rather than correcting this model, it will be easier to redraw. However, it must be ensured that each piece is solid when redrawn. [image: TN56_1.JPG]

Thanks! I'll give it a shot and see how it works. Best, Chris

Well finally got around to getting the Vive setup. Steam was a bit of a PIA, wouldn't connect to the server from the Vive setup, had to go to Steam, download and install from there which took 3 times for some reason, all in all bout 2 hr setup from mounting the base stations, to installing software, creating Vive and Steam accounts, and going through the setup. As a side note took about an hour to get Sketchup setup on the new rig, why after all these years can't I export a customization file from sketchup and import into a new install? Such a pain setting toolbars up. Oh well tomorrow I'll get Enscape up and running.

Another easy free realtime render : SimLab Composer Lite! (max 1920 * 1080)

This is a great plugin to create terrain in SketchUp. https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=52039

Thanks, Rich.

crashes at startup are typically related to the following 3 reasons: 1.) Win: faulty OpenGL support of used graphics card driver 2.) incompatible or faulty extensions/plugins 3.) Win: faulty program installation to fix: 1.) Win: update to latest version 1.) Win: ensure that SU is running on a dedicated graphics card (preferrably a nVidia GeForce) if available instead of an integrated graphics sub-system as e.g. the intel HD: "nVidia Control Panel > 3D Settings > SketchUp...") 2.) disable Ruby extensions/scripts by adding the following parameter to the SU command line: - Win: "...\SketchUp.exe /DisableRubyAPI" - Mac: "...\SketchUp.exe -DisableRubyAPI YES" 3.) Win: install by: "right-click > Run as Administrator" 3.) Win: ensure that the required SU prerequisites (= MS runtime libraries) are fully installed resp. download and install them manually

Open a new file, import the component then open the Outliner it should be there as far as it is not raw geometry.

If you are using very large textures these might help: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=281153#p281153 https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=40720

Ok, I fixed it and did what I wanted to do (more or less), thanks again.

On a PC the model's backup files [named xxx.SKB], and on MAC [named xxx~.SKP] are saved with the model's xxx.SKP file. The model's Auto-Save files usually get put into a default location... This is set on a PC in: Preferences > File > Models - its default is ../Documents/ On a MAC it is always saved in your: User > Library > Application Support > SketchUp NNNN > SketchUp > Autosave ...folder Named as AutoSave_xxx.SKP ?

@pilou said: Else Work Plane by TIG Thank you for responding. Fortunately my problem was only that I had "view guides" unchecked.

Thanks Dave R. Now that you mentioned it, it could be an outdated extension. I been meaning to do some cleaning in that area. I will start there and see if the crashes stop.

@juju said: @hellnbak said: I've got everything almost ready to install a new C drive (Samsung 850 Pro, my SSD of choice), I'll tackle that this afternoon. Good choice on the SSD! Please tell me it is the PCIE version and not the SATA version, it's much quicker. No, I'm just sticking with the SATA version. Yes, the PCIE is much faster, but it's speed that I don't really need. I do no gaming or anything like that. Just old-fart stuff

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