@bruell said: Awwwsome, ... thanks allot.... Glad I could help

I've had this before where a perfectly good looking view is subsequently rendered buggy by the addition of geometry to the model that should otherwise not cause shadow problems. Have you tried cutting a section plane in front the visible objects but behind the "camera" to essentially eliminate anything behind the camera casting a shadow on the camera.

I have to agree with Remus here. Adding too much drives up complexity and in the end costs. I just think there are some major "misses" from making Sketchup a real hit....UV tools and the shadow bug are the 2 biggest for me.

Hi, Select the section plane, right-click and from the pop-up, choose "Create Group from Slice". De-activate the Section Plane (from the same pop-up), select the group you've just created and explode it... Now, you can get rid, by deleting, the portion you do not want... I hope this helps. Cheers, Diego -

Yikes , I had forgotten all about this! Ti's been a year or so since I was @ sketchUcation. Wow. @thomthom said: Thanks guys. I plan to restart the series myself. angusog; do you have the notes in digital form? Okay, I have a lot of his books in digital format, so I'll try to locate the description and post it here. and figure out what part i can model.. cheers, flyashy

So sorry, James, I wanted to come back to thank you for your answer. Instead, I went straight over to SU to try it out, and you were entirely correct and I was able to make my sloped site, of course, but instead of thanking you I did the work and haven't come up for air until now. I swear, I start playing with SU from the moment I get up, and I fall asleep next to it on the couch. I'm an addict. And that's the only excuse I can offer for my apparent lack of social skills. I do THANK YOU, however! Learning new stuff all the time! Woohoo! Gigi

Yup,I saw your post - commented there. Keep up with this useful but fun stuff!

@wo3dan said: Tonto, Your question reminds me of this thread (jan2008): http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=6890&p=44775&hilit=+wo3dan#p44775 Maybe it will help you in any way. Wo3Dan Thanks for that.

Guys I swear I would tell (and / or fix) if I knew. I have never had any similar problems with the board so cannot even "try" what it is like.

Thanks i will try that!

thanks for the thread. I will try plugin

I think so. The problem occurs in 2 situations. One is a totally opaque round tube. The other is on 3d cars which I've "painted" w/ a translucent white so they're sort of ghosty. I believe the cars do, indeed, have the white color on both sides of each face. I'll keep that in mind though to double check. -Brodie

Thanks, I got it done, will now start working on the legs..I would post a screenshot but its too big to post...

HI ANSSI JUST REACHING OUT HERE...I CANT'MAKE MY ACTIVATION CODE WORK AFTER INSTALLING SKETCHUP5 ON A NEW HARD DRIVE. WHO CAN I CONTACT??? THANK YOU PETER

@dolphus said: Now i can do it I still get it wrong, if I am posting an image I ALWAYS use the preview.

In the meanwhile, Jakob (Plot Pris) has also joined as a collaborator. I also made some changes - there were some typos in the description - see the history page how it records the revisions [image: qJWB_ScreenShot019.jpg]

Thanks, Pilou, I tried the Ruby on a couple of the stones in the model and it looks like it will work pretty well. I may have to experiment a bit to get it just right. Thanks again, Tom