uhm.....good

With difficulty, althoug thats not a very helpful answer. I think your best bet would be whaats subd and smooth plugin, although it does cost $22 or so. it is very good for organic,flowy shapes such as this. Heres the link: http://www.smustard.com/script/SubdivideAndSmooth

Thanks a lot for your answers, thats exactly what I was looking for. Mangrove

Thank you all so much for your help. I've been able to get these concepts to work in my model.

yes, the components trick is the only method I know so far. works pretty well though, for you can even add additional attributes for indigo or maxwell.

Hi remus, I tried your suggestion. I found out that the smiley in the 3D warehouse is very big in size, measured in feet. So I used the scale tool and knocked the image size down to 2 inches and also the window. I then exported it as a bitmap. I then used Pro Motion to make the background transparent and saved it with a png ext. I then brought it into my Visual Basic 2008 application and the background was transparent. Now I have to some animation. Thanks very much for your help. In case anyone reading and need some more explanation, I am more than willing to do so. Douglas.

I think you have to do the same with the materials, all rather tedious really.

You can either do that or ask them to send the survey in a simple text file showing the xyz coordinates and then you could use Didier's other script: cloud_v6.rb to create a mesh from the data file itself.

Also, Jim Foltz made a plugin that "Plots the path of the Sun usinng Construction Points." It may be useful if you are thinking about such things.

sorry Jean Lemire, I dont get it.

I think the subdivide & smooth plugin would really help you with this. It's probably the easiest way of building complex organic shapes.

genma, Your problem has been documented, discussed and hopefully resolved, as described on this page: Is something wrong with my display? (There are a couple of screen images exactly like yours.) Regards, Taff

~i have the same problems.

u need this http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=6912 and later clean the unwanted lines anyway i think it was better if u used for first time push&pull and scale tools

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@alan fraser said: You can solve such problems In Model by exploding the group then immediately r-clicking and grouping again while all the geometry is still selected. Yes Alan, you can but there are major disadvantages. Texture as well as layers are inherited by unpainted entities resp. layer0-entities (default settings) in a group (or component) when exploding that group (or C). As for texture, you might get a lot of unwanted changes that you need to fix later. [all faces (both sides) AND edges one level down are now painted!!!] As for geometry, it is against Googles advise to have primary entities in another layer than layer0. But that is exactly what happens when you explode and regroup. (ungrouped entities in different layer(s) other than layer0) %(#0000FF)[The remedy is: for groups: right click > select “Make Component” > right click > select “Scale Definition” for components: right click > select “Make Unique” > right click > select “Scale Definition” Now only the texture scale has changed back to normal in both cases.] Wo3Dan

@iglesias said: No, I can't afford the long trip, I watched you in the Basecamp videos. Well, it would have really been a pity if you had been there and we hadn't met.

@brokenstaral said: ...in fact i find the section-cut ruby isn't as much useful as i had expected... It is (or can be) indeed very useful. True it is mainly useful for a SU output but keep in mind that section cuts cannot be exported into any rendering apps. SectionCutFace actually creates a group which (or the different faces of which) you can paint just like any other face OR use it as a "saw" to intersect your geometry and still keep a face after you deleted unwanted geometry. Now this cut cafe can already be exported (otherwise you would end up with hollow geometry and a bunch of back faces that export awfully into other apps).

I also think this is one reason why Google does not let people download them.