Thank you very much, Chris. I appreciate the help. -Jack

All is well that ends well

Opps, I've just realised that I used the wrong style, I put the new one in the folder but forgot to flush the old one out of the model I'll have a go later with the new one.

I swap files between PC and Mac all the time, and I have seen no problems so far.

Another interesting section animation I did showed 2nd floor of my house in perspective. Then I started moving the camera down and at the same rate moved the section plane down (from scene to scene). The end result looks like the section plane is stationary and someone is pushing the model up into the section plane where it dissolves. Ends up being pretty cool effect.

Yes, there are probably two problems with that hole: the Follow me tool is not accurate (more exactly has glitches) whit arcs running around corners and often leave those overlapping segments you can see on the top of your picture. There are workarounds for this (like using1/8 spheres to "cap" the corners). the size is most probably very small (like in millimetres) therefore facets are not closed (this is the "hole). Scale your object up with like 10 times, heal the holes and scale it back to real size.

These should help (from SU5...I don't know if you get the same warnings in SU6). This drove me NUTS when I first started! But the logic is sound: SU is saving you from accidentally drawing coplaner faces...makes you do some grouping on purpose. (There's another little bit of nightmare if you group an edge adjoining 2 faces with one of the faces, then put the group on a hidden layer...you can't draw a second visible edge over the hidden one: you'll have to move the group so SU draws it for you :`) [image: JnBE_Image1.jpg] [image: UjBx_Image2.jpg] [image: jcBQ_Image3.jpg] [image: PP6G_Image4.jpg] [image: KP4Q_Image5.jpg]

Would it be possible to create a plugin that would "bake" the locations of all the textures in a group or other selection?

VERY GOOD

Youcant import it directly in to SU, but from my very brief research you can import it in to blender, from there you should be able to export it as something SU can read, like 3ds.

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

tancredi, if I understood your post correctly, you moved your camera, created an image export, then moved your camera again, creating another image export... if you want a simple movement, use scenes (windows > scenes) to set up some views. then you have to adjust the transition speed of the scenes (under View > Animation > Settings). and finally export the animation under File > Export > Animation (under options you can choose to export it as an image sequence...) if you already knew all this, I am sorry - shame upon me - but I mean to understand that you are looking for something simple.

@emmomac said: I also spotted the GE option in another post. Never even thought of that as an option Emmett, Is this what you're looking for? http://www.twharvey.talktalk.net/index.htm On this page click the Fly to button and the scene changes to the intended models. In this sample, there are five seperatem SU models that make up the whole package. Let me know if you need more info. Tom

Hi ! Jean that's fine, now I see exactly where's your home MALAISE

gaganraj, You're correct, this isn't the best spot! But to answer your question, SKUP doesn't have the viewport functions of AutoCAD, however, you can use the scenes function to flick between different views. In Window/Model Info menu, untick the "enable Scenes transistions" option in the animation section. Then in the Scenses tab, untick all the options apart from Camera location, then create a scene, move your position & create another. You can then start a command & flick between the views mid-command - try doing that in ACAD!

Hello, You may find this quick tutorial useful: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=11436 ... Regards Howard L'

@paul o said: Now it gives me the message "application won't start because AVIFLI32.dll was not found..." Are you sure it's not "AVIFIL32.dll" that's missing? On my Windows XP installation (on PC) I have an "AVIFIL32.dll" but no "AVIFLI32.dll" A Google search of each filename shows very few hits for your quoted filename, while "AVIFIL32.dll" results in MANY hits. Taff

@ross macintosh said: @c_elliott said: I have a tendency to buy products only for a newer version to come out only a few weeks... Then please buy it now so all of us can get v7 in a few weeks! You-da-Man! Regards, Ross

Here is the model I built. I needed to move the roof peaks from flat roof plan so I couldn’t cross connect points with lines to move it. The points were already connected with ridgelines, which needed to slope. I ended up moving each peak points using inferences. [image: nielsen.jpg]