You're welcome!

Quintain, If your purpose with the model is to place it on GE there's no real need to model it from inside, too (navigation in GE won't really let you "go in" anyway). Therefore there's no real need to model the floors either. Also, since you cannot "cut through" the GE Terrain, moödeling a basement (or any kind of undergound structure) is simply useless. If you want to model "realistic" buildings however, with the floors and walls (thick walls - not just single faces) as well as inside walls, have a look at these tutorials here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=723 and http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=752

My code probably need to require the sketchup.rb file. require "sketchup.rb" require_all("/plugins") This is from sketchup.rb #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # By default, SketchUp automatically loads (using require) all files with # the .rb extension in the plugins directory. This function can be used # to automatically load all .rb files from a different directory also. to # use this add a call like the following to a file in the plugins directory # require_all "MyRubyScripts" def require_all(dirname) begin rbfiles = Dir[File.join(dirname, "*.rb")] $;.push dirname rbfiles.each {|f| require f} rescue puts "could not load files from #{dirname}" end end

Check to see if you have any section planes which might be causing this. Look in the toolbar for the section plane tool. if you enable it and you see section planes that you did not intend, right click on them to delete them.

I have ran both SU6 and Leopard together since the initial release. I have had no problems... even on my antiquated mac. I'm an early adopter, living dangerously... hasn't bitten me yet.

Susan, I guess he meant the ruby file to download.

thanks, gaieus, i did not know about changing it other than in 'preferences' - still surprised how it happened as i did not change anything - well, problem is solved anyway, must be a computer thing

Gidon, I'm glad you don't mind. I cut the handle in two and made a component of one half. Then I copied and mirrored that half to make the opposite end. Since they are both instances of the same component, SU is only "remembering" half the geometry of the whole thing. this lets you get away with higher segment counts in curvy stuff without bloating the file size. There's another benefit to this as well. If you decide to edit the shape of the handle in some way, you need only edit one end. The other gets done at the same time. FWIW, there was some unneeded geometry inside the center portion of the handle which I also got rid of. I didn't check at the opposite end. FWIW, here is an example of some detailed curves in SketchUp. The fronts and backs of these pipe boxes are split down the middle so that the left half and right half are mirrored instances of the same component. The front components are different on the left pipe box than the right so they are different components. There's a radius on the edge of the drawer face and the joinery is drawn throughout. Even with the material applied the file size for just the two front boxes was only 233Kb. In the attached image, there are ten of each and the file saves out at 259Kb All because I used components and split the symmetrical ones. [image: X2MG_20pipe_box.jpg] Oh, and one other thing. Another side benefit of spliting the panels here, is that I get book matched grain automatically. Not really appropriate on these pipe boxes but for something like a veneered door panel it might be.

Hi D... Do the other way round (provided that those components er the instances of the same component definition) as the order is important: Edit one of them (double click) Set the centerpoint inside in that component - now if they are all the same components, each should be updated instantly with this centerpoint in them delete the geometry - i.e. the "crosses" - leaving only the centerpoint inside the component NOW exit the component and explode all...

@dtrarch said: Al I checked out the Accurender site and in truth was underwhelmed by the render quality. Also only saw one interior with lighting and same did not project light on anything. ??? Dry hole IMO. dtr Nxt is in Beta test mode and a few, good, AccuRender users have been helping with it. One of its goals is to provide a "Studio" mode, in which you can render an object without adding any lights, but still ge a good rendering. (This is used by adding HDRI illumination and reflection). By eliminating the step of adding lights, it makes it easy to get a good rendering without spending time adding things to your drawing. If I understand it correctly, this rendering was made without adding lighting to the model, but just by selecting the Studio setting. (Ignore the fact that the race car is wheel are below the floor - this is just a beta test image.) [image: hHzJ_Racecar.jpg] It is great to have reflective materials, etc. but they need something to reflect. The Studio mode gives objects something to reflect without having to add a lot of geometry to the model.

@gaieus said: Mike, Note that 3D text is not an editable text entity but simply geometry (grouped) like anything else in your model. "Editing" it is only possible like any other geometry; deleting faces, adding lines etc. ...BUT if you use my "TextTag" script it makes 2D-like text using 3D text, so that it behaves differently to ordinary-text (snaps to a face, remains 'flat' etc, AND it's editable later). Right-click a previuosly placed and now selected TextTag and then pick "Edit TextTag" in the contect menu - you can change all settings (like font, color etc) and the typed in text itself... To edit what 'plain 2D text' says you just double-click it and enter new your text in the box.

@scottalanclymer said: is it safe to say this can not be done with Sketchup using native capabilities? The answer is the same as was given to you in your other forum post.

Yes, indeed. Now to figure out how to make it a script with a shortcut key.

Randall, sorry, I was out of town today...for a really detailed/accurate site model use the sandbox tools (separate utilities download). Start with a contour drawing to create the site plane, use the drape tool (or extrude and intersect the drives, curbs, etc. yourself), then build your site features as you will. There are tutorial videos on all these steps...always an excellent place to start. Or, simplify any portion of the site as you can/will. First extruding all the paving and such, I'd probably (but I'm not an LA) just slope the two sections of the site with the parking lots each toward the drive, then slope those two and the drive section of the site toward the street. Then I would do the same with major blocks of the remaining pieces of the site, positioning all vertically as they need be, and "stitch" the whole thing together.

I hope this posting works. Here is a tiled texture of rammed earth made from the wall of a guest house designed by Cutler Anderson. [image: Hf3H_ForumRAMMEDEARTHTEXTURE.jpg]

Hey Sketchy, any chance I can get the original offending SketchUp model? Send me a PM if you still have it. I'd like to give it to the engineers to have a look. Thanks, - CraigD

If your goal is to design, not just to practice with SketchUp, don't simply take an existing plan, make a few changes, and call it good. Instead, think about the qualities that make for a great house, and incorporate those qualities in your design. Christopher Alexander and his colleagues thought about the qualities of great design, and in 1977 they published their thoughts in "A Pattern Language." The book is widely available, but it is a little pricey. Even if money is a problem for you, though, you are in luck: Alexander has a web site. http://www.patternlanguage.com/leveltwo/patterns.htm You might not agree with some of the conclusions, but I guarantee it will get you thinking. Also, it would be good to study the works of past masters. (Learn, don't worship.) You could start with Frank Lloyd Wright. Both his work and his biography are amazing - so much so that I sometimes wonder if he made a deal with the Devil to become the best architect ever. You can find a lot about him on the web, and I would be surprised if there weren't books about him at a library near you. If you do become an architect, I wish you great clients with great commissions and the talent to do them justice.

Where did you try? At the sketchup.google.com site or elsewhere? You may try it in the Ruby Library Depot - I believe Didier has collected all "freebies" from the web.

Under your texarea (while typing), there are two tabs. One is "Options" the other is "Attachments".