I went to the tutorial, right clicked and save link as (Firefox) and put it in the same folder that SchreiberBike mantioned, started SU went to Help - SelfHelpTutorials and it was in there. A great tip.....

Exceptional work, John. Truely exceptional. This proves what I tell so many people: when you work with SU you're actually working on your hobby. I know of very few other programs that are as powerful and veratile and fun and just plain addictive. Again, beautiful work, John.

Hi Bayer As modelhead said, the best place to learn is here. The SU for dummies book is pretty good too, as are the Aidan Chopra books.

before I think 6.0 there was no fonts or words modeled in SU... it was a smustard ruby I think... I bought a few of his fonts before the new release... I think that's what it is... a left over...

these look dangrous... ouch, bare skin on hot metal...

Kristoff: You must be in good athletic shape. I fear that I would keel over and drop dead before I reached the 50 yard line. Therefore, I will leave that chore to my beloved Philadelphia Eagles. E-A-G-L-E-S GO EAGLES!! (Sorry, I had to sneak that one in there. I'm getting primed for the new season.)

Thanks for the compliments. I rendered it in Kerkythea, but it doesn't look very real to me. I need to learn more about lighting. [image: dt_kt.jpg]

Danke vielmals

That's one of the things I love about woodworking. So many ways to skin the same cat. (American idiom which has nothing against cats, but which expresses the possibility of having many successful outcomes.)

Hi J., Here's the link to the ruby (at Smustard's). If you end up with a bunch of codes displayed on your screen, well, that's the ruby script itself. Just copy all, insert it into a plain text editor (not Word or such) and save it to your Plugins folder under your SU Application with the exact name and the .rb extension. I'm also moving this topic from here if you don't mind for it does not seem to be a tutorial...

Hi all Thanks by the comments, will be important for future works. cheers

stuart, may i suggest you have a look at two recent creations by didier bur: layer manager and projection toolbar. [image: thumbsup.gif]

@bednarz1 said: any ideas? See my post immediately before yours.

First of all, welcome to the board, Michael! Regarding your questions @nineminutenap said: First, which axis is north? Or more specifically, if I want to orient something like a solar panel so it gets the most sun, how should I align it in relation to the red & green axes? The green axis is north by default. But axes are more for modelling purposes (for axis inference and such) and in the Model info dialogue box there is a "Location" tab where you can set the north direction to something different from the global axes. Note however that this is only a Pro feature in the Windows version while it is available in the Free version for Mac (don't ask the reason). To have a workaround, you can visit Jim Foltz' website to download and install his Location ruby script (LatLong.rb or something). Start from here. @unknownuser said: Second, is there a website or book that has a collection of home design thumbrules for things like thickness of walls, size of doors, height of windows above floors, etc. that will help a beginner lay out something that looks more like a real house than something from a Dr. Seuss book? Well, I'd say that as many countries, as many standards. Why don't you just make some basic measurements in your own home or in any building to get a basic idea? In my country the minimun hight of a room is 165 cm as I remember. Wall thickness can depend on the material and structure of the building. Well, some architects around here will surely be able to give you a couple of hints though...

Brad, I placed three files in a zip file at the bottom of this page. The zip file is called follow_me_problem_files. These were the files I used to create the three long horizontal curved shapes in the image below. Each one gave me problems. The first worked from one end but not the other. The 2nd and 3rd had to be done in stages. I'd love to know how to avoid this. Alan, I'm usually working at fairly large scales but I'll give your method a try. Should have done it yesterday but I forgot. Definitely will next time. Thanks for the suggestion! Fred [image: AEH%203%20i1.jpg]

Dear Joe, This is a very quick reply as I'm still running my calibrations and I have to go down to the cleanroom to take another point in a few minutes. I like your alternative design, although as you say, there is not a lot of headroom. I am limited by planning permission to something which is close to the original in height, width and depth. A little more overhang might not be a problem though. I have gone for side walls to provide a little more shelter and to complement the inner porch. I will try and illustrate this by creating a view looking through the front door. Bruce, strangely enough my house is not listed even though the houses either side are listed. However, I am in a Conservation Area, which limits what I can do. The Planning Office took an immediate dislike to the front door being moved to the entrance of the porch and so I knew I wouldn't get planning permission for that. I do have planning permission for all the other modification, including a new kitchen and bathroom out the back and the removal of an internal wall. My house is the only one in the street with a porch and so I couldn't follow his logic that moving the front door would affect the aesthetic appeal of the street. Planners! I will have to check that it is okay to panel the sides. They may want me to rebuild in the same style as the original, in which case Joe... The porch is a much under-rated structure, and a nice design can greatly enhance the appearance of a dwelling. The English Porch would make a great topic for a book as they are many and varied, particularly in Oxfordshire. To everyone who has posted replies, thank you for your kind advice and many comments. Regards, Bob

I'm running SU6 on Vista Ultimate with an nVidia card without problems.

There are, in fact, "snapping" settings in SU (Model Info/Units) but they apply to length (of line) and angle increments. These can be turned off, but inferencing cannot. Which is just as well since SU would be unusable without it -- you would be lost in space.

a little late....but i dont frequent this forum (no idea why!) I've got this one that i used in this image... its not terribly detailed since its far away...but i basically modified a trailer i downloaded..... hopefully its of some use.. [image: villagefinal121706zc4.jpg] searchlight.skp