Thanks guys, mine has started working again. Considering all the other "tool tips" (Thanks Rich) work I would call that a "Bug":)

For anyone else who may be experiencing problems on Windows 10, please see visit this thread on the SimLab Forum and I think you will see that the problem has probably been identified and is in the process of being addressed. Hope the resolution comes quickly.

Also take a look at "MooTools" standalone software to convert between formats.

no Cat, not even a dawg anymore!

SketchUp is not loading the shipped materials from AppData. It would be best to add new collections to favorites rather than trying to replace the shipped materials. If you do replace the shipped materials with your own and you have any reason to uninstall SketchUp or if you install a maintenance release, you'll lose your materials and the shipped ones will be put back in their place. It's better to make a directory in Documents or some other non-program directory for your materials. Then, those materials don't get touched in the event of a reinstall or upgrade. And you can use the same location for each version of SketchUp you might be running. When you upgrade to SU2018, you can pick the same directory for materials.

Thanks, Rich. I'll check it out.

have you tested it with all the plugins disabled?

@garystan said: I just tried your method. Works like a charm !!! Simple as the proverbial "1 2 3 ". Much thanks garystan sometimes simple is the best trick, however, as you begin to model with TINS more and more, there are some excellent plugins available to take you to higher levels of terrain modeling.

Good tip. Thanks for sharing.

Just type... Sketchup.send_action 10624 ...into the Ruby Console to gain access to the Camera Clipping values If you zoom and pan in the viewport you can see how SketchUp adjusts this value range on the fly.

Indeed, the other constants are a little more depressing, so I rarely think of them, personally. I shall give it a miss until something (paid or not) appears - I'm always keen to adapt, but not at too much 'time cost', being self-employed and all. FYI Completely agree with your sig'.

update: just turned on hidden geometry and found few hidden files far away from the main model.deleted them and now the clipping problem is gone. thanks for the suggestions and help brother

Why not just install Make? https://www.sketchup.com/download/all Save you having to wait

@rodolfost said: Hi. Thanks for the help. This plugin uses the same database as the current SketchUp system, the "DigitalGlobe". It does not have as much precision as the old system, which used data from Google Earth. It's a good alternative, but it still does not work as well as the old system. Yes, they use the same provider but not the same 'quality level' as they claim. Also note that in the trial, high-res aerials imagery is not available. [image: aGk2_high-res-aerials.JPG] [image: akrN_trial-not-high-res.JPG]

Thanks, too, Rich.

It's worth noting that the ground plane is fixed. The red and green model axes are, by default, on the ground plane. The axes can be moved and reorient ed but the ground plane cannot be moved.

Thanks I somehow manage to reduce the size and now it's a little lighter the model

@tuna1957 said: garystan, huge bounding boxes are usually caused by stray hidden geometry floating out in space. You got it out of the component box but it might still be floating out there somewhere. Turn on hidden geometry, do a select all, unselect your phone component and hit delete. Should get rid of anything floating about. Don't know why your component name messed up, just do a save as and rename it. Thanks........garystan

You can disable 'Safe Frame' via Asset Editor in Vray 3. Asset Editor > Render Settings > Render Output Check this out for more info.