By snap I mean the cursor and input point are drawn to significant points on an object, like the endpoint or midpoint, you see a colored point light up. Actually the cursor snap and indicator happens when you touch an edge anywhere, so you know you are drawing from that edge when you click down. When you draw a line out and get the colored indication of direction... I'd call that a constraint because it is showing how you can constrain the operation to a direction or another edge or face (but I think the tutorials also consider this an inference). Inference is an alignment indicated with other objects' points or direction. Are you speaking about drawing an edge along an edge which is in a group? Otherwise, you don't have to draw another line there, that edge will participate in your new face when you add the remaining edges. It is difficult to see SketchUp edges on a Retina screen. I think this has been improved in 2017 version. Try other screen resolutions. I use a MBP but I don't often use the laptop screen itself for SketchUp. More difficult to see snap indicators too. Zooming may not help. It shouldn't be hard to work off an existing edge. Are you working with a lot of edges off-axis? Sometimes SU forces the axis alignment if it is close to what you are drawing. Are you drawing from or using imported edges, as from AutoCAD? This sometimes introduces edges that are not quite right though they appear to be aligned.

I was blind, now I can see. Thank you, TIG.

My goal is to connect two offset rectangles with the speed and simplicity of using Curviloft - but without a reduction in aspect ratio. Want to avoid the extra step of manually drawing a path between said rectangles.

@baz said: ...Hope this helps someone get out of trouble until a proper fix is found... thank you BAZ - yes helpful because in the meantime I also experience this issue from time to time

Has anyone figured out how to import the 3D "photorealistic" data from Google Earth into a local Sketchup Model (like geo-locating with the 3d trees and buildings... not just the terrain)?

Hello pilou I dont have the same view. When I select the circle, I have no name field in the entity info. How can I display the sructure of the group ? Sorry I couln't uploaded any screen print...

Thanks for the heads up on that Tyler.

Thanks Juju I will have a close look at those. I have used Pro for a couple of years at work. I have Make at home though. Cheers

Just to catch up with this thread, I haven't had any issues at all since disabling Autosave. So imo it is definitely a problem with that function.

I solve the mystery! Thea studio itself was set to run in compatibility mode. So, when I changed that to normal, it works from SU. Thank you both for your helping me clean my mess.

[image: Din-o-Find%20Panel%20Set.jpg?itok=t03KuTD8] [image: Puppet%20Panel.jpg?itok=_j4DcfzD] Ok, So I've got another question... Our playgrounds use HDPE plastic sheet panels for barriers, activities, and graphics. These panels come in Solid Panels which have one solid color, and Sandwich Panels with have an outer layer on either side with one color and an inner layer with another color. The Sandwich Panels have a selection of core colors that are specific to each outer color. For instance, a Gray panel can have a Black core, a Black Panel can have a White core, however, a Red Panel could have a White core, Yellow Core OR Blue Core. Is there a way to set up a model to have one option selection, for instance "Red with Yellow Core", "Gray with Black Core", etc. that would change both the outer and core colors? I need to be able to limit the color options to what is actually available, but If I can't, I may just have to include some instruction for color options. Thanks

Ladies and gentlemen - no idea?

I gave up too quick. Found the solution Close topic

Awesome! Thanks buddy.

@srx said: @sdmitch said: Will this do? I bet you did this with the plugin I proposed No, I never even thought about Multiple Offsets. I "reinvented the wheel" yet again just for this special case.

That sure is "interesting"!! Glad I asked. Thanks slbaumgartner

Thank you for the answer''jonous''. The problem to me occurs when there are two groups touching each other as then comes to interruptions in exported .dwg file.

@vangogh said: No, not so. However, you can see by my addendum to my original post that I solved the problem quite satisfactorily. Now to improve on this, it is just a matter of paying attention to color in SK and KT. And doing it much more carefully, of course. I don't see an addendum to nor a screenshot in your original post. See my screen shot. [image: w8RW_Screenshot-11_22_20166_28_37PM.png] But you seem to have it sorted out now. [image: K80o_Screenshot-11_22_20166_32_08PM.png]