Thank you so much, it was so easy

@tig said: Reread this topic, about using the correct [but oddly named] file http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=537020#p537020 Deleted the "FollowAndRotate_en.rbs" file & no more msg. Thanks TIG.

Have you tried exploding the images. They will then become rectangle faces and images will convert to materials applied to the faces, but they will look the same as the original images. I don't know if Vray renders images, but it will probably render the project after exploding them.

I agree with Juju: with every component exploded, there should be nothing to list in the component browser and the response should be snappy - unless you are trying to browse a large collection, not the in-model collection. In the latter case it may still be so large as to bog down the browser, or a slow/lagging network connection can affect it.

@tig said: The error tells you the line and the file... Error: #<NoMethodError: undefined methodtransformation' for #Sketchup::Face:0x00000007b21748> C:/Users/tcw/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp/Plugins/engineeringtoolbox_tools/engineeringtoolbox.rb:26:in eval' Line 26 in engineeringtoolbox.rb A Face does not have a transformation. So I suspect that the code [I don't have it at hand] for '4x3 Concentric Reducer' is expecting you to have selected something that does have a transformation - like a group, component_instance etc... Have you read the usage instructions ? http://sketchup.engineeringtoolbox.com/concentric-eccentric-reducers-to_28.html TIG, Your clear explanation provided the direction needed. I actually had read through the instructions which is why I drew a circle on the floor and selected its face to place the new component on the floor. Guided by your answer, I made the circle a group and the component insertion worked as expected. Thanks, AustinPowered

@andysvision said: 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Cinema4D? I have no experience with those.

@slbaumgartner said: @bryan k said: I'm still hoping they make a version for Linux. As Apple is now Unix based and there is an Apple version, I would hope a Linux version will be offered one day. This has been discussed frequently on the sketchup.com forum. Although Mac OS X is a UNIX variant, the GUI is proprietary to Apple and is very different from anything available on Linux. It would take a significant amount of effort to port the Mac version to Linux. Yeah, I've seen those discussions and as an IT guy myself, I understand and do not blame them for holding off. Still, one can hope!

Many thanks for all the help. Kind regards, Bob

@Srx - is this what you are referring to in your original post? Do you use solids for modelling the original shapes? If 2x yes, this might be a simple plugin I think. Edit: or not so simple as I thought. There is no easy offset method for loops / contours in the API. Detecting the upper boundary loop is easy but you would then have to make you own offset algorithm... [image: 58J8_split_walls.jpg]

Thanks for the assistance guys. Yes, Dave I do have access to the source. I have requested a STEP file hopefully that will work. Will post the results in the thread.

Same advice as before.

@cuttingedge said: I have a model with lots of faces (less than a hundred) which i need to jointly extrude. i run Joint-push-pull and while the preview is almost real-time, the process took so long to complete. But when I wanted to undo the command (which is supposed to be one command). It simply wont undo and therefore messing up my geometry. Wish there's a better way to do this. Well, difficult to tell without seeing the model and having something reproducible. In any case, this is not intended and would be a bug Fredo

Excellent! I hope you got your bananaranus finished and you can get some sleep.

You are referring to the Tray in SketchUp 2016 on the PC. There is no tray on the Mac version. You can open the individual windows from the Window menu and you can stack them on the side if you like.

@tig said: It's not a bug. The 'Make Component' tool actually has a default shortcut preset - G. But before it appears in the Preferences > Shortcuts dialog's filtered list, you must have something[s] preselected that could actually be made into a component, you must make the selection prior to opening that dialog... This occurs in many situations - e.g. if you want to make a shortcut to Reverse faces or to Orient faces, then these will only appear in the filtered list if a face or faces are preselected... Now this is rather awesome! But thanks so much, cause it works. It never occured to me with other shortcuts and I really have many assigned. Sometimes U just have to ask someone who knows! Thanks again.

I have this in my drawing program (PowerCADD). You hold a modifier key and snaps disable, similar to ortho constrain / un-constrain toggle.

Cross posted and solved here.

Already found it. Had to check Vfs on toolbars option.

Thank you v much Dave R i will take a look now. Purchasing SU pro on Monday Cheers