It really depends on the surface and texture--and the desired result. Some patterns are fine on a cylinder (for example) just as they are--off the paint bucket, others will need projection, especially for surfaces with irregular faces. Other results are only achievable with plugins to get UV mapping that realistically follows the surface.

Thanks. Will try that

No need for apologies, Georg. It's all a learning process.

@jason_vdb said: Hi anyone, I have a series of surfaces that I have sliced up and I would like to map these to an organized distributed orthagonal 'plan view' so I can get them into CAD to these profiles to a CNC machine. I have only the knowledge to do this manually. It takes a long time and I'd love to know if there are any plugins or scripts people have made to automate this. Attached is an example of the profiles I have in space that I want organised. I know Rhino can do this, and I'm sure other applications can do this and even nest them. Any advice would be great. keywords: automate map to 2D flatten send to working plane 3D to orthographic projection 3D to CNC nest Do you want the profiles moved or copied to the XY plane? How do you want them laid out? Your model doesn't show what you want to happen.

@dou said: I use skt.2015 pro and in the left end of the opening welcome there is a box to disable or enable this option. I notice that you have a sketchup make version and there is no box! That is one minor difference between Pro and Make.

Thanks for that, i had already tried the zip file so must have done something wrong on installation. the RBZ file works fine. Thank you very much. Al

I've been putting them on individual layers. Works well, especially with Tig's Section Cut Face Plugin.

Maybe ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKZpmrJkxs

For a beginner, the export option is a bit hidden. Go to your material browser, right click and choose export texture [image: VsLL_export.jpg]

@jonfar said: Will I see a huge improvement from my 750ti 2gb to a, let's say, Geforce 970 4gb? "a huge improvement" probably not but wait for the new GTX 1060 available next week anyhow, roughly on par with a GTX 980 for a list price of ~280 bucks.

@4themasses said: ...but appears to be faceted bodies. of course, what else using a polygon modeler as SketchUp... use a NURBS modeler if NURBS faces/solids are required... the right tool for the job stuff

@slbaumgartner said: Those inferences are for the center of the arc. I don't think there is any way to turn them (or any other inferences) off. Well, there is one way. Explode the arc.

Toposhaper by Fredo6 Quadralaterizater by Tig Quadface Tool by Thomthom And Joint PushPull for thickness Multiple Faces Offset by Remus Lattice maker by TIG [image: wuUM_dome.jpg] Soap Skin & Buble

@pipingguy said: wow - pretty cool dave r.! Thanks. It's just a basic move thing. There's a lot of subtle options with the various tools in LO.

For the benefit of others who may come across this topic: WIndows update has been quietly bundling the plays.tv app along with an update to the drivers for AMD graphics (most likely AMD initiated this, as plays.tv is a project they co-sponsor with Raptr). This app causes graphics conflicts that crash SketchUp. Uninstalling Play TV has cured the problem for many people.

Why not use Toposhaper ? It has numerous functions that can be adapted to your terrain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ru5MnE-D_Q

By Elisei http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPZiJT5FI0

LOL!!!!! I really would like to know who is giving a thumbs down on my comment. What's your problem?!? So do you think it is totally normal that such bugs are not being fixed anymore these days? One of the most basic "features" of a software that used to work perfectly fine over the last years? LOL... this world is really screwed up.

Indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgaSj7YwXXE