It installs a hidden plugin for each version of SU it finds... if you installed it before you installed v16, then it couldn't find it and won't function in v16... A complete reinstall of the driver does insure v16 gets a copy of the plugin... and as your not on a mac, it shouldn't crash and burn your computer like it does on mine... although, Box has had a few problems on his PC of late... john

@pbacot said: Don't you have "Geolocation / Add location?" Is that a Pro only feature too? Get Location is available in SketchUp Make but manually setting north requires the plugin from the link and it is only functional in the Pro version.

Thanks, Dave. "Replace All" is also the answer I just received from John, "SketchUp Sage," on sketchup.com.

@zain01 said: So is it that Mac is no good for Sketchup? Should i migrate to P.C? Also not being able to customise the toolbars is annoying. Thanks the 4k display is what is the root cause here, some PC's also have those... I would consider a secondary display since you have the mac already

Two things you can do: 1 - scale the model waaaay up, like 10000X, then perform the Outer Shell operation 2 - Export the models as STL, then upload to https://modelrepair.azurewebsites.net/ to have that free service merge them for you. The Pro version is not likely to do any better than the free version for this operation.

Generally dimensions in LayOut become unlinked from the end points when copied and pasted. It's best to not copy and paste them. If you absolutely must do so, explode them first. Then the numbers will remain the same. What version of SketchUp and LayOut are you using. Fill out your profile, please.

I don't believe Windowizer has been updated for a few years. You could try contacting the author at Smustard.com. As for being unsigned, that would only be an issue if you set extension loading permissions to the strictest setting.

The issue popped up again recently. Found it to be a Skatter issue after all. I could pull it up on a machine without Skatter plug in installed with ease...would hang forever on my machines that had Skatter installed. Went in and purged/deleted the Skatter reference on the non-Skatter machine....saved then opened in my Skatter machine (no problem) - then redefined the Skatter perimeters...and works like a charm. Unsure what the hang up is and once redefined the problem hasn't occurred again.

Been using SU for about 12 years and have gotten use to weird foibles - been sitting on this for a while but had to sort it lol

Have you tried contacting the SketchUp support people?

Triangulate all faces by Tig ? [image: triagulate_all_faces_01.jpg]

@anton_s said: Hello garystan, I'm no expert, but it seems like a javascript error, coming from a webdialog within your SketchUp 8. I have SU8 on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 and I don't get such errors. What I think you can do is update javascript and internet explorer. If the error persists after the update, it could be related to the installed plugins. Do the following to determine whether the error is coming from the installed plugins. Close SU8 Go to SU plugins folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8 Temporarily rename the plugins folder to "Plugins2" Start SU8 If the error doesn't persist, this would mean that the error is plugin related and half of your problem is resolved; otherwise, the error is related to something else. If its plugin related, simply create a new plugins folder, naming it "Plugins", move all folders from "Plugins2" back to the "Plugins" folder. Then move the .rb files one-by-one move back into the "Plugins" folder. While doing so, start SU and see if the error shows up. If the error does show up, then you know that the last moved ruby file is responsible for such error. What you could do is update the plugin causing the error or move to SU2016 as the plugin may not be compatible with SU8. Anton REPLY : I just re-installed Sketchup 8. And I don't have any plugins installed....yet. Thanks for your replay and advice. garystan

Sorry my bad, should have said spin port not spin wheel, which may have confused you. You have tried it the other way round, you should wrap the component with the animation in another then change this new component to the same axis. So with your original, select the spinport and the guide and make this a component, then right click change axis, (hide rest of model) and place the rotation is in reference to the parent environment, so the wrapper acts as a shield or bridge between the two axes or worlds

@box said: @unknownuser said: Or simply select top view, then Cmera, parrallel projection, zoom extents, save scene. That would give you a plan view of an angled roof distorting the relevant sizes, whereas align view would give you a "parallel projection" of the actual size. Here is the same roof from overhead and align view. My apologies, I didn't read all the way through. In your case then: Select face, align view, camera, parrallel projection, zoom extents, save scene. Saving the scene allows you to not go through this each time.

these look great. Ready for Spring!

Most of those appear to be official Sketchup videos, which can be seen here: http://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos/80

It's already 64 bit.

are your Styles all showing as up to date? if not, SU stores both [with and without changes]... it can make a big difference... john

Thanks, Box, I imagine much of your best work is done at your work place despite the distractions.

When you say you install SketchUcation toolset from the RBZ, and up pops the SketchUcation dialog, do you mean the large main-dialog listing various plugins, OR the smaller toolbar with three icons [red/blue/gray] ? The SketchUcation toolbar is automatically active when the SketchUcation Extension is activated. You can deactivate its toolbar it by using the Extensions > SketchUcation submenu entry to toggle it off/on, or use native View > Toolbar-dialog to deactivate the SketchUcation entry, or simply click on its close button... [You'll then need to use the View > Toolbar-dialog, or Extensions > SketchUcation submenu entry to reactivate it (toggle)] You can deactivate the Extension itself using Window > Preferences > Extensions and un-checking the SketchUcation entry. You previously said the SketchUcation dialog was opening when you used File > New - I now suspect you really meant the SketchUcation Toolbar ? It should stay off when deactivated as outlined above... If NOT, then can you please provide a screen-shot of the flaky behavior ? Assuming the main-dialog is being flaky... Whenever you tell us the install SketchUp you skim over the part about 'as admin'... If you do NOT select the SketchUp installer-exe icon and right-click > context-menu > Run as Administrator - then SketchUp will install with potential weird happenings stored up for later... Simple being a user with admin-powers is NOT the same, so double-clicking the exe or using context-menu > Run, will NOT work properly and result is weird issues... Thousands of users of Win 10 and v2016 AND the SketchUcation ExtensionStore plugin have no issues like this, so something is adrift with your set up... That's why I suspect a faulty SketchUp installation, resulting in subsequent flaky extension installations/operations [not just SCF's] If you have NOT installed SketchUp by running its installer as the administrator, then I suggest you do the following... Close SketchUp. Ensure you have your SketchUp 2016 installer-exe at hand for use later... Right-click Win 10 icon bottom-left of Windows toolbar > Control Panel > UNINSTALL SketchUp 2016... When that is complete, use 'Run as Administrator' on the installer-exe icon as explained at the start of this post. When that's done, reinstall ALL of your extensions/plugins. The earlier uninstall will have left them intact, but in case the flaky SketchUp has damaged permissions etc, I recommend you start afresh. Install them a few at a time, and test to see if there are issues... Report back... If should not be so difficult