My limited experience SU primitive geometry contributes as second order impact on processing speed: Usually its is the graphics processor and computational load of the image textures; I some times save model and use that, delete all materials and see what the speed a nd program size is; That at least gives you some idea of the problem facing you. The actions can be done: Model work in monochrome mode since it reduces the processing load; 2 Save the materials as a collection. That creates a skm file and since you can open in the windows explorer you will have an idea of which materials are causing the problem and take action to change size if possible, usually it seems a few are culprits. ( If you want to open change extension to zip and the you can open.; You gave no info on machine and sku version you have, but make sure the graphics card is set for operation when running SU. You can also particularize its setting for SU by using its control panel. My info on that is out of date but someone will have it for you. Can even give NVIDIA a call. Select the widows styles and deselect enable transparency because that make process load more, also it sees thru the material or set opacity also., use layers to minimize processing load and scenes to help with navigation. The new task manager ( came in about vista time frame? ) at bottom right corner has greatly expanded info ( resource monitor ) you can get, read its help, understand and then use that. It may point finger at problem area. Shut down all other threads running you can. Just some thoughts :smiley

If real warehouses were organized like 3Dwarehouse we would never get delivery of anything.

OK, Rich, thanks!

Hi TIG, thank you very much! I missed deleting the rb file and deleted only the plugin's folder and subfolder files. After deleting the rb everything is gone just like I wanted. The plugin was gkware stairmaker btw., sorry for not mentioning that, thought it wouldn't make a difference. Cheers Mikar

@garry k said: Thanks Philip - my latest plugin is over 8000 lines of code. By comparison this just seems like an exercise. I saw your post and then I put threw this together from scratch. What I should say is this only works for component definitions which is what DC's are all about. You might want to also look at other dictionaries. Garry, you are too modest. Not taking away from your GREAT plugin GKWare Cabinet Maker, sometimes a short script is all that is needed to fill a void. There is nothing more valuable than the one that 'does the trick' when you need it. Most users are not coders. There is no equivalent native SU report. Dynamic Components are not that well documented for the new user. Your script (it needs a name) makes tracking and changing formulas in DCs much easier for us amateurs: we can paste results in any text editor and print what we need! It streamlines the learning process (priceless!). So again, for all of us that will benefit from this, thank you. You rock!

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Sounds like a permissions issue to me ? The folder containing these assorted files... does it have FULL read/write permissions set up for all users etc in the Properties > Security > Edit dialog ? And of course, also check the equivalent permissions for all of these files too - they should inherit those from the folder's settings, but might not have ?

1. I saw a few months past a video where you would input your model and the plugin would find the mistakes so printing would go smoother; what is the name of this software? Does anyone have any suggestions? %(#FF4000)[How to Fix and Repair Your 3D Files Using Meshlab and Netfabb NETFABB: Measure, Check and Repair] http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/how_to_use_meshlab_and_netfabb 2. How do I convert my model from .skp to .stl? I saw a plugin that would do that, but again, it mean little at the time and now it is critical...I think. there a sketchup plug-in that inport and export STL in the sketchucation download store is available for free ( mono color file converter ) STL files are the standard file type for 3D printing How to Prep an STL File for Printing. engineering| [image: 3DP1.png] SOlid inspector is finding problems that I cant see http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=388%26amp;t=60347 with a slicer you can deforming layer by layer expanding the loop line is ok if you don't exceeded the 1/2 the nozzle width in displacement per layer "Usually the head moves in layers, moving in two dimensions to deposit one, small nozzle to form a thin and tacky bead of plastic that will adhere to the material at 45 or to not exceeded 45 degree to last layers but if you bend it or twist it may break a part the layers or change shape of object surface you will need to rebuild the model with a different path length. Learn about supporting by this video Adding custom 3dprinting supports in Meshmixer. mold3d.com| if you can cad it to one layer at a time in a single unbroken and uncross path loop that stay at rest with gravity that is also adheres 100 % to previous layer you can make a close surface wall by moving though the display section plans thus a check test for close loops can be completed

You need to repaint her body map, Pete. One of those retro Space 1999 outfits would do. Great model of a Tie Fighter BTW [image: DZeG_999.jpg]

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This sounds like an issue with your mouse, its drivers/settings, or your mouse technique, not with SketchUp per-se. That is, for some reason SketchUp is receiving multiple mouse input events when you press the button. Check what the system settings for the mouse are, they may be interfering with SketchUp. Can you borrow another mouse to see whether the problem is with the hardware? I don't know why you see this with newer versions but not with SketchUp 8 - perhaps they tuned up something in the GUI that used to drop almost-simultaneous mouse inputs...

@pbacot said: Admirable you are trying to use your abilities for a good cause. I like your ordinary fish scale, that could give your tongue weight. Thank you sir. Knowing the value of visualization, a graphic was needed to show how easy tongue weight can be gauged. Right tool for the job and all that.

you'd need to model the terrain (ie. the positions of corners as per surveying maps for your site location) correctly, set the solarnorth correctly w.r.t. the terrain then position your axis (x=0, y=0, z=0) is at can be used as reference for the actual geo-location that's how I would do it, very few project require this level of precision though, mostly just locate the model to a known location and set the solarnorth

I wonder what happens if I press this and this??

This is how I understood your advice to me: Scene 1A/Select All/Explode/Select All/Layer0/Make Group/Layer1/Update Scene Scene 1B/Layer3 Invisible/Explode/Select All/Layer0/Group/Layer1/Update Scene I went through the other scenes basically in the same way. I've closed and opened the model a few times and no dimension lines have disappeared!! Thank you for the valuable lesson.

@box said: Often the logitech drivers can be the problem. It can be better to run the mouse with the default win drivers. Hi Box Thanks for that, worth checking out.

Champion, TIG! Thanks.

This sounds like the component has the glue-to behavior set. Open the Components window, click the little house icon to see "In Model", select the component and then select edit in the component window. If you see Glue To set to anything except "None", you need to change this to eliminate the glueing behavior. Note: if you originally draw the component up against another face, this behavior is set automatically unless you unselect it in the create component dialog.