No, you would not. Dynamic attributes are a feature of sketchup only. Sorry :S

Thanks again kaas.

Thanks Elisei, its back to the basics...

reinstalled and install from SU now.

Thank you. I can sleep now.

@kmk111890 said: Thank you, sdmitch and TIG. I could partly understand how i have to fix the codes, but not perfect because I showed you code roughly. Maybe, it would be better i show you what i'm doing now. I'm trying to add bezier curve to draw one simple shape. The equation for the quadratic bezier curve represents as shown below B(t) = (1-t)(1-t)P0+2(1-t)P1+(t)(t)P2 With the equation, I tried to generate coordinates which are from the equation and wanted to use 'For loop'. hmmm It looked like i can make the codes by myself, but didn't work well This seems to work ents = Sketchup.active_model.entities Length = 1000 angle = (60)/2 angle2 = (45)/2 pt0 = [0,0,0] pt1 = [Length.mm, 0, 0] aa = 80*0.01 pt2 = pt1.transform(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt0,[0,-1,0],angle.degrees)) pt3 = pt1.transform(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt0,[0,-1,0],angle2.degrees)) pt4 = [Length.mm*aa, 0, 0] pt5 = pt4.transform(Geom;;Transformation.rotation(pt0,[0,-1,0],angle.degrees)) arcarray = ents.add_arc [0,0,0], [1,0,0],[0,-1,0], Length.mm, 0, angle2.degrees arc = arcarray[0] arccurve = arc.curve verts = arccurve.vertices pts=[];pts<<pt0 0.step(1,0.2) do |t1| x = (1-(t1))*(1-(t1))*pt5.x+2*(1-(t1))*(t1)*pt2.x+(t1)*(t1)*pt3.x y = (1-(t1))*(1-(t1))*pt5.y+2*(1-(t1))*(t1)*pt2.y+(t1)*(t1)*pt3.y z = (1-(t1))*(1-(t1))*pt5.z+2*(1-(t1))*(t1)*pt2.z+(t1)*(t1)*pt3.z pts << Geom;;Point3d.new(x, y, z) end pts<<pt1 a = ents.add_line pt0, pt1 b = ents.add_line pt0, pt5 c = ents.add_curve pts face = ents.add_face pts path = ents.add_circle [Length,0,0], [-1,0,0], -Length face.followme path ents.erase_entities path face2 = ents.add_face verts path2 = ents.add_circle [Length,0,0], [-1,0,0], -Length face2.followme path2 ents.erase_entities path2 group=ents.add_group ents.to_a [image: 0MNz_kmk.gif]

If it helps after so long, here's the model with the Simplified Chinese text intact. reedplates-text.skp

@dave r said: Explain why the center mouse button isn't mapped to Orbit like it is supposed to be. mapped to orbit?? do you mean this icon? it appears, and at the same time, "side'' will be changed to "value". Sorry, English is not my monther tongue. [image: NU5E_ssss.jpg]

to answer my own question in a topic now locked......tap the ctrl key when you stretch the tape measure across a group or component to avoid having to erase the guideline that remains after you resize.

Sorry. I didn't mention that.

@pbacot said: a "remove lonely vertex" plugin should clean it up. e.g. CleanUp³ by Thomthom. If they are not coplanar and not welded, you can have a look at Thomthoms select curve plugin.

I also import models available in both FBX and OBJ format with SimLab... SimLap does a great job, but you will need to cleanup the models to reduce the size and make them usable in many cases... You can benefit by installing the CleanUp plugin by Thomthom... Please note that some models will take very long time to cleanup... (by very long time, I mean 3-4 hours! The plugin will estimate how long time it takes to cleanup a model, however, these estimates are usually never correct... Models are usually cleaned up a lot quicker then what the plugin have estimated... Hope this can help you further...!?

Well i thought id just add the final model , although basic to look at, i'm pleased with the dynamic aspect of it. I can change the overall dims and the key design aspects using the components options box, and I have assigned the components to different layers for selective viewing of different parts. Just one last thing! how to miter the ends of the plinth rails in such a way is will redraw correctly? The answer is probably the scale function but i haven't yet got a full grip on this control in the attributes fields. Please excuse the pace of learning... Dan Test box mk3.skp

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Driven, im surprised. I like very much how i set the button/focus accessibility on my system and havent suspected that feature to interfere with SU. Its like you said: turned off, Su behaves again like expected. Thanks for helping.

What Box said! Arrow keys are your friend. I bend some crazy stuff with Shape Bender, the only thing you need to keep in mind if your model is complex , scale it WAY BIG or you'll blow the mesh full of little holes....

@dave r said: Try updating Internet Explorer and clear the temporary internet files. As for downloading directly from the web, choose the version you need to suit the SketchUp version. [attachment=0:3iypz9za]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3iypz9za] thanks Dave for fast reply For your information, i have update my Internet Explorer. I already clear the temporary internet files. The warehouse then can be open, but after few trial, it cannot connect to the webpage again. thanks for the tip of choosing the version, I am unaware of that features since i normally download at the main page i will download from the webpage as optional FYI another workaround i did is installing Sketchup Make 2016, just to use the warehouse from the program. but for that, i need to save the file as Sketchup 2014. I cannot directly copy and paste ETC: i did notice that Sketchup 2016 64bit can preview the file, which cannot be done on Sketchup 2014

Everything is working nicely now, thanks for the help and suggestions. I installed 8 first, then 2015. I can just double click on a model if I want to open it in 8 (I still save all my work as 8, for various reasons), or just right click on it and select Open with Sketchup 2015 when I want that. I use my C drive only for the OS and programs, so I wasn't worried about all my Sketchup stuff (actually that's what it's called, Sketchup Stuff, my largest folder, 265GB, 347,927 files, 9,769 folders) or anything else, just some of the stuff on my Desktop. I had some folders there that would have been almost impossible to rebuild from scratch, plus there was my Thunderbird Local Folders file (144 local folders). I was really lucky to find a program that let me recover all that stuff. I guess I was getting complacent, I never had a hard drive crash so completely like this one, I was always able to pretty easily save the files I needed when a drive started going South. Now I include such files in my backup plan. I tried a number of backup programs before I found Syncback Pro, been using it for years now and it works really great. I can setup a new profile in a minute or two. I too use a 1TB WD black for my backups, only connected to the computer when I do my backups. I also regularly backup to my backup computer, which also has a 1TB WD Black which is connected when I do backups. Plus, everything is backed up to my laptop. So I think I'm pretty much covered there. Backups of my backups everywhere. Yeah, I are a bit paranoid. I never have more that one computer connected to the internet at a time, and only when necessary (I only use hard-wired modems and routers, and I have them connected to the AC through remote controlled outlets, so I just click a button to connect to the internet and click again to disconnect, no sense giving the bad guys any more of a target than I have to ) I might give an SSD another try eventually. I've been eying the Samsung 850 Pro 512GB (MZ-7KE512BW), not cheap but looks promising. Maybe I'll just let the technology cook for a couple more years. Anyhow, thanks again for the help. Much appreciated