Not only I am using SU 2021 I am also not using Powerpoint... 😲

I don't have SU2019. I tend to ditch old versions when a new one releases whether I like new features or not.

I wish they had some type of LTS(Long Term Support) for older versions so licensed users could at last expect the version they buy would get bug fixes and minor updates for at least 2 yrs. But that's separate to your issue.

The enter key works.
I can draw a line, enter the measurement and confirm with enter. works perfectly.

Only the push pull tool no longer works with enter.

@dave r said:

With this one, anyway, the materials will be present in the model if you extract the folder along with the .dae file from the .zip file and put them in the same location. The model is not coming as wireframe with no faces, the materials are all set to be fully transparent. Not sure why that would be but it's easily fixed...

Thanks! This is a very helpful and valuable tip because I also failed at the "wireframe trap" like j_jones 👍 😄 and so I finally found out how to download the material package as well what I hadn´t done so far.

@dave r said:

I don't see the fading guides but I do see that your model is positioned away from the origin. I've moved it close to the origin. See if you still get that same behavior.
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Also make sure the 1660 graphics card is actually being used to display SketchUp. Window>Preferences>OpenGL>Grpahics Card Details.

While we're thinking about graphics cards, go to the Nvidia site and download the latest drivers for that card and install them.

By the way, I fixed some incorrect tag usage. All edges and faces should be created and remain untagged.
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I also purged unused stuff from the model.
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I noticed that you have Length Snapping enabled. It would be a good idea to turn that off. Having it on is a good way to induce errors into your model.

And thanks for updating your profile. That info helps us help you and it's nice to be able to just look it up when we need to know it.

Ooh, i didnt have issue with your file, no fading guideline. I will do as you did and see what happen. But i dont know about Length Snapping, plz tell me.Btw how to fix incorrect tag 😞

Capture.PNG

it was not corrected in 22 😕

The PNG has black to white values. Pure black is no height and pure white is highest point.

Displace a subdivided mesh using this PNG as the driver for the height. Your subdivided mesh should match the pixel density to the PNG to get accurate results.

Yes definitely learn Ruby

Currently Dynamic Components are the best and "native" way of placing data and having some control over objects, whether "Live Components" are able to compete or excel will be years away.
So stick with Dynamic Components and learn how they can be controlled and improved on using Ruby.

For example the "redraw all" script kindly donated by Dan

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/redraw-all-dynamic-components/77512/10 might help, or placing a redraw onclick in the cube

However a clear picture of what you trying to achieve may help me to advise the best method.
array copies are generally y = copy*(leny+space)

@unknownuser said:

remember Dan Rathburn to have written a small plugin

😎

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/redraw-all-dynamic-components/77512/15

Only one I knew is SketchUcam. Sorry, not much else to add.

SketchUp is a poly modeller so TRUE curves aren't possible. You will always fight against segments causing facetting.

I believe SketchUcam's extport to g-code was quite adequate on flat sheet cuts. But 5-axis stuff could be a bit of a stretch.

put the instances of your houses in a row without rotation. and the rotated instances on the site will receive all changes from the straight versions. Also, assign important shortcuts to tools\axes and reset axes

I added the chapters in the tutorial, this allows you to directly access the parts you want to see or review.

Very best to you and yours, you made a difference. 👍

@pipingguy said:

but it is not editable.

It would be if you use ThomThom's 3dText Editor to place it.

You could get better looking labels if you added them in LayOut.

Excellent image Katheryn. These high entourage models can get quite challenging. I do post stuff from time to time in the gallery. Most of it nowadays is just for fun to keep from forgetting how to do the SU and rendering stuff. Lost my old job that was the reason to learn SU several years ago. Shake up after a company merger imagine that 😲 .

To be honest I steer clear of DCs when I can. Only reason I saw the issue was because this is a type of Euler vs Quaternion rotation issue.

Your model actually prompted me to look into DCs more to see if they had a formula for it. I'm pretty sure you can use a mixture of maths functions to calculate this but it beyond my feeble brain... 😞

Case Closed

It may be that the a vailidity check is deleting tiny faces. I haven't used that extension before. Is there an option to set the number of sides? If so, what are you using for that? what is the radius of the pipe? How many segments in the arcs of the path? What is their radius?

Thanks Fredo, I was obviously looking in the wrong place. this doesn't happen with my desktop PC so it might be a quirk of this laptop.

@fredo6 said:

@floedekage said:

Hi Fredo6, I've got Vray version 3.40.02 installed. Thanks for the quick response. 😄

I think Animator only supports VRay 4.2 and above.

Alright. I've been afraid of updating Vray ever since I set it up exactly as I needed it some years ago. Of course it worked perfectly after updating. 👍 Thanks for the help Fredo and I'm sorry if this was written somewhere and I've just completely overlooked it.