I solved the problem and perhaps this will help others. Call the Keymark office in Boulder. They will take your credit card info over the phone and then once cleared, the tech support folks will send you the authorization code by email. Some additional info They are still working on BuildEdge and hope to release something next year.Although dont know what that means. Sketchucation is the site to find any updates. You can install it on two machines but you have to shut down one before you can start the other. So one machine in the office and one at home is ok povided you remember to shut down one before starting the other. Too complicated so I bought a second copy and dont have to remember to shut down before I go home.

Click on the Upload attachment tab below the text window. It should be self-explanatory from there.

%(#4040FF)[It is on my hard drive and in the cloud. I had that problem becouse file was being updated when I was trying to save it. I turned up automatic update to cloud and the problem dissapeared Thanx anyway =)] quote="Dave R"]If it is on your google drive, that could be a problem. If the file is saved in the cloud, it isn't on your hard drive.[/quote]

In Model Info/Units you have it set to inches and 0 precision, so it can only tell you the rounded up dimension. Adjust the precision and it will give you an accurate dimension.

This one is working, great! I appreciate your help.

You could put your component libraries somewhere that doesn't require permission changes. Make a folder in My Documents or if you have a second hard drive, put the folder there.

Ken... This is subject for the duh thread, not the bla bla thread!

Careful...you could get "dragged and drop-kicked" in here if you don't look out.

That's a good idea.

@MrMitc hello, pls can you modify this to include groups. i want to make an exploded animation of my model. thanks

Ha - Gilles suggestion worked but I had to select all leader text. Thx guys.

See this from the SketchUp Knowledge Center.

thanks google

Nah. It should stay. Maybe someone else will come along with the same issue and happen on this thread. Glad you got it sorted out.

The invisible selection box isn't a feature as you assume. It has to do with the OpenGL settings on your computer. Go to Window>Preferences>OpenGL and untick the box for Use Hardware acceleration. Click OK and then quit and restart SketchUp. Do you see the selection box after doing that?

Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to solve the problem, and in so doing may have found out something about sketchup that may help others. I was never able to close the face "normally", so I tried Wo3dan's suggestion of a diagonal line. That didn't work either (the face didn't fill at all or only partially filled.) However, on closer examination, some of the lines between the points, while appearing to be continuous, were actually combinations of multiple segments. So I erased the segments, replaced with a continuous line and it filled diagonally, which is ok for my purposes. I still don't understand why it won't fill normally with two Z1 and two Z2 points, but at least this worked. So to make sure a face closes diagonally, make sure the lines are single and continuous and not combinations of segments.

@alfordt said: right now the section of code looks like this... <a href="SketchupIntro.skp">Sketchup Intro</a> Thats where I have linked it to the file on our server... <a href="file;///C|/Documents and Settings/RCSGuest/Application Data/Macromedia/Dreamweaver 8/Configuration/ServerConnections/teachers/alfordt/documents/GoogleSketchupDesignExercise1.pdf"> the 2 important paths differ, assuming both are in the same directory, try... <a href="file;///C|/Documents and Settings/RCSGuest/Application Data/Macromedia/Dreamweaver 8/Configuration/ServerConnections/teachers/alfordt/documents/SketchupIntro.skp"> if it's not in the same directory you will still need to show it's a local file... href="file;/// before your path... john

If you are coming to SU from Wings3D then you're going to be used to subdivision modelling. While SU will do the things you ask, right out of the box (you can also type in the required number of line segments BTW, in addition to doing it visually) you can greatly extend its capabilities by choosing from a huge number of plugins/extensions. Most of them are free (and available here). Others are commercial but usually fairly low-cost...like Artisan.

ok - I found the corrupt file in my work pc recycle bin. apply fredoscale and use the 'box stretch to target' option. click the origin onto one of the leg's baseplate and you should see strange wireframe effects take place as you stretch/collapse the component. [image: I90W_corruptcomponentscreencap.JPG] CORRUPT COMPONENT.skp