Thanks TIG. Your explanations are very knowledgeable ... but they're being read by this guy who isn't.

@dave r said: What do you mean by "mods"? Modifications to your SketchUp model? After you save the SKP file the LO viewports get updated automatically. Changes carried through. Brilliant!

Yes, Didiers's site is back.

Ok. It looked in the video like the section rotations were real time. I did not get that they were scene transitions. thanks.

Thanks!

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I've been playing with the basics. I need a triangulated support strategy to rigidly attach the bike frames to a floor frame made up of aluminum ladder segments that are bolted together. Because the idea is to keep as much floor accessible as possible (for sleeping), I need something like a space frame arraignment to keep everything rigid. I know that this doesn't have much to do with modeling, but there are some engineers and designers that visit these pages. I hope this isn't too far off topic. I found some plumbing patches that bolt onto water pipes. They are rubber-lined and come in a variety of sizes and configurations. Not too difficult to model. So I have been playing with this idea, but I wondered if anyone had any suggestions.[image: 1yrn_Kit.jpg]

OK. I updated my profile. I'm using SU Make 2015.

Thanks a lot! It works!

Got it fixed installed a new version of SU.

Yes, Bundles is an excellent feature.

@unknownuser said: The problem with Window Explorer seems to be fixed. Whoopie. So thanks to everyone who figure this out and took care of the problem. Ken Yes, Hurrah! And skp preview as well! (Although, for some reason, not for all of them).

Hi all, Thanks to all for the interest. Sorry its taken so long to get back to clarifying my query. I went for a 2hr bike sprint yesterday. Ran into an old riding mate. Ended up on an 8 hour ride. Too much coffee. Too much food. Way too much exercise. And way too much sun. Left my metabolics in an uproar. Although completely exhausted, only got about 3 hours sleep. So might be a bit ditzy. When I post, I post only about whats happening to me based upon my limited knowledge at that time. I wouldn't dream of posting about anyone else or how something is working or not working for them. My post of " didn't work" should have clarified as "did't work for me" or "being a newbie, in a constant state of confusion and aw, I didn't understand how it works". Being my first venture into Sketchup, SketchUcation and extensions I could have gotten mixed up on where to download the latest versions from and how to install and how to use each of the extensions. The one extensions I was after was the one that would popup a new small window and list the dimensions. The small window never appeared. Blast! Now testing again, after an iMac boot, and start from scratch, it does work. Nice! Might have been the triple left click to select all, then right click to Make Component (my first), then Extensions | Get Dimensions. Am I supposed to restart Sketchup after Extension Installation? Or reboot? The cut list returned one proper measurement. The other was considerably larger. Reading posts regarding the axis having to be just right might be another reason. Again reading posts regarding Sketchup Extension folder not existing in my iMac HD folder structure lends to the research as well. On Sketchup restart I was getting some sort of debug / error message popping up after I had attempted my newbie extension installs. Removing the extension folder and starting again cleared that up. I have a couple of extensions: Select all Dimensions and Move Dimensions to Layer that I don't know how to work yet bit will sort out as soon as my mind clears. I hope this addresses queries regarding my post and will allow us all to continue in a positive constructive collaboration. Again, many thanks to all interested parties and your patience regarding my newbie status is much appreciated. Barry G. Sumpter

Ah yes, that was it! Had it set to architectural, not fractional. Thanks!

I can open in CAD but not SU. When I import from CAD to SU the process is very slow and the scale seems off. That may be the issue, the CAD file scale might be off. the trees drip line looks to be 98 fee across--but I have no knowledge of the original file or units. Check the scale in the CAD file. Anyway exploding the blocks is a good idea.

No - the exported DAE [text-format] always has its related image-files in a folder of the same-name - but of course you can then make a ZIP of the DAE and its folder to send on to someone - if that is your issue... In passing... if you exporte a KMZ, then that is effectively a renamed ZIP, containing a DAE file and its images-folder inside a 'models' subfolder, with a KML file at its base level.

Oh my. Glad I looked at this. It appears use of the contextual "Put on Layer" is moving all nested components and RAW geometry to that layer! Really? I never... So this contextual place on layer is a plugin by Dik Harrison. I don't recall ever having loaded this plugin. But I have always had it... (I freshly uploaded plugins for 2015, one by one) The SCF manager gives the plugin a date in 2013 (too old) but the info is all older than that. I'll just stay away from this.