Was playing with a couple of flashforges at a hackerspace yesterday - that was pretty cool.

Thanks Box, that did it! Also made it very obvious that I had a few faces reversed.

have you tried 'Export 3d' >> 'dxf' this will export as 'vector' rather than 'raster' john

Thanks for that INFO.

@mtr said: I tried, but it only works with curved line, I have a line is curve, angle and up. Pls see the pic above. Shape bender can do this... [image: IMk9_sb.jpg]

Kathryn, it may well be Autosave that's crashing LightUp... if it kicks in during any intensive process it can bring SU to it's knees... ⌘S is one of the best shortcuts to use religiously john

Sometimes we overlook the simplest means. Thank you.

@slbaumgartner said: At this time there is no known workaround on Windows. The SketchUp.exe has its resources baked in, and analog modifications to it can cause crashes and corrupts the executable.

I installed it and I got a toolbar... did you choose the proper su versions?

update Safari to recent v8.0.2 clean browser cache clean cookies try again

Sry. I guess we all figured you knew this and were looking for a better idea!

Lofting! That's the word I needed to remember... now what was I asking about? Oh yeah; curviloft by Fredo. Does a lot of astonishing things and I might even be able to work out how to control which one it does for me http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=248195#p248195

Hi, did you manage to solve your issue? I am facing a similar dilemma and hoping to find a solution. Thanks!

Yes, I am familiar with these techniques and have used them in a different way. I used The "Dennis Technique" when trying to create a watercolor looking type look. The Technique combines different exported styles (shadows, no shadows, color only, lines only, etc. Then using a photo editing software merging them and exposing underlying layers by erasing the center till the achieved look is gained. [image: UXia_IMAGE1.jpg]

The tools to help you resolve issues with non-solids... Solid Inspector will show issues but not fix them... Then in combination with an 'edit'... Layers - all switched ON [in case you have nested objects on OFF layers, or even worse! geometry on a layer that is not Layer0 that is off !!] View > Hidden Geometry > ON [shows invisible edges and 'hidden' objects] View in Xray mode [allows selection and deletion of internal edges] Section Planes [to allow you to access the inside of objects to remove faces, edges etc] Select + <delete> [to delete unwanted faces/edges] Erase [to remove unwanted edges by picking] Move [to select and relocate vertices to heal small holes etc] Line Tool [to over-drawn edges and [re]create missing faces] Remember that a solid group or component can only contain geometry. Every edge must have exactly two faces. So that means... No faceless edges. No edges around a hole [no matter how tiny]. No edges forming the unbounded side of a flap or shelf. No internal partition faces, which would then have some edges used by three or more faces. No otherwise seemingly solid boxes touching on a shared edge - which then has four faces. No exactly overlaid coplanar faces with shared edges - can happen [rarely] with some plugin operations.

@panixia said: nice vid! and nice house.. +1 Many things in your video that I need to learn (like how to do the terrain with a model like this).

@susteve said: thank you - yes it is yellow. I wondered if it was anything special about the model but it isn't thanks again The 'Selected' color can be changed as mentioned above and will also be saved per scene, much like different 'Section Cuts' colors.

@d12dozr said: @skyways128 said: So, I work in meters and export in mm? Got it. Nope Import as meters, work in meters, export in meters...do everything with Sketchup using meters. When you open the model in another app for 3D printing, THEN you import as mm and the scale will be correct. Whoops! Thanks for the clarification!

I've also had this happen frequently. It may be due to the dividing line not being completely closed. Try drawing lines from the dividing edge to the outer edge, to hone in on where the gap is. If the above suggestion from myself or others do not work, I've also found that it's sometimes due to distance of the model from the origin or if the model is too small, messing with Sketchup's calculations. Try moving it back to the origin (changing axis location does not move the origin) or scaling the model up by 1000 (and back down after you're done working on it, if needed).

@dave r said: So the issue is that the component's axes and origin are not within or close to the geometry contained in the wrapper. There isn't any way to click on component axes and get the component open for editing. Perhaps, instead, maybe you could select the component from the Outliner. You'd at least be able to sort out which component axes belong to which component. As you already recognize, the problems you're trying to sort out are due to sloppy work on the front end. Maybe you should consider that there comes a time when you need to cut your losses and start over. You've been chasing this axis thing since last week, I think. Perhaps it would be faster, easier, and less frustrating to start over from the beginning with clean modeling. Or maybe at least you can go back and fix the original CAD file instead. Just a thought. Absolutely true Dave sir. That's what I'm doing now, thanks to thomthom axes tools. I am now building the entire model from almost scratch and manually choosing the axes tools plugin to centrally place the axis. I've been using sketchup since 2006 and never faced this problem because, my architecture site never exceeded the 11 acre mark. Now, I have made serious mistake for the first time and learnt a lot from it. P.S. You're speaking like my 60 year old dad.