RTFM... And a link too.. you are too kind Dave.

Oh, don't worry. I figured it out with by locking the position and a little formula =Base Unit!LenX-3.2 I will add the new skp file so others can learn from it. [image: 2VGu_DC3.jpg] Base Unit Dynamic.skp

I'll PM it to you from my office and let you know what we are looking for.

@kenneth r kuhlman said: SU2014 is very buggy. It freezes up at least 3 times a day. probably an incompatible plugin/extension copied from an ol' SU version... disable all plugins and try to reproduce the crashes: @unknownuser said: Sketchup.plugins_disabled=true enabling again with "...=false", checking with: @unknownuser said: is_disabled = Sketchup.plugins_disabled? restart SU for taking the disabling/enabling into effect. Norbert

Great, thanks. I've just been watching Youtube tutorials, but these are much more helpful

Opened it up in GIMP and the tree seemed to be cut out decently well. There were definitely some places that needed trimmed/erased so that is probably why it looked like it did. I started to trim it but it was taking forever so I put the transparency on 'nicer' and it displayed without the outline. Thanks

Tried to use a backer on the png and it didn't work. Exported it to a jpeg and now it is working. It must be that pngs don't block out sketchy lines..

You are welcome to try my Sub-Divide Faces plugin on my blog.

See the videos of Ely862me on youtube! http://youtu.be/tzjA0GPdQrw

Draw a floor surface for your model to sit on, apply a material you can edit in KT to be reflective. There are plenty of tutorials on the Kerkythea website. Start there.

@pbacot said: Thanks! That would be nice. How about is there a way to make custom hatches if you don't own AutoCAD? Your list in the post says "build your own from scratch", so I suppose it is somehow supported within the plugin and SketchUp. The net is full of pat files that you can use. In version 1.0 you can edit the size, line color, fill color and lineweight. A full pat builder will come in version 1.1 (free update) The Skalp Team

It could be that the axis tool is resetting itself back to the default every time the auto-save kicks in (which might make it seem like the axis changing locations from toggling the perspective).

Great, thank you.

Thank you very much. Just another question, can i create parametric processing? For example i want to create an hole in the panel but i want to introduce a numeric variable for changing the position of the hole when i want. Is this possible? Thank again!

Scale and centre. Got it. Thanks to all for their attention and expertise

I recommend the STL Extension by SketchUp, which appears in the File menu: File > Export STL. If you do not have this menu item, then install the SketchUp STL extension from the Extensions Warehouse, and try again.

@jfraser83 said: Im wondering if there is a plugin/tool that allows me to extrude a contoured (non flat) face from a terrain. Currently I am using a line extrude command, then copying up the face to that height. Or I am intersecting a 'flat' extruded face between to levels of the contoured terrain. These are very time consuming. (hope this makes sense) Anything out there? Perhaps this plugin? http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=48812%26amp;hilit=+curves A sample model showing what you start and end with would be most helpful.

take a glance to Kito Raupp for some creative methods! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT5r3AQZBnw