Thanks Dave- you were right! I didn't realize that I was importing as a texture (had been doing that earlier and didn't think to change it back when importing). This forum is great! Thanks! Clem

You might try clearing your temporary internet files/Cache.

@dave r said: Do you use LayOut at all? Thanks for the reply. Intermittently. Primarily as a means to export 3D views of SketchUp models, not for CDs which come out of AutoCAD LT in my workflow. LO generates a much better image quality than Rhino so sometimes I'll import my Rhino work to create perspective views out of LO. Therefore, none of the big improvements of the last release affect me much.

Thank you so much ! You made my life easier

3D Printing is for Housewares! These mini keg shotglasses are 3D printed in ceramic powder, then glazed and fired in a kiln. [image: M3pY_CeramicKegShotglass.jpg] [image: cYNm_KegShotglass.jpg] This is a tea candle holder that I made as a gift for my sister in 2010. She still uses it almost every day! Printed in SLS nylon. [image: 5605152809_5f66e5bfa9_b.jpg] [image: 5605155479_9f2971a74d_b.jpg] A lamp also made in SLS nylon. Its fun to pick up and play with, and also throws a neat pattern when lit. [image: 6808937065_5c6ed69f5d_b.jpg] [image: 6826296941_1fcf991ca6_b.jpg] [image: 6826296503_c2a3f38c54_b.jpg]

Awesome idea!! I'm keen to get into lots of 3D printing this year!

There is TIG's 2D tools suite, one of which is Fillet. You can also set it to do a chamfer, I believe.

Could you walk me through how to do that? Im new to these more advanced shapes. It was segmented a lot more and made it very difficult to do the extruding so I used a WELD plugin to take the segment out of the line......maybe that was a poor choice

Thank you ! Actually I had problems with the smooth geometry but the thread answered my questions

Glad to help. I hope we see more folks voting.

At the suggestion of someone else here, I've used WizMouse to manage that scrolling function.

@3dgraffiti said: Stats: edges 4630869 faces 2048718 component instances 121074 groups 58621 component definitions 150 I think there is your problem: the outliner has to sort through 121.074 components + 58.621 groups. I can't imagine it has been build /optimized for those high numbers. No idea what to limit is though...

I'm doing something wrong attaching components. Please stand by.

thank you I will give it a go

Thanks john- so far no luck reproducing it. But i was jumping back and forth between Layout and SU, Thea and photoshop so maybe this had something to do with it. Weirdly, the color palettes list is available is Layout as Jeff pointed out. So maybe something switched it on and the pref carried over to SU. (i dont really know what i am talking about here) IF i can reproduce will post the process. thx again, And

I think one can say... depends! It really depends on what changes you are talking about and what your mesh looks like now. You can free-form model some detail or you can scale parts or whole. Look at Vertex Tools. But often it is actually faster to go back to get a new smooth mesh based on your outlines, especially for the sort of shape you describe.

Maybe Ill try to redraw it on layer 0. Thanks for the info.

I went into the settings for Mystic Thumb and discovered it had a "file overide" enabled. Unchecking it made SU2014 to open skp by default.

Thanks very much Dan, That was it - I use a shortcut tool called Clavier and I'd set Alt P to do something specific, and I now see that with Clavier I can set limits on the extent of that system change.

@mwm5053 said: And one more thing using modifier keys like command and option aren't allowed. I'm on a Mac by the way. That palette issue within SU since day 1 for me, easy workaround in System Preferences. Does need modifier keys though. Can toggle all the different toolbars...plus your shortcuts show in menu in case your memory slips I would be surprised if you can't use modifiers for keystrokes with that exotic mouse. [image: Sk4X_Untitled-SketchUpProat8.08.48AM.png]