Hello Guys, I found the culprit. is the new version of "Fluidimporter." Now, I report the problem to the developers. Thanks to all

Hello Guys, I found the culprit. is the new version of "Fluidimporter." Now, I report the problem to the developers. Thanks to all

Many Plugin shave been updated in the last few months so they would be compatible with v2014. You should always install the latest versions into v2014. Using an old version copied over from v2013 is a recipe for disaster and annoyance. The SketchUcation PluginStore will have most of your Plugins - use the v2.6.0 feature to AutoInstall all of them using a My Setup 'Bundle'... You need to have installed and opened v2.6.0 in v2013 - this will save a listing for that computer/version. Then in v2014 your computer[s]/versions will be listed as 'Bundles'. Duplicate the 13 'Bundle'. Remove any Plugins you don't really want - you will have almost certainly have some installed you never use ! Remember to include the 'Libs' like tt's and LibFredo - otherwise many of their tools will not work without their Libs being installed. Then simply AutoInstall that entire 'Bundle'... Sit back while the list is processed - if you are installing into the default Plugins folder it should be surprisingly fast... Remember that a few Extensions are only available from the ExtensionWarehouse - so you need to get/install those separately... Remeber to restart SketchUp after adding all of these Plugins to complete the process - some recently installed Plugins [like Fredo's] will not work properly until SketchUp restarts... So now your v2014 will have a similar setup of Plugins to v2013 - using all of the latest versions - of course there might be a few as yet incompatible ones around - but if so just Disable them in the SketchUcation PluginsManager and remember to let the author know about the issue - so it can be fixed asap... If you have set up Sets under the PluginsManager in v2013, you can use the 'Export All Sets' option into a folder on your Desktop, then in v2014 use the PluginsManager Sets to 'Import Sets' to add the Sets from that folder - now v2013 and v2014 should look very familiar as you can choose which Plugins to Enable/Load/Disable for particular modeling tasks...

@ashscott said: Turns out I'm more deprived than you think - I've never even heard of Contra.... haha (fwiw, I don't have a clue about most games these days.. I've never been much of a gamer except maybe in the late 80s with a Nintendo.. I just happen to know about contra and super Mario bros (and street fighter)

@leminilab said: 3dita, I thank you, it works perfectly! I just need to find the best spacing in the sandbox to make sure my computer doesn't die rendering this but it is what I needed! Thanks a bunch! Glad I could be of help! Again, make sure the CDs are Proxies, otherwise I think it's gonna be hard to handle that scene.. Looking forward to see how it turned out, ok? Cheers

Thanks Dave that sounds reasonably straight forward...will work through it...cheers David

My story is a bit similar. Years working with ACAD, 2D was great, but I was never able to draw a good 3D shape (aircraft fuselage). It took me about 2 weeks to get something usable in so called 2 1/2D. Tried other apps but none were either good enough, or simple enough. Then I saw an advert for SU in some tech pub I subscribe to, so I gave it a try. In under 2 hours after I very first turned it on, I had my fuselage shape. (The hard way with zero plug-ins) I then scrapped ACAD. That was over 8 years ago. And I now have over 25 plug-ins, but only use about 6 regularly, especially Fredo's Curviloft.

Why, thank you Box. As our friend above stated the usual thumbnail runaround is a right royal pita. Never thought to look at template options. Ta.

need more detail or post sample of file What are you exporting to??

Dynamic Component does'nt have any Symmetry tool, only position, rotation and dimension (lenght). If you put a negative value in the lenght attribute, you get the same result as the positive, it use the absolute value. So, I don't see any way to solve your problem with Dynamic Components...

I just installed it on my Mac and it works fine for me, too. Maybe it's an installation error? Did you also install the required support file?

@mac1 said: masterpaul; I did not do a very good job with alternate approach. Attached is top level concept. I removed some geo to give better view. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hk4wjofwv3fzuzk/Backup_1.skb Don't worry this.. this method would had also worked. However I ended up doing it all by scratch.

A fellow Okie... Welcome to the forum Jamie.

Yeah you can turn my model into pseudo-quads with Quad face tools, but that's what they are: "pseudo", I guess. I like my answer as far as SU is concerned. [image: 2T5h_ScreenShot2014-03-30at10.50.15AM.png]

Got it. Thanks!

@syburn said: Looking at the 3D warehouse, its still lacking for furniture selection. Where is a better place to get furniture. lights and props for interiors? The SketchUcation Shop? Podium Browser? Form Fonts? Lots of furniture to choose from.

@box said: Have a read here. http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/37-beginner/315-edges-bleeding-through-geometry Thanks for that. It's a problem I run into continually relative to a particular product I have to draw in many variations (drum shades for a retail client) so a workaround is very much appreciated. If it's any consolation the problem is more apparent in Rhino than in SketchUp. Not sure why.

@jim said: in Shadow Settings - turn on "Use Sun for Shading", decrease the Light slider, increase the Dark slider. Awesome! Thanks, Jim.

Thank you, Thomas