PROBLEM SOLVED EVERYONE it turns out i didn't dig deep enough into the layers of parts used to compose the drawer boxes . For instance, the groups that comprised the middle drawer box component, dbox_2 (the left and right members, the front and back members, and the bottom), contained references to the top drawer box component, dbox_1. As soon as I changed all the "dbox_1" references to "dbox_2," the middle drawer box started resizing according to overall cabinet depth as it should. Obviously the same worked for the bottom drawer box, dbox_3. as you might have guessed, the reason the groups that comprise dbox_2 and dbox_3 had references to dbox_1 is b/c I created the middle and bottom drawer boxes by making copies of the top drawer box, dbox_1.

A simpler way would be to revert the Tools changes [you cannot be sure that the versions between 8 & 2013 are identical], then install the latest 'su_dynamiccomponents' set from the Extensions-Warehouse ? There are several plugins that used to ship with v8 Tools that you need to get from the EW and now appear in Plugins...

No problem ! Try to keep things near the Origin . Also when it happens like this you can always move back the camera with the Previous camera view button !This is one of the few default icons I have kept in my toolbars(I could have assigned a shortcut, but well) .

Good luck.

@bustedclock said: Actually, I've only tried zoom extents a couple of times, but it seemed to distort what I was looking at. I guess, or I think (not sure which!), that it zoomed the whole component to fill the screen. That's what Zoom Extents is supposed to do. The one from the Context menu zooms in on the selection so if you have a face or an edge selected when you choose it, the view will zoom in to it. As to the distortion yousee or think you see, perhaps you would find it easier if you reduce the camera's field of view. Select the Zoom tool from the toolbar or Camera menu and type a new value in the VCB. If you wish, you can use focal length instead of degrees by typing mm after the number. @bustedclock said: A way to one-click (context menu?) change camera to the opposite end of the component. Not like flip along axis because I want the whole model to flip even though I'm working on a single component. Also, not the camera-view menu/buttons, because I don't necessarily remember which side of the model I'm working on. Heat of the moment, and all that. You don't really want to flip the model do you? It sounds more like you want to Orbit the camera 180° from its current location. Would that be correct? Well, 180° might not be the right amount. Maybe it is 90° or 110° along the length of the component. How do you determine what the angle should be? It sounds to me like with practice in using the existing navigation tools, you'll find you can do quite well with them. Use the center mouse button/wheel and combine it with Shift for Pan and I think you'll find you get along just fine.

Maybe you'll just have to bite the bullet and buy the Pro version of SketchUp.

@mbsmcmillan said: Thanks. I was too pressed for time to wait for the moderator to approve my post... Well your first post was approved in less than 20 min... [image: 7Uj0_Cattura.JPG]

It worked. Thank you!

Thanks Turns out my vendor (who is using SolidWorks) was working in a larger scale and reducing to my required size. I asked my vendor to make the DWG export unscaled, and it imported nicely

Dave, a nice example that there are many ways to achieve a goal in SketchUp and the first thought might not always be the simplest

@TIG: Thank you for submitting another solution. Yesterday I feared there wouldn't be a simple solution to this problem an now I have four.

I believe it belongs in the LibFredo6 folder not in Plugins. Try moving it there and see if you still get the error message.

So, something is wrong with your SketchUp installation, or your Keyboard or its key-mapping ! Using Erase+Ctrl+Shift works fine for me in unsmooth/unsoftening edges. I have the latest v2103 [although that should not matter as it has always worked faultlessly] Have you considered doing a 'Repair' or failing that fixing things a 'Reinstall' ?

Hi Nigel, I'm importing my Sketchup files into C4D. I was hoping this plugin would streamline my workflow saving the time it takes to save in dae. and perhaps even help to overcome texture problems.

A manual process that we found was to use the Make Unique Texture. Now it would be to run that in batch on all horizontal faces with an elevation greater than zero. Thoughts?

Johnbarb, You won't need to trace the lines over an image if your .pdf is a vector .pdf. The process I use to transform vector .pdf into .skp is by using inkscape (an excellent opensource vector graphics software). 1 - Import the pdf into inkscape 2 - Export it as dxf 3 - Import into sketchup (there are some dxf in/out plugins but I never tried them because I have pro version) 4 - Scale dxf with the measurement tool 5 - For texts there is a dxf text import plugin by Tig that is very handy. For those plugins search Sketchucation Plugin Store, For exporting to .svg you can use the svg plugin rich pointed or, if you have sketchup pro or a pdf printer installed in your system, you can print/export a .pdf from sketchup or layout and import it to inkscape again. You'll get a file that you can then save in .svg wich is the native inkscape format. Hope this sheds some more light into that matter. Best regards, JQL

thanks. minutes after posting this i discovered there is a companion plugin needed for the first to work properly. sorry to take your time with this.

i actually figured out my syntax error a few weeks ago, but thanks for the response. i also didn't get an email notifying me that you responded to my thread...i was just browsing the forums and noticed that someone had replied. i'll have to figure that one out so that i can get back to people when they post in my threads...