@dave r said: Nathan, you might experiment with the OpenGL settings under Preferences. It might be that you'll find ticking or unticking the boxes another combination will give you better performance. Start by turning off Use Hardware Acceleration. Dave, I just finished trying what you had suggested, yet nothing has served to alter the condition. I tried everything - within that 'OpenGL' settings area - but no change. Being that the program HAD run as smooth as it possibly could, and is problematic in that area now - especially after my not having changed any settings by which to cause it - I am left with the assumption that the causative factor has to lie within my computer, itself. But I thank you, as always, for your input. Nathan

Fredo scale [image: Le54_USEFREDOSCALEPLUGIN.JPG] complex curved ramp A.skp

Mike, to answer your specific question, it wouldn't be an easy thing to adjust the spacing between the ribbons. It would require a change in the radius of the curves. The Scale tool could be used to squash things flatter but it would make the ribbons thinner, too. Are you thinking of a sort of panel of woven wood strips? If so I think the idea from the Parisian Fence is good. Make a small section that you can repeat and make that a component. Then copy that into an array. I do that for grilles. Here's a simple example. [image: 5979597868_808f4b6fcc.jpg] This grille is made of three different components, shown on the right. The faces that fall in the seams are deleted (magenta is the back face color for this example) and the seam lines on the horizontal surfaces are hidden.

if your Library's hidden, you can use SU's 'Ruby Console' to find and open it for you Select All then copy and paste this into 'RC' and hit return/enter open_Templates = %x(open "#{Sketchup.find_support_file('Templates')}") then delete as desired... john

Yes. Window>Fog>Check Display Fog use sliders to adjust. Rightclick on Scene Tab>Update. Rightclick On Scene Tab again, Add Scene and set fog parameters, Update scene.... Does this work for you?

Thanks for that - turning off HWA solved my exporting .dwg problem.

I was going to say that most of your issues sound mouse related... I wonder if your clicker isn't going out and not holding functions. Might take it apart and clean it. I mean inside where the buttons connect to the little mini buttons.

Also, if your thinking of rendering you could take the approach the legendary Silver_Shadow used in "The River Runs Through it". http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/sketchup-and-advanced-modeling/the-river-runs-through-it/ If not' like me you'll pick up a hell of a lot of modeling technique from this.

Well, you can at least use the free version to become at least somewhat proficient before you decide. I find that for most drawing tasks I don't need more than I could get with the free version. I use the pro version mostly for LayOut and the occasional CAD import or export.

Thanks!

Ah.... So there were several things in the way. I suspect you wouldn't have needed to reload Make to get this all to work. Now that it is, you should be in great shape. Thanks for the plug, too.

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Exactly like you said. I have both versions 2013 and 8. Because version 8 becomes default so doubleclicking on a file to open was giving errors about version. I didn't realize that I had 2 vesions installed Thanks for help, problem solved

His was the next thing I was going to suggest. It's likely related to the mouse driver.

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sounds like you're hiding lines and have hidden geometry on...

It's just a few clicks. Watch vid. [screenr:2fxf7s5r]i0gH[/screenr:2fxf7s5r]

Check with TomDC "behind you". Well, he used to say he was.

Thanks Dave