hello and welcome. LOTS of woodworkers and craftsmen here, you're gonna feel right at home

Hi, thanks all, especially richard for continue discussing this topic. I learnt allot the sketchucation shop is messy and not comfortable to browse. you can export evermotion models to skp but they are sometimes too messy to handle. I guess http://www.designconnected.com/ is the beset close to what I Was looking for. though a bit expensive. a good variety of free models though. the bloom unit model looks really innovative. 6$ hour isn't much though I wounder what cpu is used and what can be done in that hour. might try it sometime. I'm considering formfonts since its still the most cost effective. Thanks all from me too.

Yes, Yes, Yes.... many thanks!

thomthom's "solid inspector" ruby is a great help in finding all those loose ends

If you mean. is it possible to import a photograph of a person? Yes.Make a Rectangle for this purpose. Import the image-file as a Textured material and apply it to a front of the Rectangle If you further mean, can I cut out the "person's face" and make it a component? Yes. Zoom into the image and draw around the edges of the part[s] you want to keep with lines - try the freehand tool... Once you have a complete loop around the "person's face" use the Erase tool to remove the unwanted Edges around the rest of the Rectangle. Now you have the "person's face" as a 2d object using the image. You could give it some thickness using PushPull. Select it [x3-click] and use the Make Component tool... You now have a Component that is a person's face

Funny method of erasing by hand!

Well, last year John Bacus of (now already Trimble) said in his presentation at SketchUp BaseCamp in Boulder, Co. that the new SketchUp will be called "SketchUp 2013" so SketchUp 9 is unlikely to happen (and those screenshots seem to be a hoax too).

Thanks Kris.

Here's the SKP file, in case anyone wants to give it a shot. Guess I should have included it at the start. 1.skp

I am running thre most recent beta releaase. and i know that it has not been fixed. it had kept crashing in my computer... lets see what happens in the newer release...

Michael, I'm glad you got it sorted out.

I make few test SU8 + VRAY plus 3D models [image: 6TST_YOUTURN1TEST.jpg] [image: JYfg_YOUTURN2TEST.jpg] [image: s5cX_YOUTURN3TEST.jpg]

This sounds like a feature I might want to add to [Re]Scene Plugin. Here is the link so you can check it out to see if next update includes this feature. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=52203 Cheers!

Maybe you can use the geopositioning of SU and import the better mesh afterwards and use the google earth terrain as a reference for the positioning?

After I found they wouldn't change, I kind of wondered why you hadn't asked about the materials. Anyone with pro could change the component to make scale handles work.

There are several helpful threads to help you understand how installing Plugins work - try this one http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/37-beginner/108-installing-sketchup-plugins Please reread the Fredo's tool's/Lib download page and ensure that you are correctly making the footprint of the files/subfolders-of-files. You do NOT 'install' the folders formed by the UN-zipping process [which are usually named after the ZIP itself and are a temporary resting place for the contents, before you more everything 'intact' into the Plugins folder]... If you diverge from this it can break SketchUp... If you already have please tidy up the misplaced files etc first... I also see you are on a MAC... so please check you are using the correct 'plugins' folder ['HD' path NOT 'user']

Thanks guys, Now I know where to look for it.

Thank you Dave R Pilou and Cotty.

This is a great example of how you sometimes need to turn your thinking to draw the thing you are after.