Yep, the "nitwit" [on this occasion at least] is NOT you It is the guy who is ending you the SKB files rather than the SKP files !

Kathryn, I'm glad that helped. Here's another one you might find useful. This can make it dead simple to accurately place components in your model. and if you want to exchange one component for another, that can be easy too.

12 vray toys?

I knew it, I have it in my arsenal of tools all along. Thanks TT!

Take a look @ this thread http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=51788

You can make a straight barrel arch and scale one end to get the taper. If instead you have exact arcs already that you wish to use for beginning and end, you could skin between them with Sandbox, but you'll get better geometry with Curviloft plugin-- skin contours. Depends on what you need. If you have to show thickening, as if it is actually made of bricks, probably the best plugin for that is joint push-pull. If it tapers, I don't see how follow-me could work. If you want, upload a picture here.

Okay, principle taken. However, to obtain and maintain a full fledged ("own") credit card system, it would be burdened with much more extra expenses as it seems to worth. That is: I guess. I have never been good at maths.

@masterpaul said: @ely862me said: replace the lines with components. Is there a plugin that does that? Not as far as I know; I copied, scaled and rotated them manually !

Click on the "Upload Attachment" tab below the text area in a thread post. If you're going to post a SKP file, please also upload an image, too.

Use bb.min then

As promised enclosed is the fly through of Wedgwood, first time using Lumion so improvements can be made including adding music transitions and how to use adobe premiere!! Thanks for everyones help and advise,now off to play with Thea. http://vimeo.com/69897206

What? No, I'm not saying that. The highlighted area should be two parts, but it didn't slice through. The lines are there, but it's still two separate areas!!! [image: NZd4_intersection.png] It doesn't matter if it's a solid or not. It still doesn't slice through. I've attached a simplified example. If I do intersect-with-model on the bump that hasn't been cut out (the same one in the picture), it won't split. Edit: I noticed that after splitting, there was a single polygon where the outline formed along the surface of the main object that was not cut . When I drew a line cutting it (the polygon), the bump shape separated immediately in two. I don't know why Dave didn't experience this: [image: aVyB_nocut.png] notasolid 2.skp

ely862me, I tried the method in the YouTube video above with no luck. I guess the shape was too "complex" for the procedure which I don't understand. Or perhaps it was an error on my behalf which is most likely the case. However, I did manage to find out about Fredo's Tools (Thru Paint in particular), at a moment of desperation last night and it worked GREAT. I was almost about to give up the label entirely. Anyway, I appreciate your response! Thank you very much.

@jbjdesigns said: Thank you Gaieus for the 2 tutorials! I tried them both out. Although the second tutorial (subject line) was geared towards SketchUp Pro, I was able to create 3 arched windows in a curved wall following the instructions in the first tutorial (Window in a Round Wall). Here is my results. Thanks again! Jo Ann I would not say it was "geared" towards SU Pro - but the method of intersecting and cleaning up is the same as in the first one - so I just would not "bother" to repeat myself (with no bad taste in the "bother" word). I even mentioned this in the second tutorial (the method is always the same - from now on, it is just our fantasy to prepare the scenes to get the desired result after the operation - no matter with which boolean tool we do that last part).

For desktops there are external cuda boxes, I think there are some for laptop, but with PC laptop PC only feasible connection is via express card interface (naturally need laptop with it). If you find a PCIe expansion box, you might need to equip such box by him self and need to verify that it works with cuda... Mac may use Thunderbolt http://www.magma.com/catalog/thunderbolt-pcie-expansion

Install "magicprefs" http://magicprefs.com/ I've never had a need for a three button mouse since I installed this. It's just magic..

Thanks for your replies. I can now see everything including the ads.