Thanks all for the short review, looking forward to more.

Chris You did a most valiant job 'defending the fort' virtually alone ! I think he's now sorted anyway... Some users are awfully impatient ! It's not like they are 'paying' !

thanx

Chuck Vali, valiarchitects.com Instant Wall may be able to do this, if you can change orientation of the output. I am not sure. These plugins at this site are commercial plugins, as far as I know.

Dave, thanks for the response. You are correct. The problem is hidden geometry. I had show hidden geometry on but, for some reason, SU was not showing it. I reloaded SU and problem was solved. See,it would have been a waste of time uploading the model. You answered the question easily without it!!!! (Actually, it was too large). Many thanks for the help. Cheers...>Scotty

@ely862me: @unknownuser said: Joint Push&Pull !! viewtopic.php?t=6708 That sounds good. I'll give it a try. Thanks @andre51 @unknownuser said: They should be able to set the "skin" or outer shell to only print a certain thickness. Yes, that's right. I'll ask Shapeways, what they can do for me. @unknownuser said: We do it on our little printer and it is a very simple process. So do we. We can define (to) many parameters. @d12dozr: @unknownuser said: Print services typically operate on an automated system, and this kind of customization is too much for current systems. Exactly! That's why I was looking for a plugin.

If the shape isn't too complicated you could use follow me tool ! But the plugin Nick pointed is just wonderful and very easy to use. Give it a try and if you get stuck just let us know and we'll sort it out ! Welcome to the forums and happy sketching !

I would suggest Twilight - it's an integrated plugin, very simple to use, and best of all, renders animations very well.

@thomthom said: I terms of marketing Google did very good for SketchUp - I agree. But in terms of developing the core application - they did badly. How true... I came along right after Google bought SketchUp and was enthusiastic about having such a well moneyed and powerful company behind the product... won't make that mistake again Best, Jason.

For correctly aligned backdrop one can use tomasz's Bring My View Back. Watch this tutorial http://youtu.be/MK7HAgONdaU?hd=1

Welcome, Joe! Looking forward to hearing more about SketchUp / ID together!

I think I may understand what you want. I am assuming you have done some Match Photo before but have not used all the features? You did not mention setting the scale of your grid and adjusting the grid to fit the real world scale of something known in your Photo. That is necessary. Once you have completed adjusting the axis you need to use the "Sketch Over" function. So you sketch over your main surfaces, then project the photomatch photo onto the surface by clicking on the "Project Photo" button in the Match Photo Dialogue Window. Now you are able to model more of the details from these surfaces or add new ones. You will be able to paint new materials onto the individual surfaces you create. If the new material-photo doesn't fit properly you can use "texture-tweaking" to pull the perspective out of it and fit your modeled section. This is a quick and dirty explanation and if you haven't done this before, you will likely need more detailed explanation. But I believe this will get you what you want.

I'll tell you this. Trimble is not getting the money for Pro out of me until it's 64 bit and multithreading. I am sure I am not alone. Let the market decide if it's quicker and let us find out for ourselves if it will quit crashing on humongous projects instead of feeding us all the reasons it won't be. I'm tired of the thing crashing during every thea render and I don't want to break my projects up into pieces old technology can handle, and I'm tired of excuses, and I'm really tired of script writers who don't want to rewrite their scripts for 64 bit. If music and video programs can do it and Thea Render could do it, sketchup can certainly do it. If not for performance, for mere market appeal.

As Chris said purge before each saving it can decrease by ten (not always) the file size.

Thank you very much! I have to use ";" instead of ",". Simple - I knew it! Still bothered me since days! Again: Thank you!

You know, if it split the curve into two connected curves, could it be that there is a deeper level of triangulation across the rectangular starting face, that happens to affect the curve? Maybe not.

A first try with Extrude Edges by Loft CurviLoft Far from perfect, but maybe a point to start... [image: aBcO_estructura_cotty.jpg] estructura_cotty.zip

First project ; Model a desk out of 80/20, simply by getting the 80/20 components and sticking it in the components folder. I am planning to build a desk