@artscape said: but I am always learning. Love it! The only wasted day is the day you don't learn something. Welcome!

Could you post one of the pdf's you've been able to make so far? Are you exporting out of Layout or SketchUp?

thanks very much for your help! I think it solved the issue with your solution.

This discourse could inspire a request for a script. One that would highlight or put a target on widely scattered stuff, and the target would scale relative to the camera distance from the objects, so that you could inspect, edit, delete, move, etc. "Highlight remote objects", or "Mark remote objects". You can do this in Autocad, because the blue "grips" scale with the camera.

On PC if you go through the SU menu you can only have the one instance. If you go to the SU launch icon or an SKP file in windoze explorer (not IE!) you can as described above open a second copy of SU alongside the first.

Hello Albert, SAT animation tool (http://www.simfonia.fr/SAT/) should help you to overcome your problems. If you want you can send me your SkecthUp model on Private-Message and I'll make the animation for you. Best regards;

Don't get me started on this!!!.... oh well, ok. Outliner should be merged with Layers to be able to 'nest' layer sets. If we continue to model on layer 0 and organise groups and components on layers then with each nested group or component would give a prefix of the parent layer. This way visually manipulating groups [or components] in part or in full would be all too easy!!! It can't be more simple than that IMO.

If you have arranged them, use "view -> toolbars -> Save toolbar positions" to save their positions. After they are messed up (which happens from time to time), you can restore your favorite arrangement.

Hi webman, hi folks. Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas: Steps with comments.skp

As Pilou points out, there are lots of tools to use and which one you need will depend on what you are modelling - or what part of a model you are working on. Your best bet would be to follow a tutorial such as Marian's car thread: viewtopic.php?f=335&t=37611&hilit=tutorial+marian#p331991 Alternatively, pick a subject to model, open a WIP thread and then ask questions about how to model specific elements.

Maybe GhostComp from Fredo6 will be helpful for such task?

sorry guys I totaly forget this post, I just did that measure last day. so it helped me a lot to resolve my pending issue thanks and sorry again for the delay

ehem worked for me too , apparently I missed the first two lines. thanks TIG!

thank you for your help.....i'll try it

try this extension that works on sketchup make too: http://extensions.sketchup.com/it/content/skema-2d-projection mybe does wat you are looking for

Other 3D software can do the job possibly, but I like to have SketchUp do the thing. I've added some more information to my profile, good point! @mac1 said: Harmpie; Add your profile so we know what resouces you have. What you need is a program having a ambient occlusion filter, don't recall clanup having that. If you have Pro the shell option may do it but don't know for sure, free here. The only others I know are possible Blender and MeshLab

Ok, thanks, will try there...

Hi Larry, I personally do not own the program. I tried it with a friend who owns the program. I have checked with my friend again, these are the standard import formats without any plugin. Do you have a licensed version or a trial program. Charly