But where did all my installed codecs go? Last I checked, there were about 8. I downloaded and installed the Classic Windows Codec Pack from Cnet (who I trust) and tried another export. Same problem! Still no codecs show up in the dialog.

There is a point inside this crazzy Plug Projection by Didier Bur! A must to have

tx Dave, its a good idea to adjust the style to meet my goal. Still, I think its a bit strange that Sketchup does one export fine and the other stalls forever, the same model, just a different scene with the same layers active. I will disable all extensions when exporting image files though. Need some more time to see what causes the problem. Exporting disabling all trees, cars and people components will also speed things up. Mostly I only need the sketchy lines for the model of the architecture. I will post some of the results of this project later on. Its a competition so I can't right now. Francois

I love to draw volumes. sketchup has the strengths and weaknesses of the design with the surfaces ... like sections and filling. I cleaned and reinstalled. I have not solved ... look to make another model using the head so that it is as clean as possible. if there is news ..... thanks again

@pbacot said: Do yourself a favor. Set View Hidden Geometry to a hot key. Peter For me it is "h" because hand (the original "h") is obsolete (middle mouse button functionality)...

Thanks for the help. Your suggestion corrected the problem immediately.

@webman said: Hi, thanks for replying. I tested your suspicion... It was no suspicion. Peter has it covered nicely. I expect you're getting something like this? [image: 9B8t_cuts4.png] Which, if you don't stop the Push/Pull at the opposite face, it will continue extruding. The correct use of Push/Pull would be to either click on the opposite face to stop the extrusion or, if you know the thickness of the wall, start the extrusion in the right direction, let go of the mouse and type that distance followed by the Enter key. Thank you Peter for the nice words and for posting the videos.

If you do a search [try in Developers' Forum ?] I'm sure that thomthom has recently made a scripted fix for this known '1 hour error in UTC' issue - at least until it's properly resolved...

Placing the model's geometry miles from the SKP origin will surely cause issues. If you have CAD data imported then switch all visible/layers-on and unlocked... and move everything a know amount nearer to the origin X,Y [note it down - you can use it later to move new updated imports into place too...] If you have CAD blocks made into components you might also have components with very remote insertion-points/axes relative to their geometry... so there could be nested objects appearing weirdly...

JointPushPull @unknownuser said: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6708 Do not forget to read the documentation before asking.

Yes

Thanks for the tip man. That's a great plugin. Fredo is the man.

@jgb said: It even flummoxed ThomThom. How rare is that Exactly my first thought

Perfect Gaieus. Thank you very much. Bone that material is loaded only once. No matter how you utilize. thank you very much

No "Plugin" that I am aware of. If the Diagrid is regular, then draw up a single segment as a component, and then replicate it to form the overall model.

No need to feel foolish if you learned something. For more LayOut questions, you might find it useful to go to the LayOut Forum.

@rose123 said: Ah, that's the secret. Pulling the slider down. Push up! [image: school-for-the-gifted_farside.jpg?w=500] @rose123 said: I hadn't even noticed it before! I was just clicking on the color wheel and waiting for great things to happen, lol. Thanks so much! You're quite welcome.

Ok, thx. Still leaves me wondering what happened to my rectangle tool in that file, though!

Missing avatar... I thought it's a good excuse to change to something SU like