George, if you were manually trying to create a proper perspective view by tracing over a photo that was distorted, you would have the same problem that Photo Match has. Fortunately in SketchUp, you can apply the image as a material after you've drawn the shape correctly and then distort it to fit. A friend sent me an image yesterday. He wants to use it for Photo Match but it doesn't work very well. Here's the result of projecting the image as a material after I set up the best fit I could get. [image: nL72_TansuforKenbefore.png] After tweaking the projected texture, it looks better. Still not perfect but at least it's closer. [image: RW48_TansuforKenafter.png] You have to untick 'Fixed pins' in the Texture context menu to stretch out the material.

a watchtower.

The Boss has always right! But modify a Dynamic Component is some dangerous without some experience of that! @unknownuser said: but stil a bug Absolutly not! Just a disfunction (false code) of the bench! A bug inside the bench yes!

This is great. I love learning new stuff. This has also led me to a really cool application (for Sketchup models too) at esperient.com. Thank you for your help!! John

You are showing your version (beneath your avatar,) as: 8.0.4810 which is SU 8.0M1 Sketchup 8.0 was updated to M2, Released 12/1/2011, and has build number: 8.0.11751 on Mac. For specific information on the release, see the Release Notes page.

Sounds like a bug.. you'd think it would be safer to use a timstamp in the name of the "temp" skb file.

@unknownuser said: Why as the first post there is not a hand sketching introduced ? Text is not sufficient and not speedy as a simple image You're right. A simple image can explain more easily than many words. Still, it's pretty common that first time posters don't post images. The important thing is the OP got the help he needed.

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Gilles thanks heaps - I knew they'd be a way ! and Dave R thanks for pointing out the subtleties that are needed to make it work. @ Pilou - this is definitely a trippy plugin, I couldn't get it to do what I needed, but I got some interesting results with randomising the components. Regards Mick

The collection of Marvin Windows on the Warehouse which are dynamic components are the best example of a successfully created DC's which make it easier and quicker for the end user to model. These DC dialog gives you the ability to quickly change the window size, exterior and interior color as well as with the interact tool you can open and close the windows. Some brain power must have went into the creation of these dynamic components. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?clid=8fde3dec8eecb0146ae2ac309aeb01eb

Gaieus, Sorry about the slow response, I've got several photo restoration jobs and just delivered a couple of them. It would be great if I got them one per week, but like everyone else, the work comes in spurts with nothing in between. One was really interesting because the clients great grandfather was holding a gun, seemingly on the photographer, which we didn't really see until half way through the restoration that he was just displaying it. Check in out in "Examples" at my web site adifferentpicture.com I'm afraid the model isn't anything that interesting, at least yet. I'm just making exercises for myself to become better with SU by preconceptualizing shapes and seeing how close I can come. This one is to take a complex base outline and use it as several repeatable components of a larger structure. I need to get better at the basics before I'm able to do some of the models I would like to. So I guess it's just sort of directed playing. If anything looks worth posting out of this one, I will. Thanks for your interest. Lloyd

Finally, thanks! even opening the folder does not normally appear to previews of sketchup, but at least opening the program I can see small previews before opening them at random through the descriptions, better than nothing, but I'm not very experienced, you can see my work here. thanks again for the speed of the full answer

Do you have a face inside your path? If not create one and retry.

Try this you will need some plugins like Solo said you can get 30 day trial of artisan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIcHHsjQ-Mo&list=FLBKlq_AxA8_7mukGP58Serg&index=6&feature=plpp_video

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thankyou Giilles - that worked for me. Cheers - Mick