hi, thanks for all the answers. i managed to get the result i wanted using this UV Toolkit plugin. TIG: yes, i also thought that painting the group will apply the material to both front and back faces. sadly, this wasn't the case. maybe it could have been a problem with the geometry? my model was actually first generated by script in rhinoceros, and then i exported to 3DS to import it into sketchup for VRay rendering. also, this was a group of groups inside a component, so that my have also been the issue dsarchs: yes, i read about that, but since i do all my renderings in vray directly from sketchup...

I wish I could find a plugin that would make money come out of that unused A-drive slot on the front of my computer.

Thanks - i will give it a try

Here is the link. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sketchup/thread?tid=2979d2e0f28d0eed&hl=en

by the way, before i forgot. below is the link to Tutorial Tutorial or, you just look for the red rounded box button, on top of the page written Tutorial. have a good time in the forum

Thank you... the first one does all that I need. Very much appreciated.

It's impossible to tell from your image of the folder structure if it's a User path or a HD one. The correct path to install MAC plugins is something like this - called the 'Root' Plugins folder: **Macintosh HD**/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/SketchUp/Plugins and NEVER this one.... *Users/A_User*/Library/Application Support/Google Sketchup 8/SketchUp/Plugins even if that User is the 'Admin' - because then other Users - like you - can't see that folder ! I suspect you've put the stuff into the Admin Users path folder... and not the 'Root' one !

Not being smart but only Google SU have that knowledge. They don't announce any roadmap so you won't find possible release dates anywhere. I'm fairly sure not even beta testers have that knowledge. Since we've just gotten M2 I imagine v9 is a bit of a wait. Always nice to have something to look forward to.

Jean, You are right, but if you start SU with the provided icon and you wants to open a sketchup file you are still in drawing mode. That's no logic behind I was making a lot of mistakes starting and selecting somethings but instead of that I was always drawing some lines. BTW, most of the time I start with a box and not with lines. @TIG You are my hero! This is exactly that was I was searching for! Thank you also for the list. Can use it maybe for create some toolbars entries. Many thanks guy's for answering so fast. KR; Lecra

hi john2, I'm not sure I'm understanding what your having issues with, but if you want to re-use the same profile somewhere else. click into your group [edit mode] >> 'select' the profile face >> 'copy' >> click outside group >> 'paste in place' >> 'make [new] group >> move it to new location >> copy paste the path into the 'new profile group' >> use 'follow me' not sure if you follow me... john

are you on the chaosgroup website? If not, you should be - as you can read any of Fernando's (user name fpedrogo) posts and you will come away knowing more. You really should watch some of his tutorials, valerostudio has pointed them out already. edit: added user name

Thank you Gilles and driven......especially the example driven gave me...that worked. happy new year!

My OBJ exporter [and the Pro one as far as I know] simply exports the geometry and groups/instances-geometry in the order they are found in the SKP's entities context - this in turn is probably affected by the order in which they were placed into the model itself. There can be no control over the OBJ file's ordering. As an OBJ file is basically a text file you could manually edit it with Notepad++ and reorder the hundreds of lines of code individual 'g' definition, but it'd be so easy to break it I wouldn't try. Also we don't know how your third-party tool imports the parts anyway. If they are not in the order they are in the SKP but say alphabetical then as Dave says rename them ! You issue really isn't with Sketchup, perhaps it's with OBJ export, perhaps it about editing an OBJ file, perhaps it's about your other app - which you haven't given many clues about either

I took Driven's advice and reached the SU folks. They confirmed the direction of this thread: "As you may know, network licenses of SketchUp Pro no longer revert to the free version when you have exceeded the use of your allotted amount of network seats. Each situation is different and there are always different ways of satisfying each individual need. You have the option of adding additional network seats which would give you more room -- as well as more users -- to operate on your existing network. You may also be interested in converted your two-seat network license into two individual licenses; individual licenses allow you to run multiple instances of SketchUp Pro on the same machine without receiving the error message you're receiving now."

Zeos Please explain in another way, with better details [don't assume we know anything about your problem!]... we don't understand your problem [yet].

For urgent case, why not name the architect? Saarinen TWA airport at 3dwarehouse And maybe you can look it on the bottom of this page of the forum itself inside a publicity for another Nurbs program And for modelise it take a look to the TIG Extrude edges by rail of Curvyloft Fredo6 plugins

@hellnbak said: mere coincidence

Not in SU 8. If you have SU 7 however, it always imports what is on screen in GE so if you have a "historic" imagery loaded, you can import that. It's B&W though so you will need to export the colour image from GE and reload the B&W one with it in SU.

Sounded like a nice workaround, but uploaded content can be downloaded as DAE only in paid accounts.

thanks Johnny - you were right I should have been using move instead of push pull - Regards, Chip