@tig said: OK, further testing. Irrespective of the 'beak-edges' settings... an edge drawn from within a circle that passes through a segments' vertex of that circle will break in two. BUT if 'break-edges' is set to 'false' the new edge will NOT break IF it crosses a segment anywhere other than at a vertex ! And that's a problem for me and a bug for Google to fix. What I'm doing is setting up a follow me along an arc. The arc length is always in whole degrees and the segments of the extrusion must also be whole degrees. Now at first thought you might say "So what's the problem with breaking the line then?" and while that's a fair question the answer is this: The follow me extrusion along an arc begins and ends by twisting the profile face -- the edges closest to the centerpoint of the arc twist outwards so the total length along the arc is long and those furthest from the center point twist inward and so are too short. I have to fix both ends to get the correct dimensions. IMO a very serious bug. On the extruded end I extrude for a greater length than needed and then go back and trim the excess. The broken lines across the arc is where the trim is going to be. Back at the profile face I have to set it up so the face has depth behind it and I use the end points of the two sides to figure out how to fix that end. The entire set of manual fixes are: The extrusion has 20 faces so that's... umm, what... 22 lines to fix where the face starts... the broken line across the arc... setting up a face along the broken line to use for the intersect... drawing another line further along the arc than needed so the extrusion goes past the intersect face... doing the intersect selected for the extrusion and the trim face... and all cleanup of the stuff I entered but no longer need. Can you say STUPID MAKE WORK SOFTWARE? I can. I'd complain bitterly to Google if I was using the pro software but as I'm not I deal with it as best I can.

Good question CG. I think the better renderings make your services look better. But it would be good to hear thoughts from professionals who use rendering.

Thanks I got it now

No problem abilio. It's nice to be able to share some experiences and learn some things in the process. I've never used andybot's tip about the polyline divider before either but that sounds like it could pretty helpful in a number of situations. I hope I can remember that one for next time. -Brodie

wow thanks for this post! it solved my problem!

@tig said: @rv1974 Please complete your profile details so that we might know your version OS, etc... TIG means your profile so you need not repeat it every time someone needs it for help...

vc esqueceu que ja pediu ajuda? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=41992

The tool is within a zip file. Extract the contents into a temporary folder. You must leave files that are within a subfolder in the zip file in the equivalent real subfolder. Now move all of the contents of the temporary folder into the Sketchup Plugins folder. You should have clf_shape_bender_loader.rb and a subfolder called clf_shape_bender containing several other files [clf_shape_bender.rb and 5 .png files used for toolbar buttons, cursors etc]. You also need a script called progressbar.rb - this is freely available from Smustard.com Put that into the Plugins folder too. Restart Sketchup and activate the tool [first time only] - open Window > Preferences > Extensions - 'Shape Bender'. To see the toolbar activate it from View > Toolbars- 'Shape Bender'. You need a group/component to bend, a line drawn parallel to the X/red-axis and a curve/arc to bend around... There are detailed instructions in the tools thread... A ferramenta está dentro de um arquivo zip. Extraia o conteúdo para uma pasta temporária. Você deve deixar os arquivos que estão dentro de uma subpasta no arquivo zip na subpasta equivalente real. Agora, mova todo o conteúdo da pasta temporária para a pasta Plugins Sketchup. Você deve ter clf_shape_bender_loader.rb e uma subpasta chamada clf_shape_bender que contém vários outros arquivos [clf_shape_bender.rb e 5 arquivos .png, usado para botões da barra de ferramentas, cursores etc]. Você também precisa uma script chamado progressbar.rb - este está disponível gratuitamente a partir de Smustard.com. Colocar isso para a pasta Plugins também. Sketchup reiniciar e ativar a ferramenta [apenas na primeira vez] - Janela > Preferências > Extensões - "Shape Bender". Para ver a 'barra de ferramenta' [toolbar] ativá-lo a partir de Ver > Barras de Ferramentas - "Shape Bender". Você precisa de um grupo/componente para dobrar, uma linha traçada paralelamente ao vermelho/X-eixo, e uma curva/arco para dobrar em torno de... Há instruções detalhadas no segmento de ferramentas de...

Hello Anssi, That is of great help thank you very much. I tried the settings as you advised and it works. Beatifull to get advise from all over the world. Warm greetings Pieter.

Try the "Spacebar" when you use the zoom

@fouronethirty said: im sorry, i apologize, i didnt mean that, ., its jst a capital letter, whats the big deal? In addition to indicate shouting as Rich said, a body of text with all capital letters is much harder to read. There is a reason why we don't use the old Roman way of setting text in all capitals.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=335&t=34736&hilit=tufted

A thank you to both of you for a quick response. I will try the scale tool and see how that works out. That is an example of exactly what I want to do Jean....

You can also do it directly in the component browser. (Maybe not as comprehensive as Ghost Comp, but it helps you acquaint yourself with the program). Load both versions of the tree...2D and 3D...into the model, so that they will both appear in the list of In Model components. You can then delete the 3D version, if you wish...just don't purge it. Assuming that you then construct the model using the lightweight 2D version and then want to replace all instances with the 3D version:- Right-click the 2D version in the component browser and choose Select Instances from the context menu. Then right-click the 3D version and choose Replace Selected. Done!

Hi Jack, hi folks. Go to the Mouse Control Panel and enable the center button as button number 3. Just ideas.

I was thinking about this method, but I didn't know I will be able to hide the line, so I though my corner will have visible separation with the rest of my frame. I see on your example that they can be hidden and that is totally invisible, so I will that way too. Thank for your help.

No problem. Also check out the Plugins Index and Tutorial section - lots of useful stuff there.

@unknownuser said: If you want a PDF 'Image' of your drawing then export to Tiff or Png for the transperancy, open in Preview and save as PDF, that will contain the image file data. This is a great way to get a transparent background in your pdf. However I find the difference here is that if one "exports" to pdf in the Pro version, the resulting image can be converted to vector objects in other programs. If one uses the method above, the image is only a bitmap pdf. This method shows shadows and other styles, whereas the "export" to pdf does not.