As Dave says, it's not just SketchUcation - many extensions will fail with MAC's Catalina - it is not compatible with ANY version of SketchUp. It's also not just extensions, the whole SketchUp app is subject to flakiness with Catalina... I know that they are working on a Maintenance Release for SketchUp v2019 to address this well known OS MAC issue. So currently you cannot safely use ANY SketchUp version with Catalina - it might work - but chances are it'll fall down unexpectedly. Also they only plan to update v2019 to be compatible, so if you have v2018 or earlier versions, then Catalina is never going to become fully compatible. Once a v2019 that works is out you either have to swap over to that or if you are stuck with an earlier version [because of licensing etc or you are using v2017make] then you need to roll-back to the previous MAC OS, and not upgrade...

Eneroth Open Newer Version SketchUp Compatibility: SketchUp 2014, SketchUp 2015, SketchUp 2016, SketchUp 2017, SketchUp 2018, SketchUp 2019 OS Compatibility: Windows Languages: English

@faust07 said: @HornOxx: Freudscher Verleser... @Chipp: great add-on. How much is it? @ faust07: auaaaahhh! you are right! - not Handspeeder but Landspeeder @ Chipp: I promise to use my reading glasses more often now

hmm my bad! That's why I do call Sketchup a incompetent & incomplete software, which lacks basic functions like locking toolbars, workspace, tools and many more.

I hope that suggestion works for you. I forgot to make a couple of screens hots that would have helped. I hope you got the idea well enough, though.

What they actually said was: @unknownuser said: Large Area Imports for Add Location. You can now easily import large sites at full resolution. How can you take advantage of this new feature? Simply zoom out a bit, then select the level from which you want to import. Be aware that importing very large areas with lots of imagery can adversely affect performance in your SketchUp model. Note that this feature is only available to SketchUp Pro and Studio subscription holders. This is still limited to a certain image quality level which is what you pay for as part of the subscription cost. Full resolution is the not highest resolution. Higher quality imagery is available for a price and it can be had via Placemaker.

I've had some of these changes become annoying as in other software. I usually find I get used to it and don't notice once my muscle memory adjusts. That said the lackluster revamp of the layer window is sad. Try a mouse software that allows you to speed up your cursor movement. Once you get used to that it's even better.

Thank you. Your solution works great.

Well, there you go. Solved by going to the source.

@sexypox69 said: move tool + ctrl That's how I copied the group in my screen shot. TIG has some good advice.

There are a few threads on this topic. Do a search for 'thumbnails'. You say you are using SU2016 but your screen shot shows SU2017.

@ecati said: If you move the model to the center of the axle, the hole is drilled. Interesting. Is this a bug? Click on the image for animation. It's funny that you noticed that. That's actually what I did to get it to work, but I didn't realize that was why it worked after moving it. (The model was not at XY axis because it was in it's place on the machine itself.)

Share the dae and your SketchUp file after the import so we can see what you are starting with and what you are getting.

@dave r said: @sipsak said: How can i export this view? (Dimensions only) Give the the model a tag or tags and give the dimesnions a separate tag. [attachment=1:1z85upk4]<!-- ia1 -->Screenshot - 1_3_2022 , 8_53_10 AM.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:1z85upk4] For the dimensions only view, turn off all the tags except for the dimensions. [attachment=0:1z85upk4]<!-- ia0 -->Screenshot - 1_3_2022 , 8_53_27 AM.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1z85upk4] Safest thing is to create a scene for the view of the model and another with the same camera position for the dimensions only. Then export your .png image of the scene showing only the dimensions. In your image editor, paste it onto a layer above your rendered image with that layer set to Multiply. Thank you very much

Select what you want to export from your model. Invert the selection [there are plugins for this] - or use this snippet in the Ruby Console + <enter>. m=Sketchup.active_model m.start_operation('DWG_ss', true) ss = m.selection es = m.active_entities es.erase_entities(es.to_a - ss.to_a) m.definitions.purge_unused m.layers.purge_unused m.materials.purge_unused m.commit_operation Immediately after that run the File > Export > DWG operation [with whatever Options you desire]. Then use the Edit > Undo menu item to step backwards to the point before you erased things. The exported DWG will be OK, and the model should be back to where you started... The DWG should not have unused things like blocks, layers etc...

The scenes also use the hide and unhide functions of sketchup; when you group it disrupts that function

@pelgin said: ...it has 406 component definitions and 534 materials. close the 'Outliner' and 'Material' tab if opening a file is slow.

Fill the inner islands with faces, select them all and PB will build frames by ONE click. But this magical single click demands some preparation

Make sure you are running 2019.2 at work.