If you insert DCs then they are automatically made unique by design, so editing the attributes of one only affects that one. Unless you have nested DCs... when the unique containers could then contain repeated versions of the same DC, which of course will change globally should you edit any of that DC's attributes in one container. A DC that is copied in a model will be just that - a second instance of the same DC - so editing one will then change the other too - but that is useful if you have six identical widgets and you want to change their manufacturer en mass. So have attributes you want to remain unique attached to the container DC so each unique instance has unique attributes, and conversely any attributes you might want to capable of change en mass should be attached to a nested DC, so then changing one will ripple through to several.

Use the export feature from proper animation, you will get many jpg files. You may then compile those latter into a video file ...

The pixel quality of the original image file is reflected in the imported Image's pixelation. Look at Preferences OpenGL settings and see if they help...

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Hi Nathan, "A Single-user license is assigned to one person and can only be used by the registered user. That individual can install the license on any computer he or she is using, but only one computer can run SketchUp Pro at a particular time." If you cannot find your original license (to enter it into your second computer), you can retrieve it here (use he same email address your license was issued to). Sorry but I have no idea about V-ray licensing...

Jean- thank you so much for that answer! Between that and using "intersect with selection" rather than "intersect with model", I'm now getting exactly the results I expect!

A pic would help

TIG Texture Tools You owe it to yourself to get that one Brodie. Saves a ton of time. Especially for tweaking wood grains.

Except in cases where the clean up after a conventional intersect operation would take a long time, I prefer to use Intersect. The example I used with the Google guys was a table drawn with separate parts like I always draw them. I would make a leg component, copy and flip it for the other three legs. Then draw the aprons and stretchers between them. Once the model look right, I'll go back and insert the joinery. I could draw the tenons on the ends of the aprons and use Subtract to cut the adjoining mortise. Of course that converts the leg to a group and the mortises are not cut on the other legs. If I want to maintain the related nature of the legs, I have to make the group back into a component with a new name and then replace the other leg components with the new name. If I want to use the original name I'll purge the In Model components library and then rename the new leg component to the original name. Or, I could open one leg component for editing, trace the base of the tenon with the Rectangle tool, push the inside in and have mortises in all four legs.

I apologize for not answering all of your query, but I just jumped in while we wait for the actual "great masters of the Sketchup medium" to respond. I could guess that it could be a combination of hardware and software. You may have taxed either the application or your processor. My best wishes to you.

Can you post an SU image or the model so we can see what you are trying to render?

Check the direction of your faces. Ensure that you got the front side of the faces in the correct direction.

I have only tried SimLab Composer, as you can see above, and it shows up as two separate models with two different materials. The difference wasn´t that visible in a render, but I haven´t really spent too much time tweaking the settings.

True. Especially with pre-made lighting fixtures of some rendering engine where the "light" itself (any geometry that represents whatever is emitting the light) should not intersect with any other geometry. And then we have not even talked about exporting geometry to 3rd party software where the model origin may also be(-come) some kind of insertion point so you need to carefully choose what is "practical".

Like in your other topic, what I suspect is that their axis system is somehow "inconveniently" set up. Check to place the content (change the component axis) so that when imported into another file, they are normally oriented.

Hi Try browsing our 'Organic Modelling' forum http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewforum.php?f=335, and ask questions there...

The Googlers say most numbers/statistics in 3dwh are made from the Search Index. I don't know the technical reasons but I think it's similar like the Google Web Search index which is never up-to-date and complete. For example, alos the number of models per user fluctuates. @hellnbak said: it should be required to be broken up into smaller independent companies. Do you think about a certain (imaginary) company called "@Next" ?

Switch off color-by-layer. Switch on View > Texture mode Imported objects should now look OK. Obviously everything else will look pants! You need to then apply colors/materials to the 'home-made' parts. All 'raw' geometry [faces] take an applied material. Groups and component-instances will take a material if faces are in the 'default'. You can edit a group/component to apply materials to parts inside it, any left uncolored will take each instance's material - e.g. car with black-tires, glass-windows, red tail-lights etc can have default-shell and there have different colors for the main areas... IMPORTANT: faces have a front and a back. You should always model so the front of the face is 'out' - i.e. where it's normally seen. If it looks like the default-back material [usually 'bluish' as opposed to a 'whitish' front - depends on your 'Style'] when seen in View > Monochrome mode, then you need to select it and right-click context menu 'Reverse' to flip it over...

@unknownuser said: Well, an i7 and Quadro will definitely get you a nice computer.....-Brodie Thank you so much for taking time writing detailed and helpful response. I love this forum:)

Thanks for your help! I knew it had to be in there somewhere. Mark P.