@dave r said: that's a nice line style. What is it? hey Dave, notice in his style that some of the shorter edges forming the curve don't show up.. i'll often try to apply styles to some of my drawings which are heavily curved etc and many of the lines won't show up.. in fact, so many of the edges won't show up that i can't use the style even though i really like the look of it. is this something i can fix myself via a setting -or- is it something to do with the style itself? thanks.

As an archViz, I use Sketchup all the time, and I Have created a very personal workflow. Let's just say I wouldn't be so quick in modeling without a number of plugins. The plugins I use the most are: Extrusion Tools Tools on surface Opener (also referred to as HOLE) Lattice-izer Instances (so I can select all the instances of a component in 2 clicks) round corner joint push pull fredo scale mirror selection Rot90 I also make vast use of the sandbox tools, and I have a personal set of keyboard shortcuts. Section cuts I use a lot too. To make roofs with tiles and everything you could use: IstantRoof http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2010/11/instant-roof-instant-productivity.html wich comes in two versions: free and pro. Hope this helps

I was unable to make a drawing face either, but I installed a toggle units plugin which gave me more accuracy with the coordinates so now they intercept. Thank You

Section-Planes inside groups only cut the groups' geometry - so group some parts. each with an active section-plane and then you'll get complex section-cuts. Alternatively make a copy of the SKP and actually cut a portion of it away - see Zooro2 and SectionCutFace for more details of this - there are several threads discussing this type of complex section-cuts...........

three 3d converters you may not have tried are meshlabserver: similar options to Meshlab from a scrpt i.e. from ruby... import:PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, PTX, V3D, PTS, APTS, XYZ, GTS, TRI, ASC, X3D, X3DV, VRML, ALN export:PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, VRML, DXF, GTS, U3D, IDTF, X3D Point Clouds support. meshconverter: Supported input filetpyes: dxf obj off ply stl 3ds wrl (VRML 2.0 only) Supported output filetypes: dxf js obj off ply stl wrl (VRML 1.0 and 2.0) assimp: Supported input filetpyes: Collada ( .dae ) Blender 3D ( .blend ) 3ds Max 3DS ( .3ds ) 3ds Max ASE ( .ase ) Wavefront Object ( .obj ) Industry Foundation Classes (IFC/Step) ( .ifc ) XGL ( .xgl,.zgl ) Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply ) *AutoCAD DXF ( .dxf ) LightWave ( .lwo ) LightWave Scene ( .lws ) Modo ( .lxo ) Stereolithography ( .stl ) DirectX X ( .x ) AC3D ( .ac ) Milkshape 3D ( .ms3d ) TrueSpace ( .cob,.scn ) Supported output filetypes: Collada ( .dae ) Wavefront Object ( .obj ) Stereolithography ( .stl ) Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply ) there are others out there... john

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dont worry i sorted myself out i found out after a lot of trail and error and im all sorted now

You get "not responding" when SketchUp is doing a task which take a while to complete. It doesn't mean it has crashed - it just haven't finished yet. Sandbox Tools can take a loooong time to complete.

thanks for your help...

I also have everything since v.6. I even have the installer of v.5 (free) but that version was such a crippleware that I did not want to reinstall on this new computer.

Hi Paul and welcome! Although I have no idea what those cold rolled steel sheds are, don't worry, there are many things I have no idea about and I am sure there are some people who know what they are here.

Worked like a charm. Thanks, TIG!

Thanks, Jeff. This really helps a lot.

finaly i make it this is an attachemment of the SKP file structure.skp

that's a super little project you chose to raise your skills with. keep us posted

Looks like everything is loose(no groups or components). I just hid everything in the back, so I could select just the fan unit. I grouped the fan unit, so it can also be easily moved later; but you don't have to. PC case_temp1.skp

The creator of the DWG file should purge and audit the file and save the copy as an earlier version <=2010 - Also there are many things that might be in the DWG file that won't be imported into the SKP so these can be erased before purging etc - e.g. Text, Dimensions, Hatching etc... This will speed things up and avoid unneeded layers, blocks etc arriving with the import...

Moderator Boofredlay (Eric) also does occasional woodworking. However if you feel that your "newbie" questions (or some of them) are not very woodworking specific but indeed baby steps with the program, feel free to ask them here. Or choose the woodworking forum as you like.

As the boat lies on the water you will have a problem with the parts that are under water. Unless you can view the hull from inside too? Or if you have some accurate specifications? Waterline may not necessarily be where the water is .. Being a barge it may probably be rather flat-bottomed?