Rich's method is perfect if your blue prints are in an image format and can be applied as a texture. If you've got a SketchUp drawing instead, you might want to look at Chris Fullmer's Shape Bender.

Totally off topic, I wrote a reply earlier to you earlier today but I Just figured out that it hasn't been posted, it has happened a few times before, I'm sure it's something I did but hmm strange!

@gnome_mo said: Old topic but I hope somebody can help me. I ticked off foreground in styles, and it shows fine in skp. But when I render in vray, my model looks transparent (or it has foreground on, result is the same). Only thing I din in V.ray is put my background photo in background slot, placement type:place, UWV-Environment-screen. Bacground renders fine but why is foreground on? I was also wondering about that and then found out the solution myself while searching this forum. It is about Vray settings, not the SketchUp Styles. You need to go to Environment under the Vray Settings and turn the GI on. It worked for me. Hope it works for all of you out there too. Stay safe!

Hey These are kind of fun. She uses the "thingies" idea pretty well, as well as it looks like she had some fun with the projections. Your right, interesting idea.

Just a note - you could also have done the concurrent animations by placing 2 (or more) animate functions on the same onClick function, just seprate them using a semi-colon: onClick: animate(X, 0, 36);animate(Handle!RotY, 0 , 90)

Well, I indeed have custom window sizes but then also it ma affect your toolbars badly. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=37422

I have a blog about SketchUp and landscape design called http://sketchupland.posterous.com/. It's been more general stuff lately, but I'll have more landscape specific articles soon. Here is a list of good 3D trees from 3D Warehouse: http://sketchupland.posterous.com/best-3d-trees-from-3d-warehouse. There are a number of good landscape designers/architects on the forum. Hopefully they will showoff their inspiring work, and show you the ropes. [image: 1.jpg]

Also 2048 is still sort of "luxury" as it will be downsampled anyway and/or will not load properly (or at least fast) in GE and all you can see is some kind of smeared bunch of colours. Note that everything needs to be streamed from the servers. If there is a low bandwidth connection, people will simply navigate away when not seeing anything soon.

I can't still control it.. the lines don't follow the lines i draw

Well, I have corrected the problem. With Dale's help. For some reason, the program reverted back to a trial version and it appeared the registration code wasn't working. However, the problem seems to be me. I guess I wasn't careful enough in entering either the email address or the code. Anyway, after being extra careful, the program was registered again with the original code. I wish to thank Dale for all his help and the program. Just wanted to be sure I have included the solution to this plugin problem. Thanks to all in your responses. Ken

Make your component with each of the 5 parts as subcomponents. Then make a copy of the main component and rclick/Make unique. Name the new component Comp1-split or whatever. Double click the new comp and split it with move/rotate tools. Whenever the subcomponents in either comp1 or comp1-split changes it will also change in the other component. But the placement of those subcomponents will stay different because the main components are not the same - only the subcomps are shared.

Hi. I'm trying to bring a file using the "paste in place" from a file that it is already geo-located, to another file also geolocated and the insertion point when I paste it is on a different place, Is this a problem caused by a plugin, because I've installed some. Is this happend to anyone else? I'm using on SU8 pro 8.0.14346 Gracias.

ok sweet i got it thanks

Hey B, Did you find the answer to export wtih Proper/Smooth Step? I'm just beginning to learn plugins and your posts have been termendously helpful! Tks.

No, the versions are always updated together. In fact, there is just one core program. Your version is the most up-to-date now - it came out some time in January or February. Aaron may still have had the previous version (from September).

i can see them now, Dave. thank you. they were only flickr logos when i open this page before. how did you do that? anyways thank you very much.

@raoulfrissen said: @solo said: Got an example of a "beautiful" shape you want to make? I want to make super mario. but all I can at the moment is cubist shapes ... Thanks Do you want to make him in 2D or 3D? Are you familiar with plugins? If you want to model the character in 3D then Artisan would probably be the way to go. It does cost a little bit of money but from what I've heard, it is more than well worth the money. Pete (Solo) would be your guy for this if you take it on and have any questions. Good luck. I'll also give you some links to just a few really great plugins (most of them free) that have at least something to do with organic shapes in general. Take a look at them and use as you have need. Whaat's Artisan Fredo6's FredoScale CPhillips' SketchyFFD Chris Fulmer's Shape Bender TIG's ExtrudeTools Fredo6's RoundCorner Fredo6's Tools on Surface Fredo6's Joint Push Pull Of course, these are just a few and there are many others you will most likely come across while using and discovering SketchUp. Best of luck!

@tibet said: ...funny, i thought curviloft plugin will do the magic... It [or EEbyRails etc] probably would,,, BUT they are really necessary...

@ralf_ct said: ..the window is facing East at 09h00.. but in the north pole on december 25th could make the difference...