Found a solution. Uninstall of sketchup needs to be more detailed than just dragging the app to the trash. Here's the link that explains the procedure in detail: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=40937

There some changes I still want to make on both of the plugins, so for now they will remain private.

Check out ThomThom's 'Cleanup' and 'Plan Tools' plugins. I think they would help for this.

Hey Gus! http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=36770&p=323731#p323731

@gaieus said: Ifyou installed it correctly, go to Window > Preferences > Extensions and activate it with its checkbox. Restart SU and find it under Tools > Fredo collection or rather activate its toolbar from View > Toolbars. Gaieus, Thanks for the tips!!! Jud

To d12dozr, Thanks for the link!

zetavares852 I do think specific light emitting materials are needed?? Out side my knowledge base but some renders have the capability to set the Illuminace of the mesh on or off? That common thread maybe worth some check?

It depends upon how you drew the staircase, If it is a component or group, open it for editing and select all of the geometry. Then get Scale and do the scaling operation. This won't have any effect on the material scaling. If you drew the treads and risers as components separate from the stringers, You won't want to scale the entire staircase anyway. This would change the thickness of the stringers. In that case you would want to Move a stringer and then adjust the tread and riser components separately. You could open the components and use Scale, Move or possibly Push/Pull for that. None of those modifications would affect the material. I think this is a common issue for folks because they can scale a group or component without opening it for editing. There are some applications for that but more often, it is the geometry that should be getting scaled.

Well, maybe. If you go anywhere else than the home page, there are articles from TDC in the sidebar.

Hi Tom, good to meet you. Hope you find everything you've ever wanted here on the forum...heheheh.

Thanks a lot guys. The load method is just what I was looking for. Here's what I've written in the first file and it works: require 'sketchup.rb' def drawc load 'cubegrid2.rb' include Cubegrid drawgrid end UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("cubegrid") { drawc } Every time I call cubegrid from the Plugins menu, it reloads the cubegrid2.rb file and executes its main method, drawgrid, from the module Cubegrid. I realize that the function names aren't very descriptive and quite uninspired, but that's not important and the moment . Again, thanks for the help.

Well you're welcome!

Thanks Dave, That makes total sence! Now that I think of it a lower Res output would be better anyway as I was going for a rough look anyway. The other test Image you helped me with in the corner bar area has a bit too much "clean line feel" because I made the image large and reduced it, I'll export it much smaller next time for the "real" sketch. Thanks again for your advise a bit of enlightenment is always welcome.

Kyle, what about this one: [image: G4xq_Masonry.Stone.Ashlar.Random.BrokenCoursed.jpg]

I've an ATI card and can confirm a poor relationship with SU A recent driver really screwed things up. It's not the most powerful card I use but my desktop runs a nVidia silky smooth. My issues are with selecting. The workspace flickers when making a selection, sometimes even blacking out until releasing mouse button. If anyone has suggestions I'd love to hear them also.

Yes, exactly. Like in the example above where standalone edges were grouped separately from the mesh itself. THEN they get exported displayed.

Hi Palo I want to thank You for this tool! Today I experienced what You had described and Your plugin fixed it! Thanks again!

Dear David, The wheel of lines has no significance. The number of lines can be easily increased/decreased according to need, and making the angular spacing regular just helps with construction. The ensemble makes a compact symbol, and one could even label the lines if one wanted the extra clarity. This is done by double clicking on the end of each line with the Text tool. The lines are each 5 mm long, so the whole thing is quite small. It doesn't get in the way if it is locked and hidden. Saving it as a component for reuse might have benefits if one uses the same layer structure, although when I tried to import it into one model it complained and said that it couldn't import an empty component. Both the Layers and the Outliner tools need serious work. For example, there should be an update button so that one can make changes, and then hit update. Currently, changes are made as soon as one hits the return key. This can be quite irritating with big models (lots of groups and components) where one might want to edit contiguous entries in Outliner. The Entities dialogue box needs hitting with a hammer. Its tendency to autofill with script from a previous edit is enough to drive one mad. Rant over! Regards, Bob [image: OOBJ_Layerpurgecontrol.JPG]