i'm wondering if su8 is somehow allowing bigger exports.. i just exported a 10k entity model to 19,500 px wide with AA off and jpg compression set to best. (14 seconds with shadows off.. 24secs with them on) iirc, i used to only be able to go to around 15000px. anyone else seeing similar improvements?

This may not apply to your specific issue, but: If you create abutting groups like you suggest, then modify the groups in any way, you have to be careful that the modifications you make do not deform the edges/faces where it touches/ matches the adjacent group.

Yep. We've posted the new installers, but have yet to push the updater mechanism. We often wait a couple days to make sure things are stable in the wild before enabling the Help > Check for Update mechanism. Regards, Tyler

Thanks for your advises Tom. I'll check for some stuff on the web when I'll be about to buy it and I'll post the description here

i have my standart modeling tools assigned to mouse buttons in combination with "shift", "strg" and "alt" (the mouse buttons no.3-5 have assigned the function keys "F3", and "F8" and "F10" assigned) I can select them without thinking. It's more like finger gestures that happen automatically. The resulting combinations are at the moment: F3..........................pointer/select F3+shift.................push/pull F3+ctrl...................mirror selection (plugin) F3+alt....................line F8..........................move F8+shift.................rotate F8+ctrl..................scale F8+alt...................rectangle F3+shift+ctrl..........tape measure F3+shift+alt...........circle F8+shift+ctrl..........fredo scale - box scaling F8+ctrl+alt............follow me F3+shift+ctrl+alt....paint bucket F8+shift+ctrl+alt....offset and some keyboard only: ^............................reverse face X............................toggle x-ray Q............................remove all materials H............................toggle hidden geometry G............................make group G+shift...................make component v............................field of view z............................zoom extends T+shift+ctrl............uv-frontface to backface T+shift+alt.............uv-backface to frontface T+shift+ctrl+alt......delete backside material and some standart shortcuts like shift+ctrl+v............paste in place T............................top view . . .

Solid tools are the fastest but a model that is not solid will not work, so going back to the old intersect method works.

Hi, the next three possibilities. what I still don't understand is how do I control the length of the curved object? I posted this also here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=18210&start=600 Charly Sail.skp [image: BO7C_Unbenannt.JPG] [image: atac_Unbenannt.JPG]

Hi guys, The problem in this case is figuring out where the 'new' toolbar should be added. I don't have my PC in front of me at the moment, but I think new Ruby toolbars are added at the start of the toolbars, not at the end. On the other thread on this subject (over at our help forum) a suggestion was made that new Ruby toolbars should be floated on first load to avoid this. john .

What is it called? What does it do? Who wrote it? How'd you get it? Does it work nicely? I want it.

@lizartin said: I actually figured it out finally....only took me 2 days! Thanks! Explaining what you actually did to avoid ignominy might have helped other users who might be similarly challenged...

charly & numb, guys thanks a lot, step buy step, little by little i'm learning... thanks

@unknownuser said: Somehow like the rotate tool alignment works? I have a pending feature request at Google. Until then, have a look at this plugin. exactly this would be a must. I tried chris fullmer's perpendicular face tools but it is not as easy than the rotate tool alignment, It would be easy for sketchup team to add this particularity for basic shapes. just 3 clicks.

I agree.

Thank you for those log textures Urgen

That yuuguu program works perfectly, thank you so much!

Also instead of going all around, you can halve the whole shape by connecting opposite endpoints that halve the remaining offending face etc. until you quickly isolate the problematic area. Then just delete the unnecessary edges inside.

Good to know, I often have struggled with this

And for the "Component Stringer" by Chris I have written @unknownuser said: Position between them is given by segments of the curve itself! (so work on it the divisions before launch the plug) Fredo 6 Bezier Splines I believe has a Divider, Segmentor curves...

Thanks Gai.. This works perfectly, and i am now looking for the best working solution for my project