Yeah, there is lots of info scattered around here about it. Its hard to give a specific answer to a general question. So if you browse around, you can read up the various renderers and other plugins. OR if you have more specific questions about things, its a little easier to provide accurate responses. But you definitely came to the right place for anything SketchUp related. Have you been using the software long? Are you looking just for rendering plugins, or are you wanting geometry making plugins, and general workflow enhancement plugins type things? Chris

@kertif said: i finally found a way in autocad i saved the file as pdf, then by a pdf-to-dwg converter program i created a dwg file again, when i import this dwg to sketchup it is already in 2d thanks again for all your help There is also a "flatten" command in AutoCad, it is part of the optional Express tools set. Anssi

Hello You have also a French Forum hereat sketchucation Why not try also Moi : Moment of Inspiration? It's the Zen Nurbs modeler with "Sketchup like ergonomy" and learning curve, and you have direct acces for Sketchup by export file SKP format And Moi is also in French C'est pas beau la vie?

I am surprised the Nvidia is giving trouble. In the past I have only had troubles with ATI cards. If it helps I am currently using the Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with no issues what so ever running Windows 7/64.

[image: qEzQ_conehead.jpg] That is simple!!! And simply Beautiful.

That's the one... just register and create a profile...then you can download all sorts of stuff from the downlaod area for nothing! there are also tutorials available... enjoy!

This thread might help: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=28593

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That would be great, Chris. This would be the first step to answer these questions: Have I downloaded the maximum available detail from google earth? (the idea is that if your sample is 2500 points, it may have been resampled) What is the resolution available from google earth on the terrain? (I guess if you know you have the max, you can measure the grid?)

I will give it a whirl, thanks Richard.

Not sure if this helps, but I have been using SU on an external hard drive for a few years now. When I reconnect the drive, I often have to go into the drive directory to use the application (as opposed to the start menu) but otherwise it works just fine.

Gaieus, It's from 'Dynamic Area Calculations' started by Dennis N; http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=31021. And as Jeff said, it's not a ruby as I thought. Have you(or anyone else) developed this further?

very interesting... thanks for the input.

Seems Radial Lenght by TIg makes that!

yes it's very powerful... already saved me many hours. be sure to come back and show us what you've done.

@Gaieus: Saw Jeff's response. Feel like a total idiot. @ TIG: It was in a post of 'dynamic areas', but as Jeff pointed out, it's not a ruby. Sorry 'bout all the confusion. Thanks for the replies guys

Yep, already did the purge/check, no problems found. Yes, Milfot - I did have a similar occurrence where some edges were translated into the distance from a curved surface. It always happened after saving, I had to delete the offending edges and rebuild the section of model. It hasn't repeated since, but it was on a curved surface as yours was too.

Bueler? Am I the only one with these issues?