thank you. I'll be burning that to disk from now on.

Hello sir ..thanks for this precious post I have downloaded a file called : V-Ray Express High.visopt How do I use it please ?

Thanks for the info mate, I've joined it now.

Salvador Sounds interesting. PM me details of what you have in mind and I will help you get a Poll going. Mike

I know that problem that SketchUp "forgets" hidden/smoothed edges. It's annoying. Unfortunately I don't know a fix. It happened to me only in huge models and I decided to correct it only when it was absolutely finished. It also happens to the exported version to Kerkythea. Especially evil if you rely on the "wireframe" procedural (that shouldn't show on smoothed edges).

Thanks for that Jeff. Joebamber, I was thinking that unfolding the surface would be a way of achieveing this. Is there a plugin that will allow the surface to be unfolded, even on curved and organic shaped objects? Thanks for your help Kyle

Could it be that you have snaps on to something like 1/16" or maybe higher, like 1/4"? You should check, Window, Model Info and Units to see what your snaps is set to, me I always have the snaps to off. Ken Edited : Oops! Didn't finish reading your answer Jean.

Sigh..Still not able to export even a new 60 frame video. Don't know about MS media player. Would it affect creating a new video? Still I will try the flush. Addenda 1: Nope ipconfig /flushdns didn't work. As lame as it sounds, I am hopping that the next Win auto upgrade will fix it. Something like that happened before, when my browser screen went *(&%$, I reloaded a upgrade, the upgrade failed, but the screen straightened out. I said "lame", didn't I

It is possible to set the grid frequency much higher. In other words, select 2' x 2' or the equivalent metric, rather than 10' grid. And- without having used Sandbox in a while- can you not select the radius of influence or the inference points to fine tune the effect?

Thank you for your help again my friend, I really have an annoying issue here. @honoluludesktop said: ???? Maybe you need to rerun the SU8 install program as repair. Where are your component folders? My three (see the first image) are in: C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Components I also pointed the "Window > Preferences > Files > Models" to the component folder. I tried pointing those preference files - re-booted- no change. This is my 3rd install of SU8, and in one of the installs, the component box had some files that were saved in the SU7 folder. I am on re-install #2 with no luck. Everything is in the correct folder. Btw: I wasn't able to run your video, what do I need on my side to do so? The video was made with Jing, a free capture program for stills and video. The pro version is $14/year and lets you save in MP4 as well as the default SWF. The forum won't allow MP4's so it is SWF. thanks again. Hope your animation problem gets worked out

Dan, yep got it all going. Thanks for your help.

I understand completely about the file size believe me but they wanted me to do the first one like this. Once we are granted permission to use SU I will look into using textures in a lot more things even like the roof and wall panels. I also understand that the screw is not prefect by no means but it’s all I was able to do in the time I was allowed. I wish there were a screw dynamic component likes the bolt component I was able to fine and use in this drawing. Maybe with time and a lot of reading I could try to take on that one, one day? These drawings will not be used for anything but to help younger draftsmen understand a little more about what they are doing is all and I think SU is way better than AutoCAD in that aspect! We use AutoCAD and its all 2D and it’s hard for some to visualize what is going on in say like a hipped roof or a skewed wall so I said why not SU and their giving me a chance . Thanks for all the advice! Kurts Self Drilling Screw.skp [image: BcCz_1-Scene8.jpg]

Physics. Pretty please?

Blimey, you're quick off the mark! Thanks very much for continually supplying & supporting such a range of useful tools.

yeah, fredoscale... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=17948 it will do what you're looking for + a whole lot more.

I'm looking forward to the future! We still have a (horizontal) resolution of 90m.

Jim unless I have the wrong spot my suggestion is: turn hidden geo on; Use line tool and green inference to extend lines from bottom circle edges to the top face, use green inference; Connect the top edges and your faces will form. They did for me Attachment removed by mac1 9-2-01

I found out that the Sirion 2 originally sold as Toyota Passo. And on that subject I found this: http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/toyota-passo-3d-model/433411 But this model is not free and it seems like this model is not that realistic..the rear lights are huuuge comparing with the real one.

Thanks Stoneman, only checked my posts now, but this is exactly what I needed. Strange that this request hasn't come up yet. Thanks again.

Select all the relevant Geometry, Scale it up = type 10, it's now x10 bigger... then do your changes... then afterwards you can Scale down 0.1 .........