BTW, I installed SU3D on my xp machine and I was pleaqsantly surprised to see that previews of the models in the files were displayed as icons. Then I installed it on my vistugh machine and only got the regular icons. Is there any trick to getting SU3d icons to show the model in the file on a vistugh machine? I've downed a lot of models, it's be greeat to be able to see what I was opening before I did

I got their wood flooring bundle a year or so ago and agree they are huge, especially for SU, I normally use the bump map from the sequence in SU in order to get the texture mapped right, then in render studio I replace it with the diffuse and slot in all sequenced maps accordingly. They are hands down the best textures I have ever used.

Matte If you are thinking about using SU for modeling here are a couple of good links I use. Sure there are many more http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build/page/4. this is a blog an has many short How -to's posted http://www.srww.com. For this one look for the SU link Joe has an 8 part series on the design of a bed side table that will get you up to speed quickly Good Luck

I have often wondered if these errors are more frequent with people who use metric dimensions, due to the extra math required, as internally SU is based on inches. Anssi

I use a action in photoshop, who quadruply the image. [image: wlcD_before.jpg] [image: Xrsi_after.jpg] quadruply.zip

Pyroluna.. thank you for your response. The hidden / nested components won't purge because the main component is being used in the model. I have also tried using different layers to turn things on and off, but they (meaning various hidden mullions) still show up in the report I generate even though they're not visually shown. The only way I've been able to get around this, is to go into the outliner window and manually delete any nested component that is hidden (or greyed out) then if I run a report, the hidden nested components will not be included in the newly generated report. It's just a manual way of doing something I thought I could/should be able to control automatically. thanks again..

I made a handle quite easily using Curviloft, just create the profile at the end of the handle and at the middle, draw the curve you want between those two profiles, then use "create loft following given path and you have half a handle. Make two and join them and add your end bits. Yes it makes for a large file size, but it makes a nice handle. [image: Handle.jpg]

Yes I agee, it must be a video card issue with this mobility ATI. Thanks.

every time i want to save medium and bigger size files.. i've tried the method but still can't solve the problem..

I've updated the driver on my old laptop and switched off OpenGL. Now it looks like it's working without crashing which is very handy. Don't know what did it but thanks. My 17" laptop still working fine but outputting black 2D images?

thanks! yeah his work is pretty cool, I have seen it before love the clean lines and retro look!

Cheers for that TIG. This is one I had never seen (or realized I had seen )

@dedmin said: [attachment=0:3rlpvhgy]<!-- ia0 -->2010-07-30_112610.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3rlpvhgy] You cannot scale because sizes are fixed - the "=" in the Len Why Don't I have this menu on my own please ?

The coplanar face removal is a cool trick. However, is it possible to (automatically) remove faces that are not visible? (Such as the interior of the tank.)

Hi Ken, See this free: http://www.smustard.com/script/Windowizer3 and this commercial plugin: http://www.smustard.com/script/Windowizer4

thats excellent! thank you very much!!! I should have the file shortly, if i run into any problems i will let you know. Thanks!

I started out using TurboSketch n/k/a IDX Renditioner, and I thought it did a good job of rendering each image. It's a plug-in, so it's convenient and very easy to use and has a good support forum. But since my purpose is to create Flash animations, I would have to manually render each frame of the animation. Since I've gotten Twilight Render I have used that for my renders, since it will automatically render the animation frames based on the scenes in SU. It's also a plug-in and very convenient and easy to use, and has a good support forum.

Hi Clement and welcome to SCF! Unfortunately there is no way to add plugins to LO yethowever the developers do not reject the idea so maybe some time...

in Spanish the word "Maqueta" was used frequently. Although i went to school in the states and i am more familiar with the term partii, be it a model or a drawing as marvins_dad suggests, as the more common term.