yep - the walk tool does what I'm looking for....THANKS!

That's It That's all, folks))) THANKS a lot)

Further discussion of this item will continue in the city_gen thread, thanks. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=314&t=19410&p=249727#p249727

bonjour et merci, j'ignorais que la démarche d'accessibilité nécessitait une validation, merci à vous

I'd ask over at 3DBuzz. http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php They have a section for learning 3DSMax, and would probably be better at answering a 3DS question than a Sketchup forum. I've been a member there for a while when I was learning Maya PLE, and the folks are pretty helpful.

See this site http://www.finewoodworking.com/blog/design-click-build/page/4 many how too's and this http://www.srww.com/google-sketchup.htm. The an 8 part tutorial on building a bed side table I would recommend to you.

@steve rugg said: Still has great flaws but I have not seen anything easier and better. Couldnt agree more Steve. I decided to shift and abandon Sketchup for its "lack of robustness" in handling complicated models way too many times. But the ease of use factor and the countless good things that is added every single day kept me coming back. Thank goodness , very sloooow, but making great progress... I still see a promising future for SU as the user base grows tremendously.. It may not be "the one and only" 3d software you'll ever need, but it is becoming more and more indispensable in many 3d production workflow.

I use all toolbars and no shortcuts. Love the Clausen jersey as your picture too! GO PANTHERS!

Hi Gaieus, Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't find those plugins helpful for my model. In the end I did it manually.

Mine never seem to be the exact same size so normally I just follow this go 2 school tut, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZWYtDDbSFY Mike

thank you all for the replys!

Yea it does, and thats weird because all it gives me is the ABCs instead of the symbols. What am I doing wrong? EDIT: nevermind, it places the symbols but doesnt show it beforehand in the textbox popup. Thanks guys...yes I am retarded.

SU2Thea will do letter boxing, but in my understanding only when you have set custom camera. In SU2Thea you can change camera back to original (SU2Thea exporter > Scenes > SU Window in view parameters). If that happens for some other reason, maybe there is a bug. Some other renderers do use the same letter boxing too...

Ah, come on, Rich, you know I was just joking (otherwise would not have posted it)

I think he meant "how" [to get 'weld.rb'], not "why" [he divided the edge before welding its parts]... To use the EEby... tools [and others] any profiles/rails/etc need to be 'curves' - that is any collection of edges that have been made into a 'polyline' [in CAD-terms] - or a 'curve' in SUp-speak - SUp's arcs etc are naturally 'curves' - Bezier curves etc made with Fredo's tools are also this type of 'curve' - BUT any edges joined end-to-end [with no branching] can be made into such a 'curve' - even if there is no apparent 'curviness' in it at all The tool to make these edges into a 'curve' is weld.rb. However, you can only 'weld' two or more edges into a curve, if you have just the one edge then it can't become a curve that way - therefore select the lone edge, right-click context-menu > divide it [i.e. 2 or more - if it's to match a 'paired' curve as a profile/rail/etc then it's recommended that you divide it to have a matching number of segments], it will remains highlighted [but it's now in bits], immediately weld those selected bits into a curve... You are now ready for he next step...

Thank You Gaieus, some things are easier then they appear

@click draw said: Can anyone provide any testimonial for this Ivy Generator? I have downloaded so many programs that don't live up to the expectations of the software provider. No disrespect intended. Does this work well with Sketchup or is it kind of hit and miss? Thanks, Jeff Ivy Generator is good, but not for SU. Too high poly. Naturally if you import the generated ivy directly to your rendering app, it should be fine too. But then you most likely will need a external renderer, I am not sure if any renderer running in context of SU, can handle links to external files...

Nice look to the water, esp. reflections visible at top and distortions/refractions of the block wall through the water body, and also very magical forces applied which produce the narrowing of the flow.

Yes I agree with you Edson. Those are some helpful hints that I though about giving but he only stated problems with opening and closing files mainly.

HI, Thanks, minutes ago, I read online to try to uninstall usb overdrive from my computer, and it did the trick. It is orbiting fine now. thanks so much, Keea