Sketchup does not subdivide the texture deliberately, it is only not capable to align the texture. The only ways of texturing organic shapes in Sketchup is using projected texture (native), or using spherical or cylindrical projection (plugin UVTools 0.1). There are also other ways of texturing, like this workaround or using another programm for uv-mapping (plugin UVTools 0.2)

Hi Dave R. Thanks for your answer. 1º - I already try it, but I miss how can I build the inside frame structure for support the dome. Try to think like "Gothic Arch" and its timber frames structures. I need to build some structure for support that shape. And I need to show it in SU model. if you need I post some images of the project, please ask, so you can see for your self better what I pretend to do. http://imageshack.com/a/img812/9311/g4z6.png thanks again.

Sorry, I just saw you needed help closing the faces too...just draw diagonal lines from corner to corner, or better yet lay the plow down on the flat face and use the sandbox tool "from contours" (from contours doesn't work on verticals well). You may have to divide the straight line at the top of your plow into the same number of segments as the arc has.

Delete Guides removes ALL Guide-lines/-points - even when they are inside groups and components ! However, there are several scripts about that erase only guide-lines or guide-points... and can also limit this action to 'active_entities' or 'selected_entities' - useful if you want to retain some others elsewhere in the model...

Here's one to play with. The model is too heavy as it stands and it also needs scaling. [image: SbCo_Screenshot2010-02-14at13.31.30.png] Flame finial.skp

@tridem said: :knockout: that's what I mean for screenshot and rendering, the first is the raw sketchup model; the second one is the result of a rendering done with an external application or a plugin. By 'clip composition' I meant several object images cuted and pasted on the main picture [attachment=0:22xw6gpv]<!-- ia0 -->Immagine.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:22xw6gpv] I upload it. Thanks for explaining it.

Thanks mate, those light tents will come in handy for my Prodvis renders.

@sercrojoe said: Edit: By changing certain groups' or components' Entity Info, I've been able to change their layers (apparently), but for some of them it just won't work. Why is that? Well, that's the easiest way and actually "the" way normally. You can also use the Layers toolbar but the results will probably be the same. If you have any issues ("some of them not working..."), double check if the content is on some different layer than Layer0. "Primitive" or "raw" (i.e. ungrouped) geometry should never go elsewhere. There may still be nested groups/components on all different layers within your groups/components - check that, too. Eventually copy the troublesome groups and paste them in a new file. Have a look what layers they have "inherited" to get some clue what may be wrong with the original file and/or ultimately upload such faulty pieces here so we can have a look.

thanks guys tis why I'm growing to love this forum thanks you all, the mental block on my Library project is gone take a look and please please comment http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=26035

It is a handy thing sometimes as you can easily drag and drop materials from one window to the other (say when you have just made a new material of an imported image from scratch and want to keep it in one of your libraries)

That's absolutely fantastic, thanks very much chaps.

Glad I could help.

New to the forums (and fairly new to SU). I'm having the same problem, except there's just a little bit of the text visible - not enough to read, just sort of a 'ghost' of text. It's very strange, and frustrating. Any ideas?

Just take the model you submitted last year - put a tree on the roof and some Arroway wood on doors of the car, and maybe it will win this year.

You have to "import as texture" in order to make it a .skm (sketchup material) If you search in the Plugins forum, I believe there is a plugin to help with mass importing materials but I can't think what its called now...

I am not actually sure if this is what you mean by messing up with the system but I think in installing the application, you just have to uncheck the option on installing the Google search bar. If it does not have a checkbox then you just have to change the homepage of their browser after finishing the installation for the school laboratory. There is a free version of the SU that you can download from the internet, see if it will do for your students. Chrysalis School Montana

I love to draw technical stuff; airplanes, boats, houses, etc. But I am more into the details of the internal fabrication, than just a simple outer view. I have gone though several versions of ACAD 2D and then into ACAD 2 1/2D (they call it 3D, but it isn't), and was totally baffled by the so-called 3D interface. Never got a good render of anything, especially on my big cargo airplane concept, and it took forever to get anything right. Books and tutorials were no help either. I tried TruSpace, also a dud in the interface area. And a few others that lasted maybe 10 minutes on my PC. I subscribe to ZD-Net and 2 years ago they had a brief ad for SU. It looked interesting so I loaded it and tried it, without any tutorials to start me off. In less than 2 hours just playing with it, I accomplished more than I could with ACAD in 2 weeks. By the end of day I had a decent 3D view of my big airplane, for the first time. I now have over 300mb in 15 files of that airplane as I design the internals; landing gear, fuel system, passenger cabin, cargo deck, cargo handling components, etc. All fit back to the master drawing, and each drawing is details on some set of internal components of the airplane. Yeah, I know SU is a sketching tool, but with some tradeoffs I use it more like a 3D CAD. Plus there are dozens of drawings of other stuff. One of the latest was a rendering of my main bathroom reno, which worked wonders in explaining to my contractor what I wanted, and to the cabinet maker. Then I had to revamp our laundry area, as the new front load washer and drier would not fit in the space where the 28 year old top loads went. I carefully measured the space, and played with 7 options to place the W&D and move the laundry tub and shelving. I showed the "boss" the options and she said "that one". That one also showed an interference of 1 inch with the furnace relay box mounted on the side, so I had to move it to the inside, well before delivery. Then I completed the plumbing, electrical and shelving layers and from that made my hardware shopping list. I attach the SU file of that, and a photo of the laundry area, with some minor shelf changes requested by the boss and a view from the SU model at the same angle. Next is the kitchen. With SU I can quickly depict many ideas and alternatives, for the boss's approval, then flesh out the final choice for the contractor and cabinet maker, rather than trying to repeatedly explain what is wanted, with restrictions and problems/suggestions to work around. All you need to start is a very careful measurement of the area to make the basic layout, with at least one layer to show the existing for comparison. Taking photos of the existing helps a lot. Then get measurements of the various cabinetry and appliances you will need, and make simple outline groups/comps that you can place or move about. Make a layer or 2 for each alternative so you can quickly compare one to another. Then all you need to do is pan and zoom and display/hide layers to describe them. When the final layout is selected, add the plumbing and electrical components (on separate layers) for a real virtual fit and fiddle before anything starts up. Even paint schemes can be placed on layers to play with. Try all that in ACAD. SU-6 file SU drawing of laundry area revamp with various layout options and final layout with details. [image: 1dLl_Miele-WampD-Feb10003sm.jpg] [image: 3gtH_37-Risdon-Laundry.jpg]

Good trees! I love the such! For background