Roberto, Nice models, but I only have options to download .kmz or .dae...could you make them .skp instead? It would be easier... Thanks.

thank you to everyone who has taken the time to answer my question. it is an issue that has been raised in the past & will be raised again many times in the future. i know that it must seem odd to those of you living outside of australia but, the simple fact is that this is unfortunately an overly politically correct culture filled with committee driven ideals & crap like 'target indicators', what ever the hell they are. i think it would be best if i just let this issue slide for now. cheers & all the best for the coming year. Glen

@unknownuser said: @unknownuser said: @unknownuser said: @unknownuser said: 11.5 tb :shock: :shock: :shock: 450 files = 1,19 gb(all my sketchup models,including sketchup examples, etc)

In "Box Modeling", the method is to pushpull a face (without it creating an internal face in other modelers), then scale the new edges as desired. Then pushpull again and again, scale some edges. Then pushpull and do this over and over. Dozens, hundreds of times very rapidly. Until you have a boxy pproximation of a curvy shape (like a plane or space ship). Then once you have all the boxed made, you subdivide and smooth. So it is a very fast, repetitive process of pushpulling. having to delete each internal face is a major showstopper for this modeling method. This project is still on my mind. I am working on some groundbreaking UI stuff (well, sort of groundbreaking - someone else already beat me to the punch, but it might still be cool). Once I work out some stuff, this plugin might well be one I release in the next few weeks. Chris

Theres a plugin called SU animate that does just that, if you are willing to spend a few bucks. I'm currently looking for a different alternative for your problem, a way to assign a different transition time for each scene to make turns more "smooth". Finally theres Chris's camera recorder plugin where you can walk around corners and everywhere yourself, you need another program to convert the data export into a video file though.

Hi all Help Board lesson How to make figures of people? I understand that you can use Subsmooth Need an example workpiece Sorry for my english. It was not me, it's a translator ^ ^

Hi Gaieus, Thanks for adding me to the woodworking user group. I'm learning my way around the forums. This is great, hope to contribute.

I'm a omega tester. I always test the stuff after it has been out for 3 or 4 years.

@kxi system said: How about trying using labica's figure up model parts? They may not have any hair, but their still good. BTW you can also pose them. I'm starting to think that people around here haven't got a proper dose of manga&anime and too much american comics, a manga head should look like a normal persons head but with drawn facial features. hai there.. nice one KXI, i downloaded it. its great. but some how, i also finding like zando asking, a anime head...damn i just can't get the feel in 3d, can anyone help me?

This thread seems to deal with the same issue (amongst other things): http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14353&p=108605 It seems not, which is annoying. I'm going to see if Layout can do something for me.

Find ExtrudeEdgesByRails [or the whole EEby... tools zipped]. I'd make it in two mirrored halves as it looks symmetrical. Use 'weld.rb' to make part of the outline a single 'curve'. Repeat for the rest of the outline. Now you have two curves that can become 'rails'. Draw a third curve (perhaps a very flat arc) to for a profile. Use EEbyRails picking them as prompted [repeat pick on profile unless you want it to end slightly differently in which case make another curve/melding-profile... It should make a mesh of the surface. Then process it as needed - here's a visual clue... I know it's not the same shape but I did it as quick example for you...[image: ZEud_Untitled.png]

We can now add psychologists to SketchUp's user list

Thanks for your thoughts, as it goes the client pretty much removed most of the light from the scheme so all that trawling the net was a waste. Good job I didn't go ahead and buy one!!!

@gaieus said: Hi Henri and welcome! I have seen some really interesting and beautifully detailed clock (and watch) models made in SketchUp! It will be really interesting to see some nice examples from you, too, if you wish to share them. One tip already; a watch will obviously contain very tiny pieces. SketchUp has problems with creating faces that have edges at the scale around a millimetre so the general workaround is to model in a larger scale and only when finished, scale the model back to its normal size. Say it would be comfortable for you to model in millimetres at this scale. Instead, set your template to metres but work as usual - count the values as they were millimetres. This will result in a model scaled 1000:1 but in no time at the end you can easily scale it by 1/1000. (I also added you to the French usergroup so you can see and post in the French forum when you are logged in). @unknownuser said: Henri Salut et bienvenue! J'ai vu quelques très intéressante et admirablement détaillés horloge (et regarder) les modèles fabriqués dans SketchUp! Il sera vraiment intéressant de voir quelques beaux exemples de vous, aussi, si vous souhaitez les partager. Un bon truc d'ores et déjà, une montre sera évidemment contenir des morceaux minuscules. SketchUp a des problèmes avec la création de visages qui ont des bords à l'échelle autour d'un millimètre de manière générale la solution de contournement est de modèle dans une plus grande échelle, et seulement lorsque vous avez terminé, à l'échelle du modèle qui retrouve sa taille normale. Affirment qu'il serait commode pour vous de modèle dans millimètres à cette échelle. Au lieu de cela, réglez votre modèle en mètres mais le travail comme d'habitude - comptage des valeurs comme ils étaient millimètres. Cela se traduira par un modèle réduit 1000:1, mais en aucun temps à la fin vous pouvez facilement l'échelle de 1 / 1000. (Je vous ai également ajouté au groupe d'utilisateurs français afin que vous puissiez voir et d'écrire dans le forum français quand vous êtes connecté in). Blame the translator.

Very clear!

@thomthom said: The real solution would be to update the drivers. Or even a new card - in case it is really that old computer (although sometimes you do not want to spend money on an old machine any more - and most of the modern cards may not even be compatible with your motherboard)

Well, this is also a plugin so everything that can be expected from plugins working slowly and poorly is valid here. An "own version" sound interesting! And no, I do not really work with much CAD geometry so I don't have particular examples but have seen (and experimented with) a bunch in the forums already.

Hello Jody, That is exactly what the problem was. Now in what way does turning off Hardware acceleration affect the performance of SU? I am on the iMac 27" With the latest OSX 10.6.2 Graphics card is: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 Mb 8Gb Ram screen resolution of these big ones is: 2560 x 1440 Many thanks Jody for your advise Filip K.