Thanks a lot. N

Glad we could help Mary

There is no 11" default when you import them manually. Its all relative and I think its based on the relative zoom of the window. Chris

Please see the following link to get the best performance from 7.1: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=161352

Or maybe one of the coders was a Pirate!?

Thanks TIG and Jean. Gaieus, your job sounds like fun! I have learned so much from this forum. It's a fantastic place where everyone is so willing to share their knowledge. Hopefully I can give a little back some day soon.

Very easy and working solution. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7programs/thread/321fe20a-ecc6-469e-93a4-b640f39c05b5 I believe I've found a registry fix that may resolve your issue. Modifying REGISTRY settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of REGISTRY settings can be solved. Modifications of these settings are at your own risk. Before you make changes to a registry key or subkey, we recommend that you export, or make a backup copy, of the key or subkey. You can save the backup copy to a location you specify, such as a folder on your hard disk or a removable storage device. If you make changes that you want to undo, you can import the backup copy. 1.Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button , typing regedit into the search box, and then pressing Enter.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 2.Locate and click the key or subkey that you want to back up (in this case HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control). 3.Click the File menu, and then click Export. 4.In the Save in box, select the location where you want to save the backup copy to, and then type a name for the backup file in the File name box. 5.Click Save. Once you've backed up your registry, you should see a key named RegistrySizeLimit. The default value is 5d00000. This needs to be changed to ffffffff. When you've made the change, reboot the system and try to install your software again.

Thanks for the sugestion on the plug in I'll check it out

Instead of post processing the rendering, just keep your camera level in SU. Without the camera tilted up or down verticals are vertical no mater how wide your shot it. Of course that doesn't mean you can still get away with 90-100deg shots without them looking odd. If you want to you can crop the top or bottom of the resulting image (as needed). This basically mimics what happens with a tilt shift lens, used in architectural photography for much the same reason. Trying to fit tight spaces onto a single photo without looking too awkward. Although sometimes the awkward look is nice. I completely different action is to create an interactive panoramic export of the entire field of view. There is a script to export six cube faces, there there is software on mac or PC to turn this into interactive file.

Hi Tamás, I don't use Win 7 but what I'd suspect, maybe your memory is not too much either. I know that Vista is rather memory hungry and though Win 7 is said to be a smoother OS, I doubt that they have tweaked it too much in the direction of using less RAM. What Remus says - autosaving - sounds reasonable and maybe some more memory would help with this issue. Ha nem gond, közben hozzáadtalak a magyar felhasználói csoporthoz, ha "odalent" a Magyar Fórumon is körül akarnál nézni.

Remus, Ruby line you graciously wrote did not seem to work. Though I did say I am Ruby challenged, I pasted the code in the ruby console and hit enter, it appears as I believe it should without errors. Though I notice no change in the model scene transitions. It's ok, I'll just work it out with an AVI, or if with the client just use SU V6. EDIT: I can of course just use the shadow slider & or instruct the client to do the same. Thanks so much, Best, C

I have now solved the mystery, Gaieus, though I only half-understand.. Turns out it was a ruby of some kind, either purchased or downloaded from the kind people on this forum. Not that the ruby itself was defective - just was either replicated or was residing in the wrong folder. My process was to remove all rubies temporarily, remove Sketch Up Pro and then do a clean reinstall. From this point I had no problem finding and activating the DC components toolbars. And, incidentally the sand box toolbar which also wasn't behaving. I'm now in the process of adding the rubies back in, very slowly and one or two at a time, then closing and reopening Sketch Up to see which was the conflicting script. Thanks for all the comments and support! Nigel

This is a known issue that we are planning on fixing in the next maintenance release. The issue will occur when adding text and dimensions at true intersections. The workarounds: Option 1) Draw two intersecting lines at the point of intersection, add the text and then delete the lines. Option 2) You can use LayOut's new dimensioning tool to create the needed dimensions. You should not get the odd behavior while in LayOut. Cheers, CMD

Grimjier, I wrote this part of the installer, so I can give you some assistance here. Google SketchUp Pro (7.0 and 7.1) require that you have the .NET Framework 2.0 (or newer) installed on your machine. The Free version of Google SketchUp does not have this requirement. The SU Pro installer is configured to check for the .NET Framework and download it if you do not already have it. This only affects Windows XP users because Vista comes with the necessary version already installed. If the installer is attempting to download .NET Framework, it is because the program we use to check for its presence, which is provided by Microsoft, says you don't have it. The download should normally be pretty fast, but in some cases, it may take a few hours to complete, or may just hang and never finish. Unfortunately, we use a Microsoft-provided mechanism for this entire operation, from checking for the product, to displaying the EULA, to downloading and installing it. Since it's not ours, there is nothing we can do to improve the reliability of the check, the robustness of the downloader, or the verbosity of the progress indicator. Believe me, I've tried. Thankfully, I believe there is a workaround. You just need to install the .NET Framework 2.0 or newer before running the SketchUp installer and all will be well. If you believe .NET 2.0 is already installed, then you would want to first uninstall it from the Add/Remove Programs menu, and then reinstall it. I think the program that looks for .NET bases its discovery on certain registry keys. If for some reason the registry has become corrupted or the keys are absent, that could cause it to want to download, even though you installed it previously. The easiest and most highly recommended way to get .NET Framework 2.0 is via Windows Update. Optionally, you can either install .NET Framework 2.0, or something newer, like 3.5. If you have trouble with Windows Update, you can download the .NET Framework directly. Be aware that the download links are different for 32-bit vs. 64-bit versions of Windows XP. .NET Framework 2.0 32-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en .NET Framework 2.0 64-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B44A0000-ACF8-4FA1-AFFB-40E78D788B00&displaylang=en Good luck and please let me know if this works.

Thanks Markozeta for your replies, and quick too. I would have responded sooner, but had a time of it logging on. But the info helped and I am on my way. Thanks, Brian

You have my blessing. Better animation is one of those things Google needs to prioritise.

That's interesting Thomas - you've made me check what could be wrong and I've found that I've had a fault in my template - I've now created a new template (I have my company logo as a watermark) and it now works!! Also guides now act correctly. I can now email the files as well so it appears I had a glitch when creating my template - all is well I apologise for speaking badly of the program. cheers john

Gaieus, thanks you for the suggestion. It worked! This is different than the way previous versions of sketchup have performed of my computers, but easy to adjust to. Thanks,

[image: 14821202.th.jpg] this is my problem i have a shortcut for showing/hiding dialogs like you have (D) but in the menu it says "Hide Dialogs" meaning they are already showing ... But the layers one isnt and i have no idea why ?