when you say it doesnt start, does it not start at all? does anything happen when you click on the SU icon? one thing to try would be right clicking the SU icon->run as administrator. Bit of a guess but sometimes it does the trick.

Ehm, guys... There is a (quite) complete and mostly up-to-date "Extensions index" on the main SketchUcation site. Please, use it as Jim has worked his @ss off to make it as usable and useful as possible with a lot of ways to search, copy forum topic links ("ready made with the insertable bbCodes") etc.

Hi raduteo The sketchup importers on large meshes, models with unwarped materials, and sometimes for no reason aparent, can be almost useless. If you really want to import a high poly model into sketchup and avoid that error try dividing the model in 2 or 3 parts if possible in other software and import one at a time (preferably each part in a new file to avoid more errors. hope it helps David

Awesome. I knew there was an easy solution. Thanks for the help.

they were scanned... just add contrast in ps or gimp or something

my workflow : Import cad lines to adobe illustrator ... then select all, object/ paths/ simplify ... play with settings Export to dxf/dwg from adobe illustrator open the new cad file in autocad ... check the scale as it will probably open up in different units, or if you know a particular dimension then you can just scale them once inside sketchup with the tape measure tool

You could have a look at this example as well. door DC.skp

Thanks! this helps a lot. but how would you made the bevel wheel?

You can also use the Outliner! Here a moving a Group named "Cylindre" to an element of a general Group named "Ensemble"! [image: 4MYq_GIF_acyl.gif] [image: 6doo_arbo.jpg] And then use the cool free Real Time SimLab Composer Lite Vf (maxi 1920 * 1080) (texture with the free cool onlineSumoPaint ! [image: Gyt4_sumo2.jpg] [image: sumo3.jpg]

It is indeed...Thanks Zack

Thanks.

@nohd said: too bad i only use PlugIns that are free to download. ah, private use. btw, which plug-in? N.

Dylan, the pro demo should just turn in to the free version when the trial runs out, so it probably isnt that.

THANK ALL GUY I have see Mike CLICK CLICK the mouse key when the wireframe will show on~ The time range in video at 02:40-02:55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtZWQrimV0

raduteo The mtl file was missing a colour definition [Kd] and I also think SUp needs a jpg rather than a bmp [I did a save_as and also edited the mtl file to suit]... Anyway it then worked... I need to trap mtl's with a texture but no colour [using texture.average_color if no Kd ?]... I am looking at various fixes and other improvements... Please check out the Ruby Forum over the coming days...[image: OIWu_test.jpg]Updated...

Rather consider these faces as they are trying to "fight" for visibility. In fact, in real world (as everything has some thickness) they don't appear so you should also try to avoind this scenario.

There are several good tutorials on roof creation... try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6WxE6oO3JU or http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=108902#p108902 Also see this http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=752&p=4312&hilit=+roof+tutorial#p4312

First off Model Info >> Change Units to cm rather than mm... Everything is always made the correct size whatever the units you are using... However, you've made everything in mm thinking them to be cm, so you have made something 100[mm] thinking it was 100[cm] - i.e. 10 times too small. There are 2 ways to rescale everything... Method one: 'select all' to highlight everything in the model [check nothing is off/hidden/locked etc] and then use scale about a diagonal corner pair of handles x10. Everything should now be x10 bigger and therefore the sizes you originally expected. Since you now have you model units in cm anything you make from now on will be the correct size when entered [in cm]... The other way you can rescale the whole model is this... Use the tape measure tool, pick a vertex point and stretch the tool cursor out say 100, now immediately type 1000 and a dialog pops up asking if you want to scale the model, if you say yes the whole model is scaled by 10 - every 100 dimension is now 1000.... mm have become cm...

Hey Emiliano, Please to meet you. Thanks for the pleasant word. I consider this thread as a constant "Work in Progress" [image: const017.gif] due to the news plugins our developpers are imagining everyday... I consider it also as a collaborative work. If anything interesting is missing, just tell about it and I shall put it up in addition on the "Front Post" I take the opportunity of this post to add in this Front Post a reminder rather than a trick taken from "Creating a Swaying Curtain" by Dirk de Jongh On How to subdivide a shape Using Drape Tool from Sandbox Tools.