thanks a lot!!

@remus said: ...The quadro cards are generally the best in this respect... yup @remus said: ...although quite pricey. in the meanwhile they have some cheapened models too as e.g. the FX370/570 starting at roughly 150-200 U$. hth, Norbert

Then I guess that's inches > Millimetres... Sometimes I have the same problem - when I don't even know what the units of the original file were. Then this can be nothing else than trial and error; importing the stuff a couple of times until you are okay.

@caddict said: Look forward to trying out that add-on! I often build the basic house structure in a cad app, simply because it's easier to build walls, make openings, etc...then move it over to SU. It's ready to try - See: RpWallMaker

Hi Cliff, Once I did something like this,too. Enlarge your screen resolution so that the toolbar gets on screen again > position it properly > then lower your resolution again.

Yes I think I'm getting a handle on my problems I extruded two surfaces of different colours out a long way right next to each other and than had a real close look and there was a noticeable difference but the measure tool couldn't pick it up, not until I increased the size of the entire model considerably and even then it was only 0.01. I'll have to keep my eye open to problems and correct them early I've obviously been covering problems rather than fixing them and the problem is manifesting elsewhere. Thanks heaps for your time.

Hi Gerd, Here is the author (and a couple of his posts). Also something "similar" (a table cloth tutorial) was made by Pete but mind you, it needs a commercial plugin for the job.

Hi Ernest, I'm not sure what causes SU to stall or even crash but sometimes I also had problems when I imported DWG files "preserving drawing origin". Make sure to uncheck this in the Options dialog (open this from the Import window on nthe right) see attached image.. [image: jjZP_PreserveOrigin.jpg] If the original, CAD drawing origin is preserved, SU may import the drawing even some miles away from the SU origin which may cause OpenGL problems as well as you not seeing it in your viewport (press Shift+Z to zoom to extent and Edit > Select all to see if your drawing is somewhere "outer space"). Also, there are sometimes some small, stray lines very far from the origin or the drawing - zooming to extent and selecting all may let you see if there is such an issue again. Of course, I'm not sure if these are the problem but currently I cannot think of any other cause. It may be good if you could upload your file here.

This is a commercial script, but it seems to be just what you're looking for: http://www.smustard.com/script/ExplodeImplode

The higher the frame rate the smoother the animation, and the longer the render. waiting for the day instant render happens *

Thank you Gaieus, Remus and Anssi, It's surely the co-planar surface problem (Z fighting) since I remember re-drawing the same surfaces somewhere. Will re-examine the drawing and find out. Thanks a lot Bye Mario

Yeah, by what you wrote, you should adjust your workflow a bit but I think it could be of much help and use.

That made a huge difference, thanks

@kaleb2013 said: I'm using Sketchup 2013 and sectioncutface, but i can't find the slice model at section option....any suggestions?? you need to instal the plugin that provides that option... Zorro...

Thanks Scott, that makes sense. Interestingly... @matthew.robert said: I know that particular DC has one nested "tile" that copies and positions in both the x and y directions to create the grid. I had that wrong, the "GridTile" on the 3DWH does create rows first and then positions those rows. I created a little test to see if that way or the "X & Y" position method would be faster and it wasn't (probably because of what you say about child-formula-calculations). I would be curious if anyone can create a more efficient redraw method than the two examples in the attached .skp. Matt redrawRace.skp

Way Cool! Saves me an hour. Thanks, Anssi Jim

hm.. well, I can see advantages of having instance attributes as well as definition attributes. But it'd be nice to have both. not either or. Thanks for the heads up on that thread.

I have a Google tutorial which demonstrates a working weblink, try this from 3D Warehouse: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ce5eddf19a1cd04d4af4635b6ebb0145&prevstart=0 I don't have the file on me at the moment but I think this is the one.