Drawing on spheres
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Hi. I've been using sketchup since I first discovered it a few months ago, recently upgraded to SU7, which I love even more! My one major gripe is that SketchUp does not want to cooperate with me when drawing on the surface of a sphere or dome. I am trying to model planets for exterior sci-fi scenes. (Yes, I AM crazy! ) No, texture wrapping will not be sufficient, since I am intending to render these models with Podium. Looking for any help, especially if there is a ruby script I can DL to do this. I have been through the help files and done a little poking around, but have not yet found what I need. I am generally pretty good at finding workarounds, but I admit this one has me stumped. I mean, yeah, I can draw on the surface of a sphere, etc, but this requires changing orientation on >each and every face< and makes the process take about 20 times longer, which is just not worth it. Any help would be very gratiously received.
Eagerly awaiting reply,
Nathryc -
maybe something for you in this thread:
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Thanx Jeff. I just DL'ed that and am going to give it a try. Aside from the fact that I am going to have to be patient with this ancient tortoise of a P-3, I have high hopes for this plug-in.
Nathryc
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UPDATE
Just got the plug-in installed and started using it. That did the trick!
Thank you so much for pointing me to that. Never would have found it on my own!! 
Nathryc
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Hi Nathryc,
I'd not completely discard a spherical UV mapping tool however:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=10404
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