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    68Trackman
    last edited by 18 Oct 2022, 07:13

    Hi all...

    Am hoping this is fairly pedestrian and some body can send me to a pre existing answer..

    Not everything in life is orthogonal...

    I have made several attempts at creating a face that does not align with the orthogonal axes in SU, but mirrors the terrain imported via a TIN file from the surveyor...

    I thought I had a work around with the freehand tool, but in a 3D environment, while you may be following some guide lines, SU is merrily drawing a face in it's own plane...

    What to do....?

    thanks,

    Stuart.

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 18 Oct 2022, 10:28

      You cannot draw on a surface in SketchUp using native tools. Fredo's ToolsonSurface extension has that ability.

      https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ToolsOnSurface

      Not sure how long the trial is but definitely enough to see if it is what you need.

      Make sure to install our own Sketchucation Tools first....

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        68Trackman
        last edited by 18 Oct 2022, 23:37

        Got all that, thanks...

        I may be suffering from my version (SU8) though...

        Can install the sketchucation plugin, but nothing appears in the program.
        Likewise with Toolsonsurface...

        I do already have LibFredo installed and Fredo tools, among other things.

        I found version 1.8 of the Toolsonsurface, as a zip file. Followed the premise of unzipping and copying to the plugins folder, but again, never appears in the program...

        I have a sense that it all ends here...

        Thanks for chiming in all the same...

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