I remember I used and loved a tool to select edges in complex shapes (like the edges of a complex mesh)

The plugin was not Fredo's Curviwizard, as far as I remember, although it was VISUAL as that one (but without menus)

BUt it allowed you to select an edge segment, click several edges away and it select the edges between based on some paramenters (like maximum angle), or also just move the mouse cursor and it would select the edges (more like Curviwizard)

Thanks

@rv1974 LOL

ok, I remember it being bug splatty, but it was years since last I used it and I simply was not abble to use it this time.

But saying I shouldn´use it is the second part of my question, except I asked suggestions for how to do what I needed, without this plugin.

maybe before draping I could smooth the sidewalks until they are a single selection. Then I drape. Then instead of selecting each plant square and change it's color, I do the opposite. Paint the sidewalks another material. Doing that will alow me to select all entities with still the original sidewalk material to properly deal with them all at the time time (vector push pull)

I am having bugsplats everytime I try to use it.

I am trying to superdrape like 100 60x60cm squares on a mesh (which has a street layout)

I need the drape to copy the red color of the squares to the mesh, so I can select all 100 squares draped on the mesh and user a vector push pull to create tree spaces.

Any suggestion on how do fix the bugsplat or another method I could try?

the clipping distance in Sketchup is mostly related to the size of the model.

if you have a model with objects 1km distant from each other, your clipping distance will probably be greater than 30cm.

Reduce that distance to 100m and the clipping distance will be 1cm.

So the zoom extends button is good to check if there are no small objects LOST very far from the main model and hindering the clipping distance.

If your model is on purpose very large and you need to edit small objects, maybe it´s ideal to copy the object and paste it on another Sketchup window, edit and return it. Or maybe use with Components and edit them outside the model and have them update automatically, etc.

Although it complicates workflow, apparently this program does the same that Sketchup used to do, possibly even better (bigger 3D mesh areas in the highest resolution without having to add multiple grabs)...

But it costs U$250 for the version which can grab terrain meshes. The plus version (which can grab 3D terrain meshes) can also create profiles from the terrain, cross sections and slope analysis.

Home

CAD-Earth allow you to import/export images, objects and terrain meshes between Google Earth and AutoCAD and create dynamic contour lines, profile meshes, video animations, and more.

(www.cad-earth.com)

alternatively, it seems Archicad (and possibly Revit too?) also can import from Google Earth, both mesh and image, and then save as SKP.

you just need what? $15k?

Although it complicates workflow, apparently this program does the same that Sketchup used to do, possibly even better (bigger 3D mesh areas in the highest resolution without having to add multiple grabs)...

But it costs U$250 for the version which can grab terrain meshes. The plus version (which can grab 3D terrain meshes) can also create profiles from the terrain, cross sections and slope analysis.

Home

CAD-Earth allow you to import/export images, objects and terrain meshes between Google Earth and AutoCAD and create dynamic contour lines, profile meshes, video animations, and more.

(www.cad-earth.com)

alternatively, it seems Archicad (and possibly Revit too?) also can import from Google Earth, both mesh and image, and then save as SKP.

you just need what? $15k?

If imagery for the US is bad, I can only imagine the quality for it in South America, Africa and Asia!

well, ok, so I deleted LibFredo from the AppData folder, leaving the only version installed at ProgramData.

Now all Fredo6 plugins bugged. Except Curviloft, which now is working...

It seems I need to do the inverse: install all Fredo plugins, including Curviloft, at AppData.

EDIT

Ok, it turns out I can´t install at the default plugins folder. no permissions. Following all the instructions available here at the site did not help. I just can´t change the permissions for the folder. Options greyed-out. Tried to take ownership. No luck.

So I installed two versions of LibFredo6. One using the automatic Sketchucation Store installer at Program Data folder.

The other I installed MANUALLY at the main plugins folder, using RBZ extension, so previous Fredo plugins installed there would work.

Now everything is working again and I do not get the Error Message.

Solved? NO!!!

JUst can´t find Curviloft anywhere. No toolbar (nor toolbar available at "view/toolbars"). Did not find it either at Plugins or the Tools drop down window...

EDIT:

solved, installing Curviloft MANUALLY (RBZ) worked.

can't find Curviloft at the plugins folder.

there are 4 files with "curvi" name there... all of them related to "curvishear". Is it the same thing?

edit: ok, the problem was that Sketchucation Store showed me one folder as my plugins install folder, while those two plugins were in another folder.

As you can see on my screenshot of the problem, there is a plugins folder at "C:/Users/AcesHigh/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/" and another at "C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/"

Error Loading File Fredo6_Curviloft.rb
Error: #<ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)>
C:/Users/AcesHigh/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_!LibFredo6.rb:308:in top_load' C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_Curviloft.rb:29:in module:Fredo6'
C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/Fredo6_Curviloft.rb:26:in `<top (required)>'

Analyzing better this, it seems Curviloft is looking for the Fredo6 Library at AppData, while in truth it´s located at ProgramData.