Thank you cotty, I have found that the fire wall had blocked access to web for layout, and therefore the programm could not start. It is the same result with SU Merci beaucoup Marc

I have not used it or seen it in action, but TBD has a script called time.rb that does this. http://www.smustard.com/script/TimeTrack Check it out, its only $5.00 USD Chris

@anglaret said: I suppose you are right, but a component does not brake an area betwen 2 rooms (to change floors coverings for example) You could leave a line to separate the rooms. That's how I would do it.

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Merci pilou, impeccable avec un peu de retard Marc

tell the line number, and I will try to help Some topics have ben renamed, either to be more clear in a few words, or because they were mixed with other topics in the same message. Topics have been erased because they are included in 7.0, such as dynamic components. Marc

Marc, that is exactly what an IES files does. You use one of these files and it automatically gives an accurate representation of the output. They actually do 2 things, they define the light strength in real world units, and the shape of the light distribution. Because these things are defined as data, you don't need to have a realistic model of the actual geometry. If you do have a reasonable model of the geometry and can specify light strength in watts, you don't need IES files. The benefits are accurate calculation without needing the geometry of the fitting. The drawback is that not every fitting you want to use has an IES file. If you want to use specific fittings that don't have the data available, you have a problem. LightUp's proposed features should allow you to use IES files when you want, and when they don't exist, you can model the fitting and still get a good representation of the output. I don't think it will give you the calculation in lux levels though - unless Adam is planning to add that. Adam - sorry, I didn't mean to imply that IES would be part of LightUp. These sort of things aren't for me to announce I just thought this was potentially an excellent use for your application. You don't have an example of this sort of thing in your gallery which is a shame because it's a great idea. It doesn't seem logical to me to export a sketchup model to a lighting program to get an inferior visualisation if you don't want a numerical analysis of the light spread. You should be able to get a much nicer realtime drive-through within SketchUp using LightUp.

Thanks cphillips The problem was that all sketchyphysics toolbars were hidden (I don't use it at the moment)and the inspector remained coming up at each start Sure my question was a little stupid Marc

anglaret, you made me think of nice idea: SketchUp often remembers things - like if you move something a certain distance; if you move it again, it will snap to that earlier distance, if you near it. wouldn't it be nice if the offset tool remembered the last selection of lines it was used with and highlight them as soon as you hover over one of the lines (the originally selected ones or the newly created ones, depending on where your cursor hovers). another really cool thing would be to be able to create repetitive offsets by typing in 3 * for example (or the other way arround: 3 / ), just after creating the offset (I thought it was possible. but by trying I just discovered it is not - would be so handy though )

@kwistenbiebel said: I would not go for shitty software like 'Architect 3D' which has amateur written all over... lol. I actually got a copy of that one. Bought it before I found out about SU. Used it twice or so.

I did some work directly off my usb this weekend. I was kid sitting for my brothers two hell-raisers and after knocking them out I went to work. Thanks SU for having a free version. My brothers computer is horribly slow to begin with but working off the usb was not too bad. FYI.

@anglaret said: Thank you Mateo Anssi, I suppose that you have been annoyed by roofs retaining snow and leaking water in your country; a good contractor solve it quite well round here Marc Why leave resolution to the contractor. Good design could solve it with out a contractor. I know it's possible to do many things I just think why make things difficult when good design could make them simple. Having the garage roof drain towards the gable end of an adjoining structure is in my opinion bad design. you could easily add a saddle to the design to drain water to the front and back of the garage with out too much noticeable design revision. just my opinion. nice rendering though.

just because something is registered in another country doesn't mean you don't have to pay for it, or taxes on it... are we sure he does this to skip some duty? or is that an assumption?

Hi guys, the final migration is planned for 12 MST (U.S. Mountain Time) today, July 9th, and the old forums will be decommissioned then. I know, sadly this time has come. I hope you'll stop by the Groups now and again to see the updates we're planning, and I sure do appreciate all of your contributions to the old forum. That's where I first met you all! In the meantime, there will be a redirect from the old forum link to the new Groups link when the migration is complete, and I'm sure I'll see you all here. Cheers, CraigD

I was looking the other day for this too (thought it time to give a bit more)...help finding the link please?

Thanks Mike, its not actually my issue though, the initial person who posted was someone else. I saying that I think their problem was cured in a new patch released by SU a while back. Then I was asking you if you had a similar problem, or if you were just trying to help troubleshoot. So I see you're just helping, and not experiencing a similar dilema. So all's well that ends well. I am guessing thier problem has been fixed. If anyone else has similar troubles, make sure you are using the most recent version of SU available. Thanks Mike, Chris Fullmer

So brilliant and fast, thank you very much Tig this is the tool I needed. I do not like to look in the engine of my car, but your demonstration encourage me to do so. Merci beaucoup - Marc