I don't have a problem, if I did I'd have retained my ArchiCAD subscription. This thread started as a question of working methods, but it has evolved into what I hope are constructive suggestions for the future partnership of SU & LO. I appreciate your responses but we clearly have different backgrounds and agendas for what we "expect" from the software.

A few of my own findings... Fairly obvious but dimensions don't autoscale after exploding the view not a problem, just set the scale manually. You can "clip" a plan with the rectangular viewport before exploding, but you can't apply a clipping mask and then explode. I have quite a few layers in my drawings and exploding makes editing or manually trimming seem quite complex.

Thanks TIG but I'm struggling with Ruby. I've done basic, machine code (long time ago), Lisp & GDL (ArchiCAD). I did look at your volume script but I'm not sure how to add your snippet of code above.

@driven said: @arcad-uk said: Just played with this and my findings don't match yours William. From what I see the results always end up on the current layer? your using SU's Solids Tool and he's using OSCoolean.rb http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=14773 Your both exactly right I went back to my Pro and it remains on the current level. In the free version 8.0 using OSCoolean.rb it uses FIFO layering .Your first interaction determines the layer and were it will reside. I didn't expect the two to be that way but there ya go. I'll check both sides before saying what is what again. william