I don't know of any script like this, but it would be a good one for someone looking to get into ruby 😄

In entity info, SketchUp shows only a checkbox "cast shadows" but not "receive shadows" (both are available for other drawing elements). It seems impossible (except of turning edges off).

Maybe you could disable the edge visibility (View/Edge Stile/Edges).

hi,

you may need to use 'align view' and 'solar north' to switch between two [or more] 'modeling axis'

if you use solar north on an empty drawing you'll see it follows the green. if you draw a plane ['rectangle tool'] at origin it follows the red/green axis's, if you then rotate the face 45° >>right click the face >> select 'change axis', any new geometry, groups or components will use that axis orientation. Now rotate you face back to solar north >>right click the face >> select 'change axis', and any thing you draw will be at that axis....

john

Thomthom,
I believe that it is only hidden geometry.
I tried renaming the Plugins folder so it wouldn't load at startup.
That seems to eliminate the problem. Any suggestions on how to proceed if it's a Ruby conflict?

@unknownuser said:

by ashscott on Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:26 pm

Quick comment: I've had a similar problem that I couldn't reproduce on other machines - turned out that my graphics card was packing a sad. Something us simple as updating your drivers might help

ashscott,
What do you mean by "packing a sad"? I've not tried updating drivers yet. The card has been performing great so far.

Thanks for the input.

I would try updating the driver.