Well I love my Macs, they are more enjoyable to use for me, they look better, are made better and work better.
But you can argue about this all day long, you just have to try.

Yes - 1.48.xx updates are free. You can even update from the very first VfSU release. It'll detect your old license.

1.48.66 to 1.48.89 is just a service release.

[quote="rclub24"]Firstly you already posted this here.

yeah....no one replied it there...so thought of making a separate topic for it.. 😉

I'm not bothered, and as long as it gets the job done I'll use any version that's put in front of me (as long as my plugin's work too! 😉 ). 😄

PathMemory:
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rubylibrarydepot/plugin_details.php?id=282
Instances:
http://www.smustard.com/script/Instances
Scenes Transition Times:
http://sites.google.com/site/morisdov/ (6)

I had some issues with SU8 being very slow. But after a complete uninstall and re installation again it was fast and snappy again.

You are not alone. When I went from 7 to 7.1, my home system failed to utilize the OpenGl spec. Because my home graphics adapter was an older model, the manufacturer did not provide a driver upgrade. However, my work system continued to function with our problems into v8. What graphic adapter are you using? If you are unwilling to turn OpenGl off, you should consider a upgrade to a newer card. It doesn't have to be the best, only compatible with SU. Or you can continue to use the older Sketchup version that works with OpenGl.

@honoluludesktop said:

A components axis is typically the corner of its bounding box. It can be relocated to the center of the component. I have seen a plugin that moves the axis of components herein. Did you try a search of the forum? Aha, maybe this is it.

I couldn't get that plugin working reliably - so I made my own version: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=30508

What version... both IE9 beta and FireFox 4 beta are smoother than "release" versions.

Yes, Fredo, I think it would be very worthwhile to release it as standalone plugin.

@glro said:

plugins using ruby lines of code moving components, or screening of special types of components among all objects in the model, seem to be much slower on sketchup 15 compared to sketchup 8

Do you have code examples with timing to demonstrate this?

Control (or Command in Windows) Click on the view. Change scale in the contextual menu. You can also change scene, standard view, and perspective here.

Note that if you are editing the view, scale will not come up.

I'm still trying to figure out resolution....

Jim

BTM made some scuplt tools, too that may be useful.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20781&hilit=sculpt

But I'd put my money on Thom's vertex editing tools as soon as they are available.

Guys, have you tried the DAE/Collada or FBX export options yet in SketchUp?

I've been having really good results with SU and Unity using the above. I don't know if 3DS Max can handle Collada, but it would surprise me if it didn't.

@remus said:

Well dont be surprised if SU wins considering your posting this on a sketchup forum, slightly biased sample...

Dude i want options b and c to get maximum..votes that's my wish..!!! 😄

😉
Sorry, I was going to add a note about it but apparently I forgot.

However Tom is perfectly right; this is not a well thought out poll as there are so many "other" options, too!

my mirror tool shortcut is "M", i use it all the time 😉

But yes it is another good way to do it.

Mirror tool + 3 points (sometimes not easy with complex models and the inference engine)
vs
copy/paste in place + select both instances + flip along + select one and delete it
😄

i'm still voting for a combined flip tool 😉