Hi folks,
thanks for your helpful suggestions. I was totally submerged into another projects and so, I apologize for my late response.
I understood - I am inside a box-program.
Still - it's my favorite - probably for similar reasons as most of you do.
So, if I have a choice and it does not have to be AutoCAD or Revit,... I go for skechtup.

Perhaps, I am some what uneducated about programming, but i do not see the point in not further enhancing sketchup. Wouldnt it be an exiting progress to be able to construct with true circles/continues curves??. Concerning 3D printing, I think its a must to have a functional direct STL-file export interface including a possibility to check, if the model is flawless.
So, how about it? let`s move thinks a bit ....

great plugin, that`s what we needed !
While creating the hatching, the tool also creates an surrounding outline.
Do you think, it would be possible to have a choice to hide or show this outline.
thanks for the great work
Uli

Thanks for your suggestions,
in response to pilous comment i would like to point out, that a a fantastic CAD program like SU should not be limited to only "box-design"

With respect to the construction of the model, i took a lot of care to create "real" solids. Still it wouldnt work out with 3d printing. I added a pngs showing the model and an enlargement of an intersection.
I marked "open lines", that SU still considers part of a solid - and here seems to be the problem, that can only be solved with a true Circle-geometry

My biggest SU - wishes are:

1. true geometry of circles and curves
2. STL-file export

The Story behind this is, that I just finish a competition featuring a plenary-hall based upon a circle-geometry.
After spending countless hours on a flawless SU 8-model, I learned from several 3d printing-shops, that the model could not be printed.
Apparently SU 8 produces a countless errors at the intersection of curved Volumes.
If The future really is 3d printing, its absolutely necessary to improve on curve-geometry and file-export .

Uli

hello and help,
i try to reset my workspace, but the preferences menue doesn't show up
Instead, SU freezes and i have to pull the emergency-brake
whats wrong here?
thanks for your response
Uli

Hello Gaieus,
now i got it - its the the longest edge that counts, right.
well, how about shrinking and importing the image as a reference, than importing image - pieces of original size and register them on top

thanks for your help

Hello Gaius,
thank for your fast response,
the Export quality increases when cutting the image into pieces.
Since i rely on the overall correctness of original geometry, I would ruther shrink the complet image.
How do i have to go about this?
the original jpg image size is 9480x5972 pixel with a file size of 9470 kb
if i save the image to a lower quality-standard, i get it down to 2535 kb

What is the right way to go ?
Should i shrink the image from its original size of 9480x5972 pixel to - yyyy * zzzz pixel - how ever that would be calculated
or
shrink the image and reduce quality-standard
Uli

hello all together:
I try to export a drawing that contains a scanned image (plan).
The image-resolution is very good, all image-details are excellent.
After exporting, the quality of the image drops drastically, not matter which export resolution was chosen

I worked with this kind of hybrid-drawing before without runing into such difficulties
I am lost - who can help ????

thanks for your comments
Uli

Hi there,
that looks great !
do you have any idea when your the plugin will be availabel
Uli

Hi Fredo6
xrayselection is a big help - it would be great to add your xrayselection-icon to my Toolbar - but how or where can it be downloaded ??
thanks again for xrayselection
Uli

Hi REmus,
I just tryed your Tool "Simple Catenary Curve"
After the Dialog-box it seems that no Element was drawn.
where is the curve?

Uli

Hi Chris,
I just came across your shapebender-tool.
It works great - so I thought i might try If the things would also work on Reverse - Why this ?
Well, I got a historic church here that has curved Walls with curved Windows.
In order to renew the Windows frameconstruction, I am planing to take a 3D Laserscan of the exsisting construction, than reconstruct the Windowframing using the point-Cloud. Once that is done, It would be of great help to stretch the curved Geometry onto a Flat plane in order to produce the Frameparts by use of a Lasercutter.

Do You think that would be possible?
Uli