I get them again as before, they worked fine this time. Thanks for the help TIG

Hi Mike, Exactly what problems do you have?

Anssi I found out what was causing the problem: CLineAtFaceIntersection.rb I removed it from the plugins and all is well once again. Thanks for all the help Mike

Mike, Please, read my reply there...

Thank you Gai, I can work with this. It isnt exactly what I was thinking of, but it will do very nicely. The Ruby Gang did real good. Thanks ever so much. Mike

Thanks Baker, What do I think! I think you might consider changing the texture as it looks a bit repetitive, maybe increase the scale of the texture? Mike

@gaieus said: Mike, Note that 3D text is not an editable text entity but simply geometry (grouped) like anything else in your model. "Editing" it is only possible like any other geometry; deleting faces, adding lines etc. ...BUT if you use my "TextTag" script it makes 2D-like text using 3D text, so that it behaves differently to ordinary-text (snaps to a face, remains 'flat' etc, AND it's editable later). Right-click a previuosly placed and now selected TextTag and then pick "Edit TextTag" in the contect menu - you can change all settings (like font, color etc) and the typed in text itself... To edit what 'plain 2D text' says you just double-click it and enter new your text in the box.

Jean and Greyhead were dead on the money. I had given thought to Jeans' very idea, thanks for the conformation, and had tried Greyhead's idea. I think Jeans' idea will do a better job with the profile and then push/pull or follow me. Mike

i am glad i could be of help.

hank You, I'll give it a try

Well, thats not the first thing I've overlooked in this program, lol. Thanks Gai

Thanks guys, I'll give it a whirl. By the way, do you have any recommendations? Mike

Your right, I dont think thats what I had in mind. There are times that I draw something only to find that the geometry is wrong when I change the view. So rather than scrap the piece all together, I start "undoing" what I did and backing out of the errors till I get back to where I can start again. There are only so many times that Undo will work, and yes, you think I would catch it before it gets that far, lol. Thats why I was thinking I saw an Undo script that would back up many times. Thanks for the response Mike

Eric Sorry I didnt get back to you on the solid, but it worked but not the way I wanted it to. I think something like even a hatch of some sort would be ok, but I dont know how to do it.

Clean and fine - if you really wanted this. Yet one more thing: go to Edit > Unhide > All and you'll have a hidden face to erase actually - on the face/front of your "platform" (good solution in picking a name though... ).

Well basically the difference between a face and a surface is that a face consists our of one polygon, a face can also be called a poly. A surface on the other hand is as it says a surface and can consist out of multiple face's or polygons. I hope this helps, if not perhaps you can attach the .skp of the stairs and show us what you mean. ~ Rob

Well, when it is already big, there aren't "best ways". Always keep in mind to use low poly geometry for everything you don't really want to show a close-up of and to use components extensively. Everything that is in your model more than in one instance, should be a component. Even repetitive elements within components should be nested components. Keep image sizes low. Even if you want some high-res images, SU will reduce them to a maximum 1024 size on either edge. There's no use to use bigger ones therefore. Use smaller, tilable textures instead (though some may look ugly when too big faces are paited with them). In reality, it's not even the file size that slows down SU when reaching a limit but the ability of the video card to display movements etc. Therefore use layers to temporarily hide geometry that you don't need while modelling certain details. This can also go extensive. Turn ioff materials while modelling (use monochrome mode - at least you can see where the back faces are) and also turn off shadows. Displaying them slows SU down considerably.

perhaps we should ask them if they are still going to do it for SU and when they plan to release it.