You are the don Thom, thank you so much!!!
I am at the office now, not time to check this out

Ok thanks Thom, please take all the time you need.
No hurry

View from below

Here is an exemple of what I did for a custom sunscreens system somwhere near equator. The goal is to stop every sun rays while in the same time according visual porosity toward sky. The visual porosity changes according the position of the observer.

I used 3ds max and polyboost plugin's "bitmap select" feature. After that, back to Sketchup and "components onto face collections".
The components layout what painted in photoshop with brushes in order to obtain gradations.

I am also thinking of using this method for façade panels variations.
My goal is to be able to do the whole process inside Sketchup.

PS: My english lessons are so far away: sorry for my frenglish

Dear ruby masters, thank you for your response.
So it seems possible right?

I allready imagine what a funny contest we could organise with this tool!!!

Ok let's prepare some cookies...

I tried with a much simpler terrain and it works perfectly.
Something must be wrong with my terrain.

Thanks for all.

Weather:
Jingle bells, jingle bells...
what a christmas mood.

Bonnes fêtes

Please look at the image below, my english is too poor to explain clearly what I mean thanks to words.
I was thinking that if thomthom's plugin "bitmap to mesh" can handle bitmaps the way it does, maybe what I am asking for could be possible.
Thanks in advance.

Sorry,
me was ment for everyone in this forum.

I tried with a simple terrain but I get a totally flat mesh

What am I doing wrong?

PS: Quel temps à Nancy?, à Paris très froid et soleil

Does it work for you?
Not for me

Good idea,
Thank you for your contribution.

Gotcha!
Thank you Tomasz

OK
I did a test: I removed all .rb files in plugin folder (123 files!).
It worked.
There must a conflict with one of these files.
Next step is to find which one, but it's too late now...

The ruby console says... nothing
I am on Windows 7.

Hello fellow sketchers,
do you have the same problem?
I stay blocked during export at 70%.
I have no problem with Sketchup 8 (demo).

Regards

I am interested,
I am architect and perspectivist in Paris, France and I work with Windows 7 64 in metrics units.
It would be a pleasure to help you
Regards.

Yes i mean 3d max connection extension included in v2011 but when importing it destroys the SU structure.
It takes only into account the bottom level component in case of nested components.
That is the big issue.

Hello folks,
I am searching for the best way to import complex Sketchup files with a lot of nested groups and components into max.
I have no solution to get the same structure in max.
I tried all exports formats, sketchup importer in max 2011 without good results.
I also downloaded demo version of okino polytrans but I can't find Sketchup format in import list.
Do you have the same problems?

I upgraded my OS to WINDOWS 7 ultimate 64 and now I have constant crash each time I try to use FREDOSCALE.
Am I the only one on earth?
Best regards to all Sketchup users.

I upgraded my OS to WINDOWS 7 ultimate 64 and now I have constant crash each time I try to use FREDOSCALE.
Am I the only one on earth?
Best regards to all Sketchup users.

TIG you made my day!!!
It works perfectly, it will save me hours of work!

Thank you very much!

PS: This code could be integrated in Thomthom's classic "selection toys"