The initial Snap placement requires a double left click. So make sure your Snap is perpendicular to the face then double click to place it. If you single click you then get it placed but it expects you to then orientate it. That can cause you to get disturbed by SketchUp's inferencing engine. It's a little tricky to get the workflow but with practice it becomes relatively easy. Personally, I'd tackle this Star Shape differently. Especially if you have exact dimensions. But everyone does things differently. [image: 1757079102220-sketchup_npqcksedmv.gif]

Brilliant! Thanks heaps Dave. Saved me heaps of time.

It's slick!

if you find one of the plugins to generate what you want, the copying to clipboard is easy on a mac... but, generating a report for 'clipboard' is a bit pointless when you could write straight to notes or messagebox... have you used the 'Generate Report' plugin? what more or less are you hoping for... john

@dave r said: What do you mean by "mods"? Modifications to your SketchUp model? After you save the SKP file the LO viewports get updated automatically. Changes carried through. Brilliant!

Hi all, Thanks to all for the interest. Sorry its taken so long to get back to clarifying my query. I went for a 2hr bike sprint yesterday. Ran into an old riding mate. Ended up on an 8 hour ride. Too much coffee. Too much food. Way too much exercise. And way too much sun. Left my metabolics in an uproar. Although completely exhausted, only got about 3 hours sleep. So might be a bit ditzy. When I post, I post only about whats happening to me based upon my limited knowledge at that time. I wouldn't dream of posting about anyone else or how something is working or not working for them. My post of " didn't work" should have clarified as "did't work for me" or "being a newbie, in a constant state of confusion and aw, I didn't understand how it works". Being my first venture into Sketchup, SketchUcation and extensions I could have gotten mixed up on where to download the latest versions from and how to install and how to use each of the extensions. The one extensions I was after was the one that would popup a new small window and list the dimensions. The small window never appeared. Blast! Now testing again, after an iMac boot, and start from scratch, it does work. Nice! Might have been the triple left click to select all, then right click to Make Component (my first), then Extensions | Get Dimensions. Am I supposed to restart Sketchup after Extension Installation? Or reboot? The cut list returned one proper measurement. The other was considerably larger. Reading posts regarding the axis having to be just right might be another reason. Again reading posts regarding Sketchup Extension folder not existing in my iMac HD folder structure lends to the research as well. On Sketchup restart I was getting some sort of debug / error message popping up after I had attempted my newbie extension installs. Removing the extension folder and starting again cleared that up. I have a couple of extensions: Select all Dimensions and Move Dimensions to Layer that I don't know how to work yet bit will sort out as soon as my mind clears. I hope this addresses queries regarding my post and will allow us all to continue in a positive constructive collaboration. Again, many thanks to all interested parties and your patience regarding my newbie status is much appreciated. Barry G. Sumpter