I turned 65 today and after a lifetime of trying to explain why we cannot continue to live like we do, I cannot understand why we don't see it.

The planet, by any scientific or empirical measure, is damaged now. Accept that.

This planet will be uninhabitable in 50 to 100 years by conservative estimates.
And perhaps less taking account of the 'tipping points', some say 20.

By uninhabitable I mean...

Europe freezing because of the ocean currents.
Equatorial becoming arid.
3 to 5 metre sea rise.
Massive climate migration overwhelming others.
Mass extinction OF Flora, Fauna and Humans.

Your children's children's will have a bleak future.

Your Great-grand Children will be hard pressed to stay alive, The planets' future is fucked.

At my birthday dinner tonight we talked about this...
...consensus was nothing will change, cos people wont.

Depressed Baz

bump: Resolved as in 'solved'?.

@box said:

Yes, Cost indeed, we'll barely break even on them I'm afraid. But they'll get us other more lucrative work.

Thank god for artists, always optimists. XXX

@wolfram said:

Same here. Pages panel and some others missing. SU 2017 on a Mac.
I miss the "reset workspace" button of SketchUp...

It's still there...

I have passed this bridge many times and always thought it would make a great SU model.
This is a bit of a hobby project and a work in progress, so it will be slow.
I am aiming for a completely realistic look from any view.
This also includes my first attempts with Skatter.

C and C's welcome.

@philw said:

Using the tape tool and picking 2 point and typing in the "Measurements box" a new number brings up the dialog box asking me do I want to re-scale.

Works great in 2016, but the same method will not work at all in 2017, has something changed?

Windows 7
Sketchup 2017 Pro

Nothings changed that I can see, works fine for me. Perhaps a 'Repair' is in order.

Oh well, guess I will have to learn to live with them, thanks Dave.

@dave r said:

Barry, where do you want the utility windows to be displayed?

Short answer... anywhere I want, with infinite sizeability and a lot of flexibility.

I know you will say all doable with new trays, but they are a pain to organize.

I spent 10 years with the old system. Did they ask us if we wanted a new one? Certainly didn't ask me.

Ok, I give in, I have just spent half an hour making a tray for each dialogue which is as close as I can get to the old GUI. I will see how I get on...
..OK, I already hate it...

I still cant get on with those darn trays!

Thanks Mike.

Try right clicking the selection and make sure 'Make Bounded' is active. Box will then expand/contract with text size.

@hornoxx said:

Donald Duck´s “313”
Except the numbers on the license plates, the entire model is done with SubD
(proxys are attached as shown in picture No.4)

Thanks for the breakdown, very generous, I am still struggling with quads and having a model like this to study is just the ticket.

Opens more quickly than previous versions and seems to handle hi-poly a bit better. That's just an impression tho.

@slb_jwm said:

No feedback yet, despite numerous downloads of this extension. How is it working for you? Are there problems or shortcomings we need to address?

Thanks,

Steve and John

Haven't had to use it except for testing but seems to work very well. Thanks.

@box said:

@rich o brien said:

when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

Still don't know when, there have been some delays on their end and some hiccups on my end...
But steal a loaf of bread or rustle a sheep or two and you'll be out here in no time.

Haven't been to Bendigo for yonks, might have to detour there on my next trip north.

I think you should persuade the client to let you install it too:)

@garry k said:

Not necessarily. It is quite possible that the voice recognition software can work with voice macros. You say orbit and the short cut is executed.

Voice activated software has come a long way in the last few years and can actually work with the powerful hardware that we now have.

I will check it out, thanks.

@box said:

Normal windows built in voice recognition software works easily with SU, I used it years ago but gave up on it when working with others in a too noisy environment.

Not the same as a dedicated SU interface. As I understand 3rd party speech recog... EG; to open a group for editing... I would have to say 'double click'. To orbit I would have to speak the assigned shortcut instead of just saying 'orbit'.

@pmolson said:

@baz said:

How about voice commands? It's the way of the future IMHO.

can you imagine how annoying an office full of people voicing sketchup commands would be?

I think I will stick with just voicing the occasional expletive and keeping the other commands silent.

Well, there is that, but I work alone and I talk to myself anyway

Interesting, hopefully they will make an Android version.

Link to Wired article here:
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/occipital-canvas-app-for-structure-camera/?mbid=nl_111716_p1%26amp;CNDID=9619870

Just noticed they want $29 per room to convert the scan to DXF. Too much I reckon.