hey guys thanks for all your help!

i havent tried it yet, but certainly will do when i get a moment!

that scaling method sounds like it should do the trick!

thanks!

hi

the version of sketchup i'am using is SU7

right now iam in a middle of a project building a fantasy shopping mall, its all coming on really well apart from this problem i have encountered.

the mall itself so far is very large at the moment but i want to build other buildings outside of the mall, so what i did was i built a reserved base to put them on, in other words at the bottom i put in a large floor (face) and this face is about 20 times bigger than the mall i have built, and from a distance, everything looks to be fine, but this is where my problem comes in, when i zoom into the base on the outside of the mall, and when i land on it i start walking, it just cannot help but run extremley fast uncontrollably, and when i get inside of the mall its just impossible to walk around in it, and then when i stand still, when im standing in a corridor and looking into the shops, when you look around (using the eye icon) half of the view gives a see through effect going right through to the outside.

its hard to explain because these actions are really giving off weird effects, its very frustrating and it is just putting me off what i call a fantastic and enjoyable project

if anyone can help me with my prooblem, i will appreciate it sooooo much!

thanks for reading, happy sketchupping peoples!

hi there

i would just like to know a couple of things that i'am hoping are in the pro version of sketchup 7, if these things im hoping are included in the package im willing to save up and buy it,

first of all, i have been going through all sorts of tutorials and help sites to find out how to make components change in scenes when i include them in animations, i can only find out how to get the camera positions to move in each scene, but when i change the components look or movement they remain the same position/shape in every scene, i don't want that, what i want is for my 3d text to change colour, and then resize itself in an animation project i'am doing. so i am wondering if the dynamic components feature in sketchup pro 7 will have that option in there?

also i want to make my own mansion which includes plasma screen tvs in each room, can you, in dynamic components in sketchup 7 pro import a video file OR a flash animation or gif as say a texture on a 3d plasma screen in sketchup, and either have it running in an animation in sketchup? or can you just simply move around in 3d and click on the screen to run the video (made in either video file or animation) an also in animaiton scenes.

i know this is all a lot of info, and i'am in a bit of a rush this morning, so if anything is not clear as i've typed it, please tell me.

if i cant do all these things can someone explain everything in what you can do in dynamic components to me, or please send me a link to where someone can explain it to me please?

thanks for anyones help, and for your time in reading this message

thank you