Yep, win 7 is the same.
You can also use "Open" on the file menu, or right click on the program itself.

You can certainly have several instances open at the same time.

I did see a ruby that allows you to change the default of the standard views, but i don't remember where. If I find it I'll post back.
I'm sure someone will chime in soon.

In the mean time have you considered just rotating the entire model 90deg?

Did you restart sketchup?

It depends what you want, there are many images with exactly that title on google images.
If there is a specific one you want I can remove the background.
Here is one.

I think you mean Component Stringer.
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=23616

Thanks Jim, I'd not noticed the filter.

I guess that's one for the D'oh moment thread!

Is it possible to search for the name of a component or group, much like you search a spreadsheet?

A colleague of mine is looking at making a Virtual warehouse. Each pallet or crate would have a Number, not consecutive, they would be the purchase order number, 7 digits long. So if he used components and added those numbers to the entity info is it then possible to type in the number you want and have the individual box highlighted.

@tig said:

We're trying to find a 'cross-platform' solution though...

I understand that Tig, I just mentioned it because I thought perhaps some of the coding from Win 7 might help to make it work.

Just as a heads up, Win 7 allows a right click in the task bar which gives you the last 10 opened files.

Youtube is often a good source for missing details.

Here is one Vid that you might be able to fine tune your details from, and I'm sure there are plenty more.

You got it, and just in the nick of time, turning off my computer for a while. Not much connection found in the middle of the North Sea.

Tacks is involved.

And it's kind of a dance, Al Capone is fairly well know for this particular "dance".

Love it, but No.

Bit long even for me, so no, sorry.

I guess I should have moved the feet around a bit more so it looked like they were avoiding something.

That I didn't know, I must try a Mac one day.

No they don't, but most gif programs can find the green and make it transparent.

My current Avatar has a transparent background.

Excellent, but not what I had in mind.

Think financial.

I'll be at sea from tomorrow night, so might not be able to reply for a while.

Many gif applications will insert all files in one go, no need to do frame by frame.
And select the background as transparent.

And SU certainly exports multiple frames with a few clicks.

I know what it is so I won't say.

But I will date it for you as being from 1956.

I found shape bender a little confusing to start with, a bit of reading and watching Tutorials always helps.

But you need to remember that the straight line on the Red Axis is a separate line and not part of the thing you want to bend.
And the Arc of the Bend is also it's own line.

An easy way to see what it is doing,

Place your cone with the fat part on the green/blue axis so the point is heading along the red axis (the cone needs to be a group or component).

Draw a straight line along the red axis the same length as your cone.
Draw an Arc the same length next to but not touching the straight line and pull it up in the blue direction.
Now select the cone, activate Bender, click on the straight line and then the arc.
It will show you a preview, which you can alter with the up/down keys, hit enter.

That is the very basics of it as I see, once you understand that you can go on to more complex bending.
If that isn't your problem, perhaps this will help someone else.