Hi All,

I would like to thicken the attached plane into a solid. I am sure this has been asked for before and I hope there is a plugin that does this. I have searched many plugins and find that I have not got time to go through them all to find the right answer. So if someone can help that would be fantastic.

The plugin would be able to thicken from the center with an option for one side or the other by an input distance. converting the selected planes into a solid would deserve a donation for the right plugin owner. I hope that make sense.

Datacad ~75% Mainly for 2D production drawings.
SU and LO ~10%
SU to Datacad ~15%

Thank you Dave,

I understand where I was going wrong. Did not know about the "paste in place" either.

Although I am still trying to work out when I pull the cylinder over all the components in outliner the position is altered... Ah! did you hear the penny drop! positioning is related to the last component I dropped on. Yes! it took some time but I have got it now. Thank you for your patience.

Oh! ok, but thats not what I am experiencing here. In the video I only release the mouse button once, at the end and all instances get put into all objects I have passed over. Perhaps when I pass over these object it somehow highlight them !!

ok, Thanks I understand. However I do find the fact that just dragging over other objects (without dropping) inserts them into that object, seems a bit pointless if you cant drop it only into the object you want it in. I shall not be moving any object in the outliner anymore.

Thank you for your reply Kaas.

When I drag an item/object in the outliner list across another item/object above or below it, it gets inserted into them. If this is correct and as designed to work that way, how and for what purpose would someone use it? If I wanted to insert an instance of something into another ( say 10 object up in the outliner list) then I would get copies of the object in all object I pass over. I am interested in how others use this, I might be missing a vital workflow technique here.

I am seeing the black line as I move object up and down. When I move a object up or down and it passes over other groups additional copies of the moved object get copies to the groups being passed over. Is this correct? Please see http://youtu.be/bSfunWgQRUI for a better understanding.

Or may I suggest TIGs 2D tools. (which I have only just discovered myself, Thank you Tig)
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=22091&hilit=2d+tools

I hope this is of help

Thank you for your help, That all make sense now.
Many thanks.

Hi,

I am having an issue with scenes.
I set up my scenes for the model and then I have to create another layer for some reason or another. All the scene that were previously set up now have this layer set on. It is as though scenes remember the layers that are switched off not the ones that are switched on at the time of scene creation. I have to go back to each scene switch off the new layer and save the scene again. Is this right? what am I doing wrong! Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks

That all looks great,

Roofs
Can we have a clear definition at to what is the difference between rafter and truss. Also board width ( which I think this is a sarking board in my part of the world). Heel height ( is this the depth of the birds mouth that is cut into the rafter or a reference to the depth of the fascia board?) How do I set a rafter depth? If these could be pictorially represented within the manual and/or the buildedge properties box that would be great.

love the walls, doors and window feature.

keep up the good work

Hello,

I am just reevaluating sketchup (from not using it for~4 years) and wanted to know if there is parametric window and doors? This was the main reason I stopped using it previously and would like to see it has moved on in this direction. I have purchased the latest version.

Many thanks

Good point Dan and fair comment.

@dan rathbun said:

@unknownuser said:

(http://news.sketchucation.com/interview-bonzai3d/)":15ik9skp]BonZ… led to bonzai which is a small, elegant, but strong little tree… Just like our 3D application. But enough said.

Not enough said.

bonsai and banzai are two diferent words, with completely different meanings.

bonsai [bon-sahy] means tray plant(ing)

banzai [bahn-dzah] means 10,000 years (of age); a patriotic shout basically "may Japan last 10,000 years."

There are many World War II veterans and their families that find the word offensive. Two of the most famous newreels from the war show, the crews of the Japanese carriers shouting "Banzai!" as their aircraft returned from striking Pearl Harbor; the other shows Japanese soldiers stting upon the captured guns of Corregidor, shouting "Banzai!" as their fellow soldiers marched US prisoners up the infamous death march thru the Bataan peninsula.

I find the choice of name for the application to be a very poor one.

Thanks Scott,

I think I am getting to understand this a little more.

Please see attached, it seems to work as expected

Many thanks,

Bruce

LenX and LenY OK

Just for clarity the Google Team report as follows.

*Thank you for your note. We're aware of this problem, and our engineers
are currently investigating. We hope to have this resolved in an upcoming
release of SketchUp. We appreciate your patience, and thanks for taking
the time to write.

Regards,
The Google Team*

OK, I have tried this again and I am still seeing this anomaly.

The Len X is ok but the LenY is incorrect I can not see how the attributes box for LenY is being calculated. What am I not understanding here.

The LenY reads 126.322 ????

Any help is much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Bruce

DC file

@chris fullmer said:

What I'm seeing is that the top bar is floating, an dyou want it to be fit nicely down inside the 2 sides. right?

The answer is that you have the top's Z set to parent!LenZ - 4 . But it doesn't rely on the paren'ts height at all. It depends on the height of the side frame. So Top's "Z" function should read:

Side!LenZ - 4

That will then position is at the top of the side frame, and down 4 inches. In fact, I think all of your "parent!" values should be replaced with pointing to something else. Because the length and height of the parent component will change each time you change your model. Say you add a new beam over the top of everything? Now your parent component has grown super tall and you don't everything to be based on that. I think you should set the one side component to x =0, y =0 and z=0. Then relate everything back to the side component, since it will then always draw itself to the 0,0,0 of the parent component.

Does that solve it?

Chris

Thank you Chris,

I now understand why the top rail jumps out of line, and this now make sense.

I can not get may head around the dimensions that are displayed as LenX as being 59.059cm when the dimension is actual 63.1cm. So therefore LenX is actually not the overall dimension but the overall dimension - the side LenX of 4cm, is that correct?

So every component inside a DC has its own reference point that must be strictly adhered too ! is that correct?

I will try and experiment a little further if I get time today.

Many thanks,

Bruce

Hi,

I am just looking at DC and working through some examples.
I have looked at the Frame-fixed.skp file in this thread and have the following observation and questions.

If I measure the top of the frame it measures 59.1cm.
Then if I make this a component and view the Len X in the attributes box it reads 63.1cm. The top rail also jumps up out of the frame.

I am coming accross this in my initial attempts at making DC and it is putting me off.

Can anyone please explain to to correct this and what I am doing wrong.

Many thanks,

Bruce

dimensions anomally

Hi Bob,
Just a quick note, I assume that you are a listed building ( grade II) If you require planning I would suggest that you make an appointment with the planning office to discuss the design. This can save you allot of waisted time and expense with rejected applications. If you are not listed ask your local planning office about Permitted development rights as you may not require planning permission.

Happy Christmas,
Many thanks,

Bruce Watt

Hilltop.

I hope you don't mind me making a few comments on your design.

1. The posts should go down to the stone plinth as theses are structural.
2. The panels should be set in with an allowance for water to run off away from all horizontal timber members. This will preserve the finished job from rot for many years.
3. The end of the ridge board needs to be hidden with a verge board or something similar.
4. You are right about the ridge tiles, I would suggest something much simpler like an simple angled ridge.

overall it a nice design and it will enhance the existing house. It should be kept simple so that it is in keeping with the existing. The uses of chamfers, stopped chamfers and beads should be uses in relevant areas of the timber work, your joiner should be able to help you out there.

Just my initial thoughts on the project. I hope you didn't mind and the best of luck.

Bruce