@unknownuser said:

"STILL MY MODEL!!! the gun is a port from the Halo Game. PLZ RATE AND REVIEW! DON'T BE MEAN WHEN U DO!! also the model is much less space cus i purged it . so its easie to use. and the arms are more movable. enjoy! update (now i have a fue more guns) update! PLZ TAKE OFF UR RATING SHITIKA!!!"

lol. Just had to quote it. My, I feel old when reading something like this.

KDDESIGN, Solo's quite right. You may want to consider spending that $2000 on a new computer, rather than on software. Better yet, save a little more, and buy yourself a really decent piece of hardware. And as for software, if curvy surfaces is your thing, why don't you start out by using Moment of Inspiration? Affordable, and it doesn't have a steep learning curve. Baby steps, young man, baby steps.

you think THAT makes you feel old ? take a look at this:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5479c18363ef4d242f0011d2a1aa3fb&prevstart=0

@unknownuser said:

while we are on the subject of ads and the look of the forum, I much prefer the old SU logo up there. **** IT feels more like us. I do however appreciate the use of the red "U". It is even in Coen's avatar[attachment=3:2c6chq7w]<!-- ia3 -->u image.png<!-- ia3 -->[/attachment:2c6chq7w]

**This has to be no doubt in homage of my alam mater, the UNDEFEATED (thank you) **University of Utah UTES! GOING TO THE SUGAR BOWL TO KICK SOME ALABAMA BUTT!!!!****[attachment=2:2c6chq7w]<!-- ia2 -->utah football.jpg<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:2c6chq7w]
[attachment=1:2c6chq7w]<!-- ia1 -->utah-logo.gif<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:2c6chq7w]
[attachment=0:2c6chq7w]<!-- ia0 -->utah-06-msthd-index.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2c6chq7w]

Yeah, and now because of this post, a lot of the adds on this thread are about the utah Utes.

@pav_3j said:

a student with $2000 dollars to spend on software?

you lucky sausage!

there are loads on youtube, defo worth a look.

Pav

wow . I do ALL my stuff for FREE. Haven't spent a cent in sketchup (unless you count the cost of internet and buying a computer), and don't plan to anytime soon.

By the way, why would you want to spend 2000$ on a program for designing cars if you're a law student? Fun?
...Quite a bit for a leisure toy. I'd buy a PS3, and still have most of the money left over (maybe buy a flat-screen if I can find a deal somewheres...)

's far as cars go...
I WOULD make a tutorial, but after the painstakingly boring steps to completing my first car, I pretty much vowed not to make another car*.

...back on topic.
The problem IS slowly disappearing. Now most of my adds are like these ones:

not completely fixed yet. I got an add a couple minutes ago for "bed wetting protection".

I had a dream (while sleeping: an actual dream) once,
that mixed together sketchup, GTA, and online RPGs
(weird mix).
except my idea was not owning a country, but a
property.
it would be like most online RPG's but in 3d,
and to make money, you'd make models
and "sell" them for virtual coinage at a virtual market.

You'd also be able to make your house on the
property, and "flip" houses and sell them for
profits.
As for the walking around part, it'd be
kinda like grand-theft auto, but without the
grand-theft part.
(just biking, running, or driving around),
and it'd have minigames like paintball or something.

As for (actual) money to
develop and other stuff, in-game adds.
Too bad it was just a dream
(I'm guessing this kind of thing would be improbable)

I've seen anim8or... but is there ANYTHING like it for macs?

It's true... I've had a couple models where textures, for some reason or another, appear with a blue tint.
Ex: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=2ab6064a93f504ff1d11896425865490
(A halo 1 extract, painted with halo 3 textures by Normandu, gun, interior textures, and more added by me. Look at the wheels)

Meanwhile, some look fine
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ec26ff8e5bcd25a25dfd2d7998768282
(halo 3 master chief extract, modified by several other users, textured by me with images off the web)

...and some are just ridiculous.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7c50718a4811fb8c1b32aed2c3a48410
(BLUE windows???)

Not implying anything, but it's kinda funny: You have the same name as the guy who played Silent bob in "Jay and Silent bob strike back" (funny movie. Never saw the ending though...)

Anyways, some constructive criticism: I've noticed that your buildings have single-faced walls. When it comes to 3D models, solid objects should have ONLY the outside (white) faces showing (except glass. Don't know why).I would suggest making your walls solid, with thickness.
Ex:

Model can be found here: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=14809

Yeah... that would be a problem... but is there a way to sort through threads by the amount of posts/views?

about 1/2 of the tools don't seem to run on macs, and the error:

(eval);6094; compile error
(eval);4921; parse error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))
                                ^Error Loading File cd_power_extension_m.rb
(eval);6094; compile error
(eval);4921; parse error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))
                                ^Error Loading File cd_power_m.rb
(eval);6094; compile error
(eval);4921; parse error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
if (n1.between? (n2 - interval), (n2 + interval))

                             appears when sketchup starts.

Also, for some reason or another, it seems that after downloading it, the icons for your CD ARCHILAND toolset (which seems to work fine on macs) disappeared.

I wish I could tell you more, but I don't know a thing about coding, or anything like that.

Anyways, it might help if there was a way to rate/sort through threads by date, views, a couple others, and rating (letting people rate based on usefulness i.e. a thread about a certain plugin could be good, but some guy complaining on why he doesn't get responses wouldn't)

@remus said:

No worries

Is it raw SU output? looks pretty good if it is.

Yup.

shadows at Dark=20, Light=85,
transparency=high,
and anti-aliasing turned on(for all but one image).

By the way, on my mac, I have anti-aliasing, but I can't control how much it works. It's either quite blurry, or grainy. Most people say that you can change it's range in OpenGL, but I don't have any controls but On/Off (under model info> rendering).

sorry, I hadn't finnished my post I had to go do something for a bit, halfway through writing it.

A (sort of) halo-style map I made, but haven't been able to post until recently. I had some pictures of it up on my "some of my stuff" page, hoping I'd get some help on how to upload it. Someone said to upload in sections, so I did.

You can download it in parts 1 & 2 from the 3D warehouse.
PART 1: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ed76da5ab8dfe1233434bf7e84f5e7a
PART 2: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6e5a3801eee86bf033434bf7e84f5e7a

Umm... you have to add the file as an attachment. Right now, It only acts as text that says "pslogo3.skp".

Can you post the model? I'd be easier if I could see it.

You can change the detail of sketchy edges in the edit menu in styles.

NOW we have a problem
people have been commenting on a thread (Guess which one?) over and over again about how it's off topic, making it more and more off-topic. Doesn't that seem a little hypocritical to anyone?

Every 10 minutes there's a new post saying "This thread is way too off topic!" or something on the lines of that, then another saying it's off-topic because everyone say it's off-topic, and it keeps going ON and ON and ON...
Personally, I compare it to a starving animal eating itself. What, not professional enough?

MY PERSONAL SOLUTION: A "sort by..." option, as well as a rating ability on usefulness of a thread.

@johnsenior1973 said:

My Projects and W.I.P.s by KDSDESIGN - Worthless topic.

I don't entirely blame KDSDESIGN. It's people like you (and, frankly, me) who have been saying how off-topic this is, which make it MORE off-topic. As I said earlier:
@unknownuser said:

most of them are about the thread itself. it's like a starving animal eating itself (don't ask how I came up with that comment. I don't even know )

I wouldn't be posting this, because it just makes the problem worse, if it wasn't necessary. From now on, why not JUST post responses to his pictures, models, or whatever else at least has SOMETHING to do with the topic itself.
And that means not making 10 or 12 responses about THIS post either.