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Have a look here.
https://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/beginner/315-edges-bleeding-through-geometry

Open Cut List is a free one

What are you reporting? parts? hardware? whole building? cupboards?

Thanks very much TIG
I pasted the old code and it worked. All jpg were added to the materials windows, then I saved as a collection
I will replace it with your code
Take Care 😄

I reset the scene which did not help.
I did some dimensioning in SU and determined that Layout is reporting the diagonal distance!

sketchup-model-2.jpg

layout-dimensions.jpg

@buckyman said:

Sorry for such a newbie oversight. I can't stand raster mode so I always change to vector. Hybrid works fine.
Thanks!

What do you mean for " can`t stand raster mode " ? Just curiosity
Maybe i can also learn " NOT to STAND for it "

Hello Buckyman,

what you ask, can be done. Actually I have a working prototype that works like a charm. As a server you can opt for windows or mac. Sadly not linux. The main problem here is more a legal question that comes with Sketchup being remote-controlled.

Follow here if you like :
http://forums.sketchup.com/t/own-ruby-extension-and-sketchup-pro-license/11615/5

Thanks Kristoff

Turn on hidden geometry and just reverse the blue faces. (RIght click reverse faces). Or click a white face (a normal) and then right click and Orient Faces.

Thanks Charly, that was tried 😄
Thanks Dave, the style revert worked. Before you posted that reply I found I could copy & paste to a new Sketchup window and the problem goes away. I realize now that was because the model was using a fresh uncorrupted style.

Thanks wind-borne, I'll check in to the cost for Pro.

Thanks
Turns out my vendor (who is using SolidWorks) was working in a larger scale and reducing to my required size.
I asked my vendor to make the DWG export unscaled, and it imported nicely 😄

My original file (I have been referring to as my backup) is deck_installation.skp, it has been hovering around 6MB
I added a couple of minor things, then saved deck_installation_backup.skp - only 1.5MB !!
Screen shot:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8dxtmuWwDQvckpxR1NzZmNrTkU/edit?usp=sharing

@buckyman said:

Hi again Jim
SU does not like rounding in .125" increments, it jumps in higher amounts (usually .5" is the min increment I get) despite zooming in to try to get more control.
How does it behave at your end?
Regards

Yeah, the scaling works for me, although it can be hard to control especially when scaling "freely" without using any reference geometry to snap to. Are your units set to less precision than 1/8"? If so and you are using Dimensions, the dimensions will round to the precision settings even if the actual height is rounded to 1/8"

I have exactly the same question, I like the idea of using groups inside my dynamic components as they don't clutter me up with lots of little sub-components that only have relevance within the main component.

I have used both groups and components successfully and haven't noticed any discernable difference but I am a newbie.

One day when I have time I have considered making a dynamic component using nested groups and an identical one using nested components and then compare the two for file size, speed etc.

Unfortunately my TODO list is pretty long, I will watch this thread with interest

Well that's a bit embarrassing, I guess I should have checked out the available functions.
Thanks for your help!

If you are looking for calculations and reports from SketchUp components, you might take a look at SpaceDesign