@caddict said: hi woodworkers i have a friend who is a very skilled pro furniture maker/general woodworker. he is keen to start modeling for design purposes and also for presentation to clients so i have offered to get him started with SU which i know pretty well. then it occurs to me to ask whether SU is good ("the best") for this type of work, or if there is some more specific app out there? i'm pretty sure it's a dumb question, especially to ask here Hi, thanks for your given information, please let me know his contact details so that I can talk with him. I need to design some furniture for my open living space. I'm waiting for your earlier response... Thanks in advance!

You should be ok as long as you dont add all of them

@caddict said: i have to say that i have been away from sketchucation for a while, and it is so great to be back...the atmosphere here is noticeably friendly the same here! we may need a little SCF-Heart smiley to express our feelings...

Thanks Remus!

just an observation about using k-tools to extend/intersect lines. if you extend a line to meet another line and you are working within a group, the second line will be redrawn outside of the group.

Yes, that is the problem Chris. I wonder whether the component origin/axis is set up by the 3ds exporter or by the SU importer? One workaround may be a simple script that explodes and remakes each component one at a time. C'mon Thom, there's a challenge for you

Thanks for that Irv. I like the idea of having the joint as a separate component.

Hi folks. Personnaly, I would simply: 1 - Make the component from one of the group. 2 - Copy it, using the groups to help in positionning, rotating, etc. 3 - Delete the groups. Just ideas.

I've wanted to create a hex mesh for a while in blender,this might help and it's nice to see I can do it in sketchup. Thanks. BTW do I need and rubies for this?

@unknownuser said: The possibilities for beatiful pictures are endless! isn't it [image: TSpj_flowers.jpg]

Thanks for that TIG...all useful tips Coming from a standard CAD background I always felt frustrated that I couldn't just click LINE>EXTEND. But now I see there are a number of ways to do that!

I have to have shell element with thickness in order for me to export out for Finite Element Analysis, I appreciate it if anyone can help.

Thanks for that info Anssi. I had a look inside the dxf file in question and it doesn't even have a XDATA section. So I guess that answers the question!

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