I've been working with DC's a little lately and I'm having an inconsistent error with the "Component Options Window."

After working with the same file for awhile, the CO Window doesn't recognize the component I have selected. The Component Attributes Window will continue to show the attributes, but the CO Window behaves like there is nothing selected. It reads "Select one or more components to view their options." I have this problem with more than just this file, and not always just with DC's. Normally when I select a component, it will at least show the component name in the CO Window, even if there are no options.

It's like the CO Window "forgets" how to detect the selection.

I've researched these forums and some other online sources and have found similar issues, but no clear solution. Restarting SU does not solve the problem. Restarting my computer does usually solve the problem, but not always.

Is this a known bug? Anyone else experiencing this?

I've been looking for an answer to this issue, and this post is as close as I could get.

How can I show the volume of a component in the Component Attributes window? It seems to be available in Attribute Reporting and in the Entity Info window, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to the CA window.

Once I have the volume, I hope to calculate a cost for that volume. I have the cost per a determined UOM and can figure out how to convert it.

Thanks

This still stumps me. I am able to select and rotate any section plane other than the plan view section.
Using the tool suggested, I have to know the angle the building is rotated?
I suppose a work around is to design the building as a separate drawing and then insert it into the file with the geo location. It just bothers me that I can't figure this out. It seems like it should be so easy.

Bobrsta, how did you end up fixing this? I have the same issue with a drawing. I have reviewed the other post, but I guess I'm not big on plug-ins at this point. I'd like to understand how I can rotate a plan section view with native tools.
Anyone explain how?

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I'm bumping this because I never did find the answer for this and ended up working around it with a fairly cumbersome, manual method. I'm curious still if anyone has any ideas, or perhaps it just isn't possible at this point.

Thank you
Tim

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I started playing with the Mobile Viewer for iPad yesterday after reading it was now able to open my models directly from Google Drive.

I opened Google Drive and was able to select Sketchup Mobile Viewer as an option to view my .skp files. It worked as well as I'd hoped, navigating around my model.

Later I did an update to Google Drive and I'm no longer able to select Mobile Viewer as an option.

I removed and reinstalled both Google Drive and Sketchup Mobile Viewer, but that didn't solve it.

I am able to email myself the .skp file from Google Drive on my iPad, then follow the link to download the file, and am able to open and view in Viewer.

I assume I have something minor configured incorrectly, but I haven't been able to find it.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance
Tim

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Thank you. That makes sense.

The holes with interior edges were, in fact, started as circles that were generated with interact faces.

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The vertical holes through the horizontal piece do not seem to have interior cylindrical faces. The horizontal holes have the faces.

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Thank you. Currently I'm on my iPad. I'll try to snap a photo of my computer screen and attach.

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I'm not even really sure how to describe my question ...
Sometimes when I draw a circle on a surface and then push it through a solid, the resulting "hole" has cylindrical surfaces, and sometimes it doesn't. What is the difference? Which way is correct?

I'm hoping someone out there knows what I'm asking.

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Changing the property in styles, as you pointed out, does change the guide line color if I am not inside a component. While editing inside a component, the guide line color seems to default to the same color as the layer of the component.

I tried that and it doesn't change my guide line color. The color of the line seems to default to the color of the layer I'm working with. It seems like it's somehow tied to "color by layer" or something.

I thought I saw an option somewhere once that let me select whether it defaulted to the layer color or no.

I thought I saw an option to change the guide line color somewhere, but I can't find it now. It is sometimes difficult to see my guide lines when they are drawn the same color as the layer I'm editing.

Is there an option to change that, or was that my imagination?

Thank you

I have been modelling some construction projects I'm working on, trying to develop materials lists.

At first I was creating a new component for each repeated length of a common material.
For example, 2x4x8, 2x4x10, 2x6x10, etc.
If I had to shorten these common sizes, I'd "Make Unique" and save as a new component.
2x4x8#1, 2x4x8#2, etc.
Then I would generate a report to determine how many of each size to order.

With a little more experience, I realized I could scale the 2x4x8 component in the length direction, and it would be listed as the same component, 2x4x8, making it simpler to determine the quantity needed using "Generate Report."

Thinking about this further, I'd like to try to make only one component for each common size, 2x4x1, 2x6x1, etc.
Then I could scale these in the model as I put together the framing. However, I'm not sure how to export the scale factor. I can't find it anywhere.

I envision a report that says 1 2x4x1, scale 8; meaning a 2x4x8. Possibly 1 2x4x1, scale 9, meaning a 9' 2x4. With a 9' length, I'd need to purchase 1 2x4x10, or split a 2x4x18 in half, depending on the circumstances. With some logic applied to the report, I could make it tell me that anything between scale 8 and 10 means I need to purchase a 10' 2x4, anything between scale 10 and 12 means I need to purchase a 12' 2x4, and so forth.

I'd like to work out the logic and play around with the reporting. I'm not looking for a point in the direction of a plug-in. I'm just trying to determine how to export that scale factor. I can't even find where it might be shown on screen.

I draw a 2x4x8' and make it a component. When I select it, entity info is component 2x4x8. If I copy that component, and then scale the copy, say to 7' long, the entity info is still component 2x4x8 with no information about whether or not it's been scaled.

I feel like I'm really saying a lot to ask a simple question. I can't quite find the words to spit it out simply.

Thank you for the help, and I apologize if the question has been asked and answered 100 times and I just can't find it. I did spend some time searching with no luck.

JQL .. I don't understand your response.

Dave R .. Thank you, that's what I ended up doing.
I thought I was onto something by drawing a line at a slope of 2:12, moving my rotation point to the end of the line and then trying to rotate. It wouldn't snap to the line, or it's endpoint.

How could I rotate a view port the angle of a 2:12 roof pitch? I tried typing 2:12 as I rotated, but I couldn't get it to work.

It comes out as 2 deg. And it seems to follow the convention of CCW is positive, no matter which way I start my rotation.

Good morning from Michigan, USA.

I'm embarrassed to ask what seems to be so basic to everyone in this forum, and throughout the Sketchup internet community, but what is rendering and how is it done?

From what I've read, it appears to be a process of turning a drawing into an almost photograph. Am I close?

For someone who has never done "renderings," where might I look for a fundamental tutorial? It looks like it's something that requires additional software. Are there suggestions for simple, inexpensive options to explore rendering?

Thank you

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