Do not know about "guideplanes" ... but if you post a sketch or the model, I'm sure someone can help you.

The files were hiding here :

C:\Users\Danna\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google SketchUp 8\Plugins\DM_ProfileBuilder\Libraries

Made some custom profiles with the profile builder (registered) and would like to backup/save a copy but cannot find them in the library folder where all the others are.

Did a search for the .plb files but they do not show.

The profiles show within SU ... but I cannot find them on my system to make a backup.

Help !

You could draw a line around all exterior edges to create a face.

@futurepast said:

Went around that damn room 6 times fixing errors, before I realized I was changing the same component (1 0f 14). I might have gone on for hours 'cept I ran out of beer!

OHHH boy ... that's a good one.

@harley_130 said:

the most frustrating program I've ever encounter.

Welcome to the forum.
I'm fairly new to SU also, coming from DataCad with very little 3D experience.

Very helpful forum here and finding it gets easier rather quickly.

ShrokFab ... that sure came out nice for a beginner.

May I ask what program you used to get that look ?

Thanks for the new features.

@wo3dan said:

disable 'Use model extents'.

That worked, Thanks.

@box and @nickchun
Thanks for the tips.

When choosing print preview, I see my model as a speck, a couple of miles away.

Not sure what I changed or how to fix.

So simple ... at some point I'll start remembering.

Thanks Pilou

Somewhere I read that you can select the push / pull tool, double click on something and it will extrude to the previous p / p distance.

I had a few walls to extrude. I p / p the first to 10'

Went to the next wall and hovered over the area until it was selected,
double clicked p / p, and it was extruded the 10', but in the opposite direction.

Where did I mess up ?

@rhys ifan said:

any suggestions?

Attach the sketchup file or an image. The experts here will surely help.

Oh wow ... so easy (once someone shows me)

I was trying to set up guide lines that took forever.

Thanks JL.

Trying to get the hang of creating hip rafters.

After setting guide lines and taking way too long,
I got the bottom seat cut and the bottom end section to close face.

After multiple attempts , cannot get the top end to close face after removing the angled sections.

Could someone take a look and tell me where the problem is ?

HipMaker.skp

@dave r said:

I expect the first Subtract converted the group to a non-solid because of a tiny face (really a hole) being created. Hard to tell without seeing it.

I had looked at the other end after subtracting and it appeared closed, but guess it really wasn't.
I tried it on an identical sized piece, but without the chamfer cuts and it worked.

Thanks for the tip on the solid tool.

Thanks Dave

Why did it work on one end and not the other ?

Also open to better ways of doing this.

Thanks for the "purge unused" tip.

Not gettin it, need to get away, my brains squash and I'm about to throw my computer out the window.

Thanks Dave, appreciate your help.

@dave r said:

Let me know how it goes.

Not good

Still get the four copies when I "Paste in place".
Two of'em ... out of place.
Obviously I'm missing something here.

Also why does my file size show approx 60k, your approx 20k ?

RPdoortest.skp

Thanks Dave

I'll start from scratch again ... I need to figure when I made the extra copies.