@bzqp The first post in THIS thread was last updated in 2017. SketchUp has changed since then. I gave you the link to the version of Joint Push/Pull which works in newer versions of SketchUp.

The current version of Joint Push/Pull requires LibFredo6 and Sketchucation ExtensionStore..

Thank you!.

Here's an animation I did as an experiment with scenes, native materials, and Vray.

Footplate Animation2.mp4

Text created in SketchUp won't scale with the geometry. You could create the symbols in SketchUp using 3D Text (it can be created without extrusion) so the text is geometry as is the circle or other shape. Then you can set the scale for the resulting viewports in LayOut when you create the scrapbook page. Either leave them as viewports linked to the SketchUp file or render then as Vector and explode them to create scaled drawing entities.

@aenc_randyc

Are you sure you didn't purchase a license FredoCorner instead? Confusing Round Corner and Fredo Corner is the usual reason for the message you are seeing. Look closely at the license information you received.

It depends on what the details are and how you need to show them in LayOut. It might be easier to model them in SketchUp and create scenes to use for viewports in LayOut. After you've set up the viewports (making sure you do not modify the Camera properties) you could save as a scrapbook so those viewports are available to drag in to your CDs when needed. For 2D symbols and such, it would probably be better to draw those in LayOut as Scaled Drawings than to draw them in SketchUp. Make sure you group the elements of each symbol so they behave as a single object.

I would suggest that you make sure you keep your SketchUp detail model files as lightweight as possible. When you add one of those viewports from the Scrapbook to your CD you are adding the SketchUp file as a reference which can bloat your LayOut file and possibly cause performance issues depending on your hardware. You can see that if you add one of the supplied 3D arrow objects from the Scrapbook.

Another option that may help with file management is to create details in SketchUp and then after rendering the viewports in LayOut as Vector or Hybrid, exploding them so they become LayOut drawing objects instead of SketchUp viewports. This would reduce their overhead in your CDs because they no longer carry the entire SketchUp model.

Different options depending on what you need exactly.

@EF22 said in More Fredo6 plugins becoming paid extensions:

thank's but I dont' see libfredo in Window - I use skp on mac

Did you install LibFredo6? If not suearch for it in the Sketchucation ExtensionStore tool and install it. Then quit and resart SketchUp.

What version of SketchUP are you using?

@Rich-O-Brien I agree. I also like seeing what is possible without electronics and computer controllers. Although it might be a bit anachronistic, modeling these steam engines in SketchUp makes it easier to understand how they work and appreciate the designs.

Thank you!

Close Sketchup. Go to user/AppData/Local/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp and open PrivatePreferences.json. Look for "ThreeDTextDlg". What are the "x" and "y" values? Edit those to move the dialog onto the correct screen. This is what it looks like on my computer.

And here's the dialog relative to the top left corner.

Note that the user/AppData folder is normally hidden so you'll need to make hidden folders visible in File Explorer.

Did you install SketchUp 2025 correctly? That requires right clicking on the downloaded installer and selecting Run as administrator. If you didn't do that it's possible that Windows is preventing SketchUp from making suitable updates to PrivatePreferences.json. To ensure SketchUp is installed correctly, close SketchUp, find the installer in your Downloads folder, right click on it, choose Run as administrator, and when prompted, click Repair. No matter what, it won't hurt to do it.

Thanks! There's really not a lot to it. I make multiple copies of the components along their route of travel. There's a different tag applied to each of the copies and then a different one of those tags is visible for each scene. This screen shot shows a simpler engine model with four of the 24 tags turned on. There are 24 scenes for the animation.

It gets a little more complicated with an engine like the horizontal Muncaster because of the steam valve and the linkages.

Here's the resulting animation:
https://flic.kr/p/2n7xvyh

@alskaro do you mean something like this? As TIG says, apply whatever materials you want to the various faces in the SectionCut Face.

Thank you all.

And because Mike suggested it...

Or another version.

@Gili It works perfectly in SketchUp 2025 and 2026. I've been using it a great deal. I used it repeatedly the other day to set up the linkages on this paddle wheel.

@L-i-am said in A Small Table and a Watercolor Painting on an Easel:

Is that an original painting that is yours?

Yes. I own the painting. It was given to me about 60 years ago by a great aunt.

@L-i-am said in A Small Table and a Watercolor Painting on an Easel:

I am nit picking here, and that artis stool would almost always have 3 legs as do all milking stools have 3 legs for stability

True. If it was a stool it probably would have three legs. But it isn't a stool. It's a small side table.

@Mvmcneil ahh ... Good that you got it sorted. Two different extensions and two different licenses. Both a good to have, though.

Thank you. The glass is part of the cylyinder. It gets heated with a flame underneath. The piston is the metal round-ended bit inside.

Another machinist's model. A 2 cylinder engine for a paddle steamer with reversing qear. The paddles are articulated so their angle changes as the wheels rotate. Still need to time the valves and properly align the eccentric straps with the eccentrics and of course add screws and nuts.

Rendering straight out SU2026 with a wee bit of simple post processfor the soft shadows and background color.

Thank you!

Yes. My model is based on a small desktop machinist's model. I believe it was based on a real one but I have no idea how large it would have been.

Another little engine. These are addictive.

For reference, the flywheels are 100mm diameter.