You have the Softening/Smoothing set ridiculouslu high for what you're modeling.

Select all of the edges and set the angle to 20°.

There's a lot of unneeded triangulation in the model due to the face it starts from a .stl file. That's what .stl files are.

BTW, if you plan to 3D print the other thing in your model you'll need to correct the face orientation. There should be no exposed back faces (shown in blue). The back faces are all to point at the print media. White front faces are toward air.

You also have some other issues to repair before it is 3D printable.

@Grizzly256 said in Sketchup and Miniature Modelling STLs:

just the 5 day limit is annoying.

It's not a free extension. If you need it and it saves you time, it's worth paying for. The alternative is to do what it does manually.

@Grizzly256 said in Sketchup and Miniature Modelling STLs:

it doesnt give me an option to set the import unit when doing so. I just click File-Import-Select File-Import. I never get the option to set import units.

You can get the option to set the import units. After selecting the .stl and before clicking Import, click on the Options button.

@Grizzly256 said in Sketchup and Miniature Modelling STLs:

I cant figure why i cant find which settings to turn of to bring it back to normal.

What's normal? Looks like you just need to adjust edge softening. Share the .skp file so we can see exactly what you are working with.

If you set the import units to meters the model will import as if millimeters are meters. and you'll be less likely to have issues with holes in surfaces. Rich's suggestion to use Skimp is a good one for simplifying the geometry after you have the .stl imported.

Set model units to meters and leave the model at the larger size. When you export the .stl again it should be in meters but will open in the slicer in millimeters. Look at existing threads in this category to see some other examples I've shown.

@GavinG do you have the latest version of the Sketchucation Extension Store installed?

The scenes called "Animation" and "Csonclusion" [sic] are set to Parallel Projection.

@ntxdave said in Share models:

Right now all I was trying to do is see if this link worked. I need someone to verify that they can access the file.

The link takes me to an empty DropBox folder.

@ntxdave said in Share models:

OK, DropBox has a monthly subscription

They have a free option as well.

@ntxdave said in Share models:

Can I or How would it be to use Trimble Connect?

Yes. You can share the file with Trimble Connect, too.

@ntxdave upload it to DropBox or Google Drive and share the link.

@kavi-priyan install the Sketchucation ExtensionStore and use it to search for and install LibFredo6 and Curviloft. There's a 30-day trial period for Curviloft. After the 30 days you can purchase the license if you wish to continue using it.

@TIG it shows as signed on my machine.

Sorry I wasn't much help. I hope you get it fixed. If I come across anything useful I'll pass it on.

I'm doing OK but ready for the cold weather to break. I hope you are doing well, too.

Have you tried contacting Chaos Group's Support. They were fairly quick to reply when I had to do that.

Have you gone to your Trimble Connect products and tried to access Vray from there?

@ntxdave said in Transparent SU Logo:

I talked to some people online and that issue is now resolved.

Which issue?

Looks like you clicked on the wrong thing. If it won't go away power your computer off and restart it. Then try again.

Really? I just click where indicated here:

And then here.

Maybe just do a little investigation in Xara and see what the process is for making transparent backgrounds.

I use PaintDotNet. It's a freeware image editor that is quite powerful. I used the Magic Wand tool to select the background and then pressed Delete. Xara probably has something similar but I don't have any experience with it.

Where did you get that image. It wasn't supplied with a truly transparen't background. It's a simple matter to select that background and remove it in an image editor, though.

Share just the image you are using along with the .skp file with it.

Or are you trying to make a 3D object to put on your background like a sign? Something like this?