Sorry. I don't have time to make a video right now.

What version of SketchUp are you using? How much experience do you have?

To illustrate what @Rich-O-Brien described, I made a 3D model in SketchUp based on your image.

I imported your image into SketchUp as an image to trace. I made it quite large--200m tall--to avoid the tiny face issue. I used a combination of straight edges and Bezier splines drawn with FredoSpline to outline the letter, draw in the ridge lines and connect them at the various ends. Then I used TIG's Extrude Edges by Rails to create the sloped surfaces. Bybreaking it into a few sections, Extrude Edges is more controllable.

The blue edges show where I divided things up.

Output Override is a Document Setup setting so yes, you can save that as part of your template like the rest of the Document Setup options.

@Sekta what operating system?

Can you share a LayOut file with dimensions set up like you want? I'd like to see if it works differently on my end.

Note in my gif it's only the short row of text within the text box that is moving. I wouldn't expect the text to move in the text box unless the text box was wider than the text. The text box for dimensions is normally just wide enough for the text so there'd be nothing to justify.

You can move the text box along the dimension line or outside of the extension lines if needed.

How are you trying to use justification for dimensions? The standard would be to have the dimension text centered in its text box.

FWIW, if you have a multi line dimension text box justification works just fine.

@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..

@bzqp use the current version of Joint Push/Pull. Theold version is not suitable for SketchUp 2023.

SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

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(sketchucation.com)

Make sure to also install the latest version of LiFredo6 and the Sketchucation ExtensionStore which are both required.

I was nosy and poked around until I found it. Here is the .json. I hope pasting it into that folder fixes it for you.

json_encoder.zip

@simulat I wonder if the issue is with the SketchUp version, maybe your computer's graphics card, and the excessively large size of some of the textures. There's no benefit to having those large textures since SketchUp will down sample them.

Although I doubt it's involved in your issue with using Thru Paint, It would also be a good thing to fix incorrect tag usage.

Also purge unused stuff.

@panixia said in Convert groups to components:

contextual menu -> group copies -> select all -> contextual menu -> group copies -> convert into components.

This of course requires Selection Toys as Rich advised.

@simulat that is typical of incorrect installation on Windows which prevents SketchUp being able to write the required file that stores the toolbar locations. . Correct installation requires right clicking on the installer and choosing Run as administrator. That's not the same as running SketchUp as administrator.

Are you running a cracked version of SketchUp 2020?

@Loikkanen123 using inferencing as Rich and Box show makes it easy. You need to be grabbing the object by a point that corresponds to the destination point on the other object.

Another thing to consider is modeling objects in the location you need them so you don't have to move them into place.

@Woodarc said in VEIL OVER SCENES:

I had the axes in the wrong place and, in effect, was looking at the scenes from below ground level.

FWIW, the "veil" wasn't due to the location of the axes. Just that the camera was below ground level and the style had ground displayed and Show ground from below turned on.

The location of the the ground plane is fixed in the model space and not tied to the location of the axes. By default the axes are positioned such that red and green lie on the ground plane and cross at the origin. Moving the axes doesn't move the ground plane nor does it move the origin.

Export Options aren't part of the template settings, though.

The Text Position command also shows in the Context menu for a single selected dimension, too.

There's no need for a keyboard shortcut if you're going to change the text position in Entity Info, anyway.

@jamesmeng said in [Plugin Beta] Animator - v4.4a - 01 Jun 25:

your animator is so important for me so please ...

Have you made a donation to Fredo6 for his great work on this free extension?

What version of SketchUp? What operating system?

Share the .skp file.

Very nice work Gus.

Where's the ADA parking?

Very nice update. Thank you!

How precise does it really need to be in SketchUp? I might just eyeball it.

Low tech option: Use a profile gauge to lift the profile of the vase.

Transfer that to a piece of paper and then measure the offsets from a centerline at regular intervals.

In SketchUp, place guide points at those offsets and then connect them with a Catmull Spline from Fredo's Bezier Spline tools. Create a profile to use with Follow Me.

You could also take a photograph of the vase showing the profile and import that into SketchUp as an image to trace.