But apparently not with texture/materials applied to geometry in SketchUp?

So, in other words this doesn't change the opacity level at which materials/textures applied in SU cast shadows. Instead it would be used to prevent the transparent parts of components from casting shadows. Maybe like in the case of the 2D trees?

Jan, Thank you for this but I must be doing it wrong.

I drew a vertical rectangle so that it would cast a shadow on the ground. I applied a texture to it and made it a group. I've tried setting the threshold to .5 but I still don't get a shadow when the opacity slider is set below 70. Or is this only functional on textures imported with transparency?

Jim, no, I didn't try them. I have the Pro version and of course the toolbars work fine. A question was asked of my regarding these toolbar sets by someone else. I was just trying to find the answer. I was told in the past that free versions of SU didn't support the add on toolbars but either that wasn't correct or the staus changed at some point.

Looks like I posted a stumper.

I'm wondering if the the free version of SU6 supports the extension scripts like Projection and House Builder? It seems to me the previous free version didn't but I don't know if that changed with SU6.

I've used that one in the hobby store, too. It is pretty amazing how realistic that stuff is. I've not put in enough time to figure out how realistic the flight characteristics are though. I've been resisting the urge to buy it since I have a little helicopter and a plane that I rarely seem to fly. If I bought the sim I'd get "the look" from my wife since she thinks I spend too much time on SketchUp already. She might even make me sleep in the garage. There's heat but a tablesaw is not the place to get a good night's sleep.

Didier, I sent you an e-mail. Thanks.

Didier, thank you for this script. I seem to be having difficulty with it though. I get the dialog box and it tells me there will be 14 points imported. When I click on OK it goes immediately to the Select cursor which was selected before. No construction points are generated. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the carriage return character that is shown in the Line Sample. You can see it in the screen grab.

This is cool! I've always wanted a ShopBot and now I want one even more. There's no room for one in my shop though.

A chair based on one by Jared Rusten

An outfeed stand for my woodshop.

Lightweight planking clamps I made when planking the cradle boat I built for my son.

Thanks for looking.

Jim, the thumbnailer works fine on my computer but I can't seem to change the shadow selection from Both and I can't change the exported file name. It appears to be set to the SKP file name only. If this is the case, perhaps you could set it to show in the Save dialog?

Interesting idea for a script. I might be able to find an application for it, too.

I think I have that one. I need to look.

Thanks again.

Ha! I got it! I edited the entry changing it from pageAdd: to View/Animation/Add Scene and now I have a shortcut.

Woo hoo! Thank you sir. Now we need to tell the world.

Hmm. So how does that look in the Registry. In other words, what would I type to add that to mine?

The curious thing is that I have U set to updatescenes and it shows in the Registry as pageUpdate: and no reference to scene.

The SketchUp folks acknowledged awhile ago that there were a few user set shorcuts that don't stick after setting. Add scenes was one.

That is why I was hoping for a Ruby script that would run at SU startup (like the one that calls the Select tool instead of the Pencil) and set the shortcuts by reading the preferences.dat file that is generated when you click Export in the Shortcuts setting dialog box.

I use Alt+A to add a scene but it won't stick ether.

So, let me see if I understand this. If I open SU and set the shortcut I want to add scenes and then export the entire SketchUp registry [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\SketchUp6] and save it as dave.reg, I should be able to double click on dave.reg and then open SU to find that shortcut is still active?

What confuses me is that with SU closed the the Registry, under Settings shows there is a shorcut set for Pageadd: but when I open SU the shortcut doesn't work.

Actually, I ran your cleaner and then went back and reset SU manually. that got rid of the bug splat.

The two files in the zip file are SU_Clearer and SU_Training. Is that right?

For some reason, after looking at the registry and attempting the moves from your other thread I am now getting Bug Splats upon closing SU. I was going to uninstall it all and reinstall but now I wonder if your cleaner should be run instead.

Thanks. I saw cadfather's post just before leaving work. I copied the registry file after I had made the shortcut for adding scenes. It appears in the registry but I haven't found the secret to getting the shortcut activated from that saved file. I get messages asking me if I want to add that info to the correct registry but there's no change in SU. I've tried it before opening SU and after. So what am I doing wrong?

Edited to add: the shortcut shows in the registry but doesn't show as set when I go to Window>Preferences>Shortcuts

By the way, it's that Scene Add thing I'm after.