Thanks for that suggestion but the question was answered a long time ago.

Todd, I hope this makes sense. [image: image1.jpg] Activate the script and pick the point you wish to be the origin. In this case the lower left corner of the top face. I didn't quite know how to illustrate it but the next step would be to drag along the two edges for X and Y directions. It would be a bit like dragging for the ellipse plugin or the Tools on Surface rectangle or ellipse. A total of three mouse clicks would be required: origin, anlong X direction and along Y direction. [image: image2.jpg] Script generates guidepoints at the centers of all circles and arcs on the face that lies on plane defined by the X and Y from the previous step. (In the interest of time I didn't put all the points in these screen grabs. [image: image3.jpg] Leader text callouts applied to centerpoints and a CSV (or Space separated?) is generated with callouts and point coordinates. A 1.1835 3.20931 B 1.3825 3.261931 C 1.5815 3.316931 and so on. The holes on this part were originally genetated from a table similar to this. I created a TXT file and imported it with Didier's Points Cloud plugin. I just want to come up with the reverse. In my example there's no need for a Z value. CLear as mud?

I'm with you guys. It's gotten to the point that after the last time I restarted sketchup to find all my toolbars had turned themselves on and cascaded down the screen to the point that no drawing space was even visible, I decided enough was enough and just undocked all my toolbars. I'm losing significant real estate, but it's worth avoiding the frustration. It would be interesting to see if someone could implement a toolbar manager, as I requested here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=22274 for this type of workflow, as it may solve some headaches for thousands of users.

...good funny idea,Dave!thanks!

hi i was thinking that somebody would like this type of style(i just come with the ideea for who want to put it in practice) anyway I tried to find a wood fan with no paint on it and i didn t find so i took the best picture found on internet the model is from warehouse Elisei [image: xMnc_fanstyle.jpg]

see topic.... http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=12368&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=gray+scale and http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=12226&p=88778#p88778

Dave actually, it's quite expensive

@unknownuser said: Dave you are the king of styles my friend. Thank you. I think you might have left out the word "useless", though. These are kind of fun to make but admittedly they probably aren't all that useful.

...Ok Pete...Your cow likes dream? [image: cowsdreamszs1.jpg] cow_s dreams.style

I actually gave up on waiting for an exact match for my SLR lenses...I don't really take photos the same way anyhow. Right now, if I need to use an SLR I have an Olympus E420 that will take my prime Olympus OM lenses and exactly double their focal length, which is at least understandable. My Zuiko f3.5 50mm Macro 1:1 is, on the digital camera, a 100mm equivalent Macro 1:1, which is simply astonishing, and my f4 200mm Zuiko is now an f4 400mm equivalent lens. I do miss not having a wider angle lens, though...my old 2.8 24mm is now a 48mm. I may have to eventually buy a wider digital Olympus lens.

great job man, many many thanks

@remus said: Couldnt you just export the image and crop it? Yes, I was just thinking it would be nice to be able to do it without post processing.

Dave, Thanks for sharing. A nice clear explanation. The result looks terrific. Fred

Thank you Peter. Roger, that is a very nice piece of furniture. dave

that is wise! cause we all know: preparation is the first step to success!

Thanks these are really great... i look forward to see if the TP one happens

Really like that one, Dave.

@schreiberbike said: @unknownuser said: I predict a ruby script some day that will allow bending as we wish. That would be awesome, I've played with some boat building ideas and SU isn't the right tool for it. There's no way to identify which curves are possible and which are not. (Maybe there is, I just don't know what they are.) Hmmmm! I have a little problem with that. SU is a lot more flexible than two inch thick oak, but boat builders could build some wonderful sailing vessels. I suspect SketchUp is just as capable if you replicate the same time tested techniques of a series of frames along a keel joined with planking. And if you think of rubies as the new power tools you could be very swift and efficient. In fact Solo just posted a totally awesome(Dude!)skiddoo that is essentially a small boat with a large motor. Still the lines are clearly boat like. Anyone who designed a boat in the last 10,000 years would understand it was meant to be in the water even if the picture did not show the water. What's better (or worse for my ego) is that he said he drew it up in less than 2Hrs. Now don't challenge me to do it, because I m not up to Solo's speed. I could get close in a month and a half if I worked nights as well as days. But the proof is right there in our galleries. I guess you are saying that perhaps you could draw something that could not be built, but is that more a designer limitation than a SU imaging limitation? Could sketchy physics come to the rescue in the right hands? I suppose if you want to make a sphere or two hemispheres from two uncut sheets of flat plywood then yes, SU would probably not make it happen, but if you gave the 1800s naval architect Nat Hereshoff a week with sketchup, I guarantee he be churning out some great water craft in no time.