i'm sorry. I didn't realize i wasn't.

thanks. Success. I forgot i had the smustard toolbar.

oh yeah. Kinda like these?

I was taking Pix of the progression up thru 99% and was doing okay. When Totality hit, it just burst upon us. I tried to shoot a pic with my DSLR and my Tripod, but thelight had changed, it was too dark. I was fumbling and getting frustrated, etc etc. My daughter said. . "Dad. . .just enjoy it. you have 2 minutes"

She was right of course. It was stunning. Tears were shed. Yeah.. . we're already planning for 2024 in Texas.

Fellow citizens. . .Is there an update that will work with SU 17 for the old PageExIm.rb that I got from Smustard back in the day? this is a Rick Wilson plugin that allowed one to import scenes (pages!--that's how old this one is!) into another model.
I tried just putting the RBZ zip magic to the old rb. It installed okay but i can't import views into the new model. any thoughts? Is there a similar Plugin that will do this for the latest V of SU?

thx,

David_H
[mod=:3m7o0cew]I removed the RBZ attachment to avoid embarrassment...[/mod:3m7o0cew]

well . .. another eclipse has come and gone. . .

In a word. . .there are no words. It was simply, breathtakingly beautiful.

2024. . here I come!

Fun little study. I have actually had all of these plugins in my arsenal for years, but sometimes you just forget to use em. Thanks for the tut.

@charlie__v said:

I'm 90 minutes from "path of totality" in SC. w/friends in same path, have plans to visit, but as Pilou pointed out.....hopefully clouds will not spoil.
Have purchased a number of proper (ISO) glasses to pass around for anyone unprepared.......but given the media exposure i would be surprised if anyone half paying attention would not be aware by 08/21/2017.

Here's to clear skies to all in the path!!!

I guess SC is gearing up for sightings of Bigfoot and LizardMan during the eclipse. Be on the look out.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/agencies-advise-on-possible-lizard-man-bigfoot-sightings-in-south/article_2388dc18-7d26-11e7-8ad8-33c9facf5e5f.html

Idaho . .(or as I like to call it. . Potataho! With love of course, cuz I was born there)

According to their 20 year cloud survey (yes! they do exist! who knew?) we are in all probability slated to have beautiful clear skies . . .unless we don't

However everybody along the path is taking the same chance. Actually Oregon could have it hte worst because it's in the morning there near the coast. Morning fog and all of that. But. . i think We're in for a great show!

So who's going? anybody here planning on this? I've been nerding out on this for 2 years now! can hardly wait!
First time a TOTAL SOLAR eclipse has traversed the entire Cont'l US Since 1918. Supposed to be the most photographed Astral event in history.

I am planning on being near Idaho Falls ID, (Rexburg) which is a front row seat in the Umbra. IF you can make it. . .it's a once in a lifetime event! Get your ISO safety glasses! sun glasses won't cut it. ya don't wanna go blind or anything like that.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

I've been saying this since version 5. It would be nice to have control of visibility nested components and groups so I can alter a component and see the just next nest level up rather than all or nothing.

but. . .maybe I'm the only one.

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
MAN: "Hello"
WOMAN: "Hi Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"
MAN: "Yes."
WOMAN: "I'm at the shops now and found this beautiful leather coat
It's only $2,000; is it OK if I buy it?"
MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."
WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Lexus dealership and saw the new models. I saw one I really liked."
MAN: "How much?"
WOMAN: "$90,000."
MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options."
WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing... I was just talking to Janie and found out that the house I wanted last year is back on the market.
They're asking $980,000 for it."
MAN: "Well, then go ahead and make an offer of $900,000. They'll probably take it. If not, we can go the extra eighty-thousand if it's what you really want."
WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!"
MAN: "Bye! I love you, too."
The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths wide open.
The man turns and asks, "Anyone know who's phone this is?"

terrific. I have really struggled. . .well. . .kinda. . .but not really. . .trying to model and rendering a light bulb like that?

Share the recipe?

so what's new in the upgrade? just bug fixes? you'd think after 17 versions. .. they'd have this right by now

thank you. I kinda figured. . .but Ya never can tell.

I just got a new alert to download the latest SU. I'm currently running 17.01.18899

Is the alert for a later version of 17 and if so is it going to wipe out Again . .all my plugins and such?

Thx in advance

Yeah. . .this so elegant and beautiful

I used to work with ol' crow quill pen and India Ink. I always blotched my drawings! So I went to Rapidograph (there's a blast from the past!) of course they were always cloggy and cantankerous. then My water color washes were never as good as his. I can't believe he didn't tape his ground down to a board!

dont' even get me started on airbrushes!

So . ..with the Whiz bang 'puter photoshop thing. .. I have an "Undo!" key.

Happy Holidays to all my SketchUp Friends!

well I am .. .just a lesser GOd. . .you know. . like Loki

okay.. . I gotta come clean. I didn't render this. I just posted this as a gag. I really do suck at this stuf--wish it were mine though. Mea culpa. . .

I think I did something wrong. . .