@derei said: I'm using QuadFace Tools, but only for few elements on the entire toolbar (those inside red ellipse). I don't even know how to use the others... unfortunately. I know the description could really do with improvements, but I just wanted to check if you'd seen the wiki documentation for the extension? https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/quadface-tools/wiki/Home

Yes, Bundles is an excellent feature.

Derei, By the way, you could remove the up and downs by duplicating the wave profile at 1/4 and 3/4 distance, and then use Curviloft, Loft by Spline, as shown below: [image: tXgY_Derei-Wave-Curviloft.png] Derei - need2extrude.skp Fredo

@derei said: Hy, with the new changes brought by SU2014, maybe a list with working plugins would be useful ? Authors to add them on the list as they are modified/optimized to work with Su2014 / RUBY2.0... Maintaining a manual list would be impossible to keep up to date. The Extension Warehouse let you browse by compatibility filter, as developers have to check of which versions of SketchUp they support: SU2014 Filter Not sure if there such a list for the PluginStore, I'm sure the people around here would be able to jump in on that one.

I think the kitchen is coming along. I love the stool!

No worries.... SU8

@mike lucey said: But again we are not captive in any way as the door is wide open to walk through if the desire is there. Is not just that simple... All of sketchUp users had some strong reasons to go with SketchUp in the first place. And most of us did this because SU is DIFFERENT, and by different I say easy to learn, easy to use, not cluttered ... so you can do your thing fast and easy, with no need of hundreds of toolbars, scrolling menus, buttons, extensive learning... and why not, a very nice interface... unconventional icons (why so serious?). And all this encouraged a "think out of the box" community... original people turned to it, not that generation of AutoCAD users that were so stiff. And also... neither the "3SD users", who are so "fancy and sophisticated" (ok, now I was mean, but I'm sure you understand my point). So, if SU will cease to be what it has been, I'm starting to think where it will go? Ok, you are saying that if I won't like it, I am free to go... And probably I will... to SU8 again . But that's not the point here. The point is that WE ARE A STRONG COMMUNITY and despite the fact that Trimble bought Sketchup, Sketchup is still ours. Without us, the users, Trimble may very well whash their hair with SU... so to speak. So, first of all, Trimble shall listen of what users want/need. Because, believe or not, the users know best (because they are using it). All we can hope is that Trimble will eventually understand this and will go in the right direction.

Only SketchUp can create images of SketchUp models (other software could use SketchUp's SDK to read .skp files, but the rendered images wouldn't have the exact SketchUp style). As far as I know the thumbnailing progras just extract the 128px embedded thumbnail, so no larger. There are plenty of scripts on SketchUcation that can export larger 2d images out of SketchUp.

"Known about this for ages"?? . Makes you wonder what they have been doing. There must be a hundreds od little crappy simple fixes they never bother to fix. And yes I say simple. You're not talking hundreds of hours SW time for some of thes things. Steve Jobs was correct. Google is (was) a lazy company.

I don't necessarily agree with the tone, but I agree with all the sentiments. The issues you're having can be exacerbated by a slow or old computer but the issues you're bringing up are inherent to SU no matter what PC you have to a great or lesser degree. File save times can be slow and to make matters worse file sizes are often larger than they "should" be which compounds the issue. By comparison, 3ds Max can save large amounts of geometry pretty quickly with small file sizes (there's even a "compress on save" option that can reduce file sizes by 75%). There are, of course, ways to quickly bloat your file, but even if you utilize good SU file management, the issue is still far from ideal. I won't go into detail reiterating all of your other points but suffice it to say I fully agree that at this stage better UV mapping, unbroken material management (The inability to save/delete a material in a moderately sized scene, I think, constitutes as broken), etc. -Brodie

Nice!

Curvishear by Fredo 6? Careful plugin generates only curves! You must use Curviloft (or others) afterfor have surfaces! (in the image top left corner, the 2 curves are the curvy curves! ) [image: file.php?id=50238]

Crib.png[/attachment]It took me A LOT of cleaning... but Street Generator was a good solution... And I swear I never do this again (until my OCD strikes again next time)... [attachment=0] [image: Hrv7_Crib.png]

This site http://www.schoolfurniture.uk.com/index.htm contains lots of useful info for UK school furniture, dimensions etc... browse through it, I'm sure it'll have lots of good pointers...

@unknownuser said: @liam887 said: I would look at GPU rendering rather than CPU based. Only so much you can do now days with CPU rendering. Personally I would opt for a Nividia GTX Cuda enabled card. I have the GTX 980 but you can get a cheaper card that does an amazon job. Stay away from AMD!! But this common rendering engines as KT/Twilight/Thea/ (or others) are specialized to use CUDA ? I know there are some used for dynamic lighting and real-time rendering, but I'm not using such software... Thea will have GPU rendering relatively soon (most likely with the next revision). As it's CUDA based, a nvidia card with as much ram as possible is needed. I'd pick some 6xx with 4GB RAM (also 5xx card will do). Naturally Thea will continue to work just fine with CPU too. About AMD vs Intel, with heavy multithreading AMD FX-8350 is somewhere between Core i7 2600K and 3770K from Intel (based on multiple reviews, note. with some reviews it's between Intel Core i5 2500K and i7 2600K), so it's possible that will FX-8350 give more bang for buck, when used in rendering (multithreaded).

Your link goes to the "Red carpet club" so no-one without a Twilight license will be able to read it.