smustard "set centerpoint.rb: is one of my most used plugins, may help if not you will find it useful anyways

I found a useful plugin from TIG: http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TIG_save_all_components. (before doing this, use the purge plugin!) For now this works well. And in Layout I automated the date and drawingnr., this saves me already a tiny bit of time. Also the generate report function in Sketchup is now useful for me to make BOMs. Is there a possibility to use the model info (. skep model) to put it in a text field in layout (such as name and description)? Or is this a wish list thing? And I always select vector rendering and background of, is it possible to set this as default Or is this still wishlist?

If the tubes happen to be components, edit any instance and remove all surfaces not to be painted. Or if the surfaces to be painted have a unique texture applied, then that could be used in the search to select only those faces.

I concur, I have a passage door that opens and closes. It is panel raised and can have up to a dozen panels. If I use a Schlage handle drawn professionally it works fine. I found another door handle (needs 2 per door) which is round and has way too many facets. It's motion is rather jagged.

Thanks for your reply pcmoor, i found 2 red #. The function of the subcomponent referred to a variable of another head component. And i forgot to define the x position of 2 pieces. Now it seems to work fine. I just need to add the position for the keys, because they are scaled with the door panel and i want them always off the same distance off the side.

I've watched the first video (plastic chair) many times... & I'm still picking up new things!

Thanks for the replies, I used the method of Rich, the only thing I needed to do was to scale up my model 100 times. Because my model failed to drape correct. It's works fine now.

Thanks! It helps me a lot to automate my proces. I use the plugin Comp2Layer2Scene in combination with MakeOrthoView. Every part of the assembly is a layer and a scene, named like this: partnumber-partname With the code I can make partlist in excel in a short time. Thanks again to TIG

Nice work though I'm not sure it is quite there. If your intent is for the platform to rotate about a fixed axis you have a problem in that the distance from the top fixed rotation point on the linkages must vary as the device rotates. If you intent is for the platform to both rotate and go up and down you probably need a slider (or piston) on each side. I'll try and take a stab at this this weekend. Keep plugging away.