Hi All

I had the same PIA too and just gave up until this thread drove me to give it another shot to try to fix.

I use dual monitors and stick most of the Window/Menus on #2 and they would never stay put on SU re-boot.

Stuff you may not have figured out.
Some of the menus are hardwired to stack on top of each others and will refuse to tile down.
[Materials]is the only that seems to allow other menus to tile down below and not move around on SU re-boot and it seems also be hard wired in code.
The sequence below does seem to stay put OK.

[Outliner][Layers][Materials]
-------------------- [Styles]
-------------------- [Shadow Settings]
-------------------- [Components]

I also set other menus on the Active Screen Toolbar (monitor #1)and they do stay put too.

[file loaded][SketchUp Pro][menu][menu] etc.

Just save in a template and at least on the PC it seems bullet proof.
Check it out.

It's Friday here and time for some donuts.

dtr

Heads up all

Way back when looking at the same site I DID get the VD.
(WellHorse)
Also look out for email that contains benqbenq in any form.

Not a clean site to visit at all.

dtr

Hi All

What is wanted is to align a face 90 deg to path that is at any xyz direction.
Follow me does not re-orientate the face 90 deg to path end point.
If the face is oblique it will be extruded as such.

Align perp to endpoint of line segment would be a super time saver.

dtr

fillet maybe

Sounds good but never could get it to work.
Upper left of what ? and right and left from where ?

Anyone ?

dtr

Hi All

Both Win 2k and XP will access 3.4 GB of ram.(if you have 4GB installed)
Just find BOOT.ini and add the /3GB switch at the
end of the string....../fastopen/3GB

Go to system properties (win key+pause break) to check.
Thanks go to Alain Picard of Abvent/Artlantis for this trick.

dtr

Hi All

Both Win 2k and XP will access 3.4 GB of ram.(if you have 4GB installed)
Just find BOOT.ini and add the /3GB switch at the
end of the string....../fastopen/3GB

Just go to system properties (win key+pause break) to check.

dtr

Hi Fred

Many thanks again and again.
Your scrips are simply the most important and useful
produced to date without a doubt.

Just what SU should have had in the first place.
Bread and butter tools.
What else to say ??

dtr

#1

The copy along has just driven me crazy but check this file out and see if this trick really works.

Draw path and a perpendicular line on end node.
Make line a component.
Then edit the line to whatever and copy along path (spacing).

The line seems to setup the orientation properly.

"Trust but verify" RR

#2

PathCopy trick.skp

Hi Burchard

Thx for the heads up on xnview in SU

Very slick and a great idea.

dtr

Hi Burchard

Xnview (free) will view the thumbnails created by the last save in SU.
This will also view most graphic formats too.
Also dxf & dwg (rt clk for full scree view)
http://www.xnview.com - http://www.xnview.org

Really super app.

dtr

Hi #1

For time I have used Timeslips and now a simpler (and cheaper)"Complete Time Tracking Std" that is a timer and report system that keeps track of hours/tasks/$$$ for each project.

To keep track of the paper stuff ring binder(s)for each project/phase of etc work are the way to go.

Great to see you are doing well and your work looks really nice as always.

#2

Hi lapX

Here is how my example was put together.
I used your path and welded the spiral portion first.
The spiral portion was then extruded up using the vertical line of the path with the [extrudeline]with vector ruby.
This face was then extruded horizontally using the [jointpushpull] ruby.
(the keep face option found using the [tab] key was selected and there it was.

dtr

lapX

Just back from ski trip so a little late to all this but if the attached is what you wanted just let me know.

dtr

Curved tilt wall+thickness.skp

Hi pns000

The truth is that you cannot do what you want with a sweep in SU.
The twist is built in and no one to date has come up with a fix.
Only a circular section will look OK but the twist is still there.

Best bet to date is to use an external program and import to SU.

Some of the less faint of heart have stitched a section at a time while rotating end faces/outlines.

Big PIA and not getting better.

dtr

P Miller
rong name but it's for your good eye

dtr

Jim

Check this out.
Ends are on xy axis and walls are on z.

???

dtr

Flat & perpendicular.skp

P Miller

You are right and my error.
SU is just plain twisted.
Top/bottom ortho view does show the out of vertical.

Oh well.

dtr

Hi All
Good topic and there is a solution.

Use the [extrudeLine] to pull up a single line and intersect for slice.
Then use the [joint pushpull] (tab=keep original faces) to extrude a face.
Check out the attached

Looks flat to me.

dtr

Flat Top slope.skp

erikB

Glad to help

Of course a no-twist extrude along path would be the real answer but jointPP will work pretty well and glad to have it

dtr

TIG

I got the same message using the download posted here.

I had already moved the menu and just thought that the file location worked a little better as a suggestion.

dtr