Jean,i don't think your attachment made it through.(unless i'm just not seeing it)

Tried the point tool,not what i was looking for but definitely handy.Making sure i was in fact hunting something that doesn't exist.thanx.

It was the "always visible" aspect i need..something that would remain a single point but still easily visible in a convoluted x-ray'd component.In normal view it would be buried inside.Like an always face camera for size,i guess.No such animal huh?Just needed points i could find in some potentially heavy geometry.

Is there a way to make guide points semi permanent,as in would withstand a delete guides?Maybe a plugin...some way to make those points that stand out whatever the view.Is there an "always grow for camera"?I need anchor points inside ball joints for rotate(in x-ray)but i do use guides and the delete a lot,wondered if there was a way around doing it manually(or taking out the ones i needed and not clicking in time)

That's what i ended up doing,it's all copacetic.I was in Preferences because i'd been loading plugins the updated way as opposed to what i was calling manually{a clean install}.The other c.f. tools i have are shape bender,which appears as an extension,and greeble 2 ,which does not.So what's the difference between an extension and not?The relation to existing SU tools?{which actually is a legit question as opposed to "i'm ignoring an obvious alternative but still why isn't this working?"}

The full message is"Sketchup was unable to install the Extension you have chosen for some unknown reason.Consult your Extensions documentation for additional help"..Sorry,i thought it might be a common message.I havent really seen any;the error is always me.

I have shape bender,which seemed to install fine,was about to try it out.Compstring does'nt even make it in,i get the message at the extensions box.Does he have any kind of,for lack of a better term,"overseer"file,like fredos' Libfredo 6?tried shapebender,at a glance it works fine..but i keep getting unable to install on component stringer.Bender needed the progress bar,but i didnt see any notes about a similar requirement for c.s.

I'm trying to load the component stringer plugin and keep getting "cant install for some unknown reason..consult documentation",which i am having trouble finding.I've searched the forums but havent found anyone with this problem.I loaded and updated several other plugins no problem,..am i missing an attendant file?Does Trimble have a beef with Chris Fullmer?...wait,i have'nt loaded their version yet.Any ideas?

2d objects that face the camera...what is that called and any links on how to do it?

i'm trying to post...little lost here