Hi, I'm using CamtasiaStudio since 3 years without a problem. This is a VERY good software, especially to build demos and show exercices to students. Go for it ! These little Flash files were done in a matter of minutes, believe me: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3997

OOps I had the day and month switched in my profile. My Bday is really feb 12th. But unfortuanately the year was correct I'm getting older, At least I can say I'm in my early forties...and 50 is still more than 5 years away. I will however always be a little kid at heart, which is one reason I think I like Sketchup so much it lets the inner child in me have fun.

A perfect example of the best ideas being the simplest- what a cool product! I don't know how you would go about manufacturing it, but imagine if you could jumble around the optic fibres so they weren't running laterally or parallel- you would get a jumbled up "shadow" of whatever (or whoever) was on the other side, with little or no recognisable features. Plato's slaves would have their work cut out interpreting those shadows!

share the love... wheres the file... I've modeled millions of miles wide... so scale should not be the issue. you may not be "seeing" you imported file. share it with us and maybe we can help.

Well, I hope everyone did bookmark their topics - the note was out for about a week or so...

You are right, Al, the Ruby section has been all transferred for long (credits go mainly to Eric/Boo...)

OK, I've posted the new version of cloud.rb at the depository: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=1533 -better dialog box (more user-friendly). -better layer support -more delimiters, sample of file line provided in dialog box -invalid file detection, more than 3 data per line detection, -select your X Y Z coords columns when more than 3 data per line in the input file -option to "flatten" the data (Z=0) Tested with V5 and V6. works like a charm Gaieus, when you say "it does nothing", maybe it does build the cloud anyhow: did you do a "zoom extents" after the command has ended, or did you look at the status bar to see the message when it imports the points ? If it fails, please send me the input file. Cheers,

I just signed up for the new forums. But I did not have to wait for any activation. I could immediately log in. (EDIT: Just read the post on the second page of comments that activation was suspended. Ignore this post.)

Yeah, that's what I meant in the "footie" of my first post. Although I seem to have reinvented the wheel with this topic, I don't mind for it keeps the issue hot while SU 7 is being prepared...

@boofredlay said: Yesterday I was buying a large bag of Purina dog chow at Wal-Mart for Lizzie, our wonderful yellow lab dog and was standing in line about to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. First thing I thought was "where is your sign and white cane, lady" but decided to go with it...SO....on impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina Weight Loss Diet again. I said I probably shouldn't, because I'd ended up in the hospital the last time; but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet; and that the way that it works is that you load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete... so I was going to try it again. I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story to say the least. Totally horrified, the lady asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food had poisoned me. I told her no; I had stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's aRsE and a car hit us both. I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack since he was laughing so hard. Wal-Mart has asked me not to shop there anymore.... The version I know ends this way.-: Were you poisoned by the dog food to get to hospital? No. I was sitting in the road washing my ball5 and got run over.

Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great one!

oh zeee

Yes, Alan, I know. I've also learnt a lot from my own laziness and mistakes - but seriously this furniture was just made to be a pice of component for SU users - not a real design for woodworkers...

It seems that I posted some wrong link but James updated it (thanks James) as can be seen in the edit field.

The materials are all "tweaked" already for Twilight Render. When you save such a model, these settings are saved with it and are even maintained when you upload the model to the 3D Warehouse.

I have prepared another "Smart" solution. as nowadays I have a trend to avoid using Plugins. hope you like it ramp.skp

Thanks Bill - but it was really (merely) just some art history lesson. All the others who forced me to make the tut deserve the credits...

This is definitely growing to some really interesting thing - thak you all - and fortunately not "for money"! TIG: I tried that (thanks) but now I don't really have a "problem" but just a "curious phenomenon" (is this a proper term in English though?) that I'd like to understand. I'm already starting to enjoy the thread (actually that's what my first intention was... ) So again, thanks for all looking into it! Gaieus

When there is a "nice" bug, we report it "over there" anyways...