The problem that I have with the material editor is that it's not easy to work on a project of any size due to the huge number of materials that get into the Material Editor once you've set up a project of any size. There is no way to drag and drop or otherwise organize it to let you work the part you need to work on. The stress of modifying materials during a deadline really sux!

When you import models either by copy and paste or import thru 3D Warehouse the number of materials shoot out of sight leaving you with a huge number of materials to weed thru. Purge unused material doesn't work well.

If you could organize it by drag and drop or isolate materials that belong to models you are working on it would cut down on the search for just one material. I have to isolate parts of a project in separate files and manually delete any extra materials then copy/paste it back together.

I wish there were a 3rd party plugin or that Google would invest a little in Sketchup. I still want to keep SU simple but just smoothed out in the Material Editor....

Thanks,
Gary

Because Sketchup is such a fast modeler that it's hard to find fault with part of it, however the Material Editor is a nightmare to use on larger projects.

I'm hoping that either Google will invest a little of its vast resources to make it easier to manage or some 3rd party will create a by-pass plugin!

I've looked everywhere for a plug-in/script but nothing is out there. If anyone can point something out lease let me know!

Thanks for any help,
Gary

Wow! Thanks!!! I got it. I really apprecite that.

Gary

Ok, I guessed that might be the case...

I haven't found any reference to it in Help, so I guess it might be something for the Wish List.

3DS Max has had that feature from the first verion of Max. Every other 3d app out there has that ability; to create and recall last selections and sets of selections. If you model characters or other complex geometry. It's a necessity.

I'm just surprised that I haven't found a post about that in the SU forums. I love the speed of modeling in Sketchup but the selection process creates too much unecessary stress...but that's not too bad in the overall scheme...

Thanks,
Gary

If I'm working to select and group parts of a complicated elevation, I have a problem that must be a command oversight or a Bug.

When I've spent long minutes selecting all the tiny polylines from my Acad import to create a group for a certain building feature, I sometimes mis-click or make my selection go away. I can't find the command to return to my last selection! Is this my oversight, an SU bug or can SU be that stupid?

Thanks for any help,
Gary