mac1: I just posted a couple of my renderings of my projects. Most of the items in these projects I created myself. Other items, I downloaded...and added them. garystan

Have a look there: http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/37-beginner/108-installing-sketchup-plugins

Hello Garystan. When you say it won't cut an opening, do you mean that it won't cut an opening period, or that it is cutting an opening in only one face of the wall? SU components are limited in that they can cut an opening in only one surface. But there is a work-around. Can you post your SU model/window component.

If you mean Torus by Regular Polygon which you will find here http://regularpolygon.org/plugins/torus.php then it is a .rbs not a .rbz so when you dropped it in the plugin folder it installed, but you didn't restart sketchup, which it clearly tells you to do in the installation instructions, before you looked for it so you didn't think it worked. Then after fiddling about with the permissions you tried to make a .rbs install as if it was a .rbz again which naturally failed but coincidentally you had restarted sketchup so the Torus plugin had finished installing and appeared in the draw menu. Why don't you try installing the Sketchucation plugin store, available from the top of the page, this is a .rbz and once installed it will allow you to auto install many many plugins, including Torus without needing to know what the file type is. Once you get that to work I imagine you will be heading over to the other thread to clear up any misconceptions about the quality of the balls on the lying chickenshits who have been patiently attempting to help you sort things out.

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Rich's tutorial is excellent and it'll get you on your way. I do the first part a little differently when I create new textures. I create faces in the model on which to paint the images. Then I import the images with File>Import and paint them onto those faces. My textures are almost never square images. I know lengths of them but the widths are generally arbitrary so the rectangles I draw are to the lengths of the textures but random in width. I wind up with something like this in the model. [image: mats5_xl.png] After the textures are in the model I save them by dragging the thumbnails from In Model to a destination library as Rich showed.

Thanks guys. Appreciate the knowledge. garystan

Box : Thanks. I just wanted that confirmation. garystan

You could also take a look at the plugin Artisan. It has a poly reduction tool (and lots more).

There is no need to make changes to files if it just "works" (ie. SketchUp opens them). I just keep old files untouched so they can still be opened in older versions.

How many surfaces does a piece of glass have anyway? Since SketchUp is a surface modeler doesn't it make sense that you would wind up with a surface on the inside and one on the outside? If you don't want a surface on the inside, don't draw one.

A quick search about "SketchUp cut opening" ... Create component dialog box Youtube Sketchucation

try soften edges Window>Soften Edges

Hi folks. On my PC using XP-Pro, the list max out at 8 items. I don't think that the max number of items can be modified as in Office where it can be adjusted from 0 to 50 (Office 2007 on my computer). Just ideas.

I don't understand what you are describing regarding your your track getting "dis-membered" but I guess you figured it out. You're welcome for the help. That's what the forum is for.

Usually that box is ticked automatically but be aware that if the geometry you've selected is connected to geometry that is not selected, that box will not be ticked. If you go ahead and make the component, it'll be in the In Model library but not in the model space. Most of the time you;ll select all attached geometry and make a component with the expectation that the selection will be replaced with the component and you don't need to do anything special.

I would make the section of track and rail a component. This gives you the opportunity to save it a library for future use and it will help to keep file size down. You could make similar components for other sections of track to make building more track easier. You might also find it useful to adjust the location of the component's axes to make inserting components from the library easier. I used Marian's track component as an example. If you grab a copy of it from the In Model component library, you find you can drop it exactly in line with the track already laid down. track.skp

That Sang must have been modified somehow in your template. But measure it again with the tape measure tool and type in what you think is "normal". SU will ask if you want to resize your model (in this case only Sang).

That + http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=44552