Posts made by GMthompson

When this happens to me I close the window if I have open windows where the tool bars are intact I save those and reopen su and the go back to normal.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS THREAD WITH, THANK YOU SKETCHUP,

SKETCHUP WAS MY FIRST MODELING PROGRAM I EVER TOOK A DIVE IN AND I STILL USE IT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY

I HAVE A BUNCH OF REQUEST WHEN RICH WAS ASKING FOR 2014 IDEAS SOME OF THEM WHERE GREAT A LOT MIGHT BE OFF FOCUS RIGHT NOW FOR SU,

I LOVE SKETCHUP THE COMMUNITY IS AWESOME HERE ALSO, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AS A RANTING WHINING COMPLAIN......OK MAYBE A LITTLE

I USE SKETCHUP A LOT FOR STRUCTURAL ALUMINUM, STEEL AND FABRIC STRUCTURES AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE ZOOM ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST "MADE BETTER" IT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TRYING TO MERGE COMPLEX GEOMETRY WITH THE ZOOM ISSUES ....IF I REMEMBER 8 DID NOT HAVE SUCH ISSUES A LOT OF TIME JUST TO MAKE A FACE I HAVE TO DO WORK A ROUNDS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT ZOOM IN TO SELECT THE MINOR PROBLEM

I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED....THIS IS NOT A REQUEST ITS A BUG A PROBLEM AND IT STILL EXIST
PLEASE FIX IT.......

I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE REST OF MY CAD DEPARTMENT TO START USING IT AS A LOT OF OUR VENDORS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS WITH MODELS FOR OUR USE. AND THERE IS ALWAYS A BIASED PERSON IN THE BUNCH THAT DOES NOT WANT TO EXPAND OUT OF THEIR BOX

WELL THE BIASED PERSON PICKED UP ON THE CLIPPING ISSUES IMMEDIATELY

I AM ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO PUSH THIS REQUEST WITH BEST INTENT FOR THE USERS OF SU

@mac1 said:

Gm
Have you looked at the follow me tool that is part of the SU tool sets. There are also several plugins: pipe along path: tube along path ,or follow me and keep also but follow me should do the job unless you what a rect cross section. It has a tendency to rotate ,so if that is case use follow me and keep.
I,ve attached a tutorial Gully (I think) did several years ago that may help you make a decision[attachment=0:km19rhru]<!-- ia0 -->pipe_layout.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:km19rhru]

yes thank you i have tried the follow me tool and also the profile builder, i am going to read your link

I am curios as if i am missing a easier way or the proper plugin to extrude pipes inside of a wire frame model where the edges of the pipe or framing always stay inside of your model edges or if your using a face it remains inside of your models face

I draw a lot of structural canopies and obviously models with tubing are extremely more easy to draw than complex pipe trusses

profile builder is close but does not quite do the job unless you draw your model with the difference of half the pipe diameter