I have a tire that I need to modify, but when I explode it, the treads go away, and I can't get them back. Any idea what's doing this, and is there a way I can work around it? Thanks

Thanks, some interesting things to think about. As far as contacting someone who has posted a model in the warehouse, is that possible?

I need to figure out how to keep my file size down. The attached model (by MAB) is incredibly detailed, even has dynamics, yet it is only 5mb. How the heck does he do that? The one I'm working on is not nearly as detailed or complex, yet it's already over 10mb.
Also, is there any way to contact the creator of a model in the Warehouse?

Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

(sketchup.google.com)

That did the trick. Thanks

Just installed Shape Bender and when I open SU I get the following error message. Also attached is photo of my plugins folder directory. Thanks in advance.

Sorry to hear that. Well, I don't know what time it is there in Hungary, but it's 4:30 in the morning here and my old bones are aching. Have a good one.

The vertices thing I could handle, but how am I gonna know what kind of mood your mom's in? I'm so confused!

Thanks for all your help and information, but I have to apologize. I recently bought "Sketchup For Dummies" and "Sketchup the Missing Manual", and could and should have looked in them for my answers. You guys here on the forum are so great about helping those with problems and questions I just naturally went to the experts. Gotta learn to ride my bike without the Forum training wheels someday.

Thanks, that did it, but why were the faces reversed? I made them both the same way. And what does having a model with reversed faces do to it, does it affect it in any way (other than the pretty blue color)?

Any idea why one of my objects changed color? I haven't painted anything in this yet. Probably no biggie, but in the back of my mind is a nagging suspicion that something weird happened to it that will affect it later, after I've invested time in it.

Great, it must be my computer. Thanks.

I thought I had read where other people had this problem. Frequently when I attempt to zoom, in or out, it does nothing. Well, not exactly nothing, if you look very closely you can see that it is moving very very very minutely. The only way out of this is to pan and/or rotate until it seems to find a position that suits it, then it works. Until the next time, which comes all to soon. Of course, by then you are far away from where you were working. I've updated my graphics card drivers, no help. I thought it was a glitch in SU and that Google was aware of it. Maybe that came from a dream. I really love SU, it's become almost an obsession with me (but that's no problem, I don't have a life to interfere with), and this forum is great, but this problem is really getting to me.

I know this has been talked about before, but I was just hoping that maybe somebody knows how to fix, or at least minimize the zooming problem. Seems like I spend half my time panning and rotating like a madman trying to find a position that will let me zoom in or out. It's driving me NUTS! Is Google trying to do anything about this at all?

Unfortunately I figured it out too late to save my dog. I will accept donations towards the lavish funeral I'm planning.

Never mind, I figured it out. As always, thanks so much for your help.

No, I was using the follow me tool, I just wasn't selecting the circle outline first (doh!). Now I have another question - when I make the shape as shown, it doesn't become a surface, any idea why?

I've downloaded and studied videos, I've searched all over for info, but I just can't seem to create a basic dome. They just won't "extrude" properly when using the follow me tool. Several times I did get it to go almost completely around, but it wouldn't close and the top looked weird. If I don't figure this out I'm going to shoot my dog.

Thanks

Can anybody tell me the size limit on files to be uploaded to the warehouse? Can't seem to find this anywhere, even in the warehouse (all they mention there is a size limit on the thumbnails). Thanks

Man, you guys are good! Turns out I had in fact "purged" my model, moved all the hidden stuff to a separate file. I'd forgotten I'd done that, and since it was hidden I guess I never missed it when I scaled down my beastie. Can't get one past the experts!