thanks Tom

Workfl;ow is my main concern, not only for Sketchup but for my web productivity, I manege an number of sites and it can be overwhelming

my reasons for considering a mac are as follows:
-no it's not because of the commercials
-need a new system and figured I would consider mac
-on a short term contract with a company and it is a ALL mac office
-want sketchup to work with some rendering before I switch
-I have on my desk the hard-drives from 6 dead pc's so I need to strip off data
-tired of constantly troubleshooting windows

so any mac/sketchup/rendering software folks want to share thier experience

I hear ya - I have the full CS4 master for PC - and have to start fresh over, will keep my PC and gravitate sketchup over to the mac

yep...may make the pilgrimage to mac sio my question is
will the latest iMac and sketchup be a goot fit - is there anything I should look for and whatr are my rendering options

sorry if this has been asked before, I did a search earlier

any info appreciated

thanks Patrice

your right - it works fine with just a flat item

~ian

I created a series of components (semi-complex) and grouped them into a pattern shapes simular to puzzle pieces, I made it a component and wish to STAMP this into my terrain
each time I try Sketchup stops at 10% and becomes un-responsive, I did have some difficulty with having my pieces at the same elevation

I uploaded it - could this be a component issue of a computer horsepower one

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=29f7bfa738bcebdfae1b91909400c34a

any info appreciated

~ian

Thanks Jeff
found it in SELECT/AREA afte selecting and right-clicking

~ian

I seem to remember there was a tool to calculate the sq ft area from within SketchUp

any info or link appreciated

~ian

Can the mods close this thread - I will continue experimenting with the smustard image processing script and post any sucessfull results soon

New to the group - usually post questions in the Google Beginner section
----Question----
I have a large library of Trees/Shrubs and general Landscape plants - these are in a transparent PNG format with approx 300dpi

I noticed that smustard you can use thier plugin to make a 2D plant images fron the PNG format - does anyone have experience with this process - is there a 3D plant maker using the PNG file as a template

I have tried PlantStudio at
http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com to make 3D plant images - but am unsatified with the quality

any info appreciated

~ian