Check out here http://www.ecobob.co.nz/ for some New Zealand Eco home ideas.
Web based tools for energy design - http://www.wbdg.org/tools/tools.php
BRANZ annual loss factor tool may help you ? downnload the "AFL" tool http://www.branz.co.nz/cms_display.php?sn=17&st=1&pg=1431

And these links are more likely what your after if SU compatablity is required.
Energy Rating software

IES Intergrated Environmental Software
http://www.iesve.com/content/
http://www.iesve.com/content/default.asp?page=s156 (SU Plugin)

YOU can thank me later

Cheers jeff

Brilliant Penguin Joke (told by a monkey)

PenguinJoke.wmv

nice idea Jim.
I was also thinking the other day it would be nice also to be able select a function so that faces do not close in. Then if drawing in 2D (eg: construction detailing) may read better and be faster to work with. This coupled with your idea may be a solution to drawing in 2D (with perspective turned off that is).

Maybe a 90deg page rotation tool in the 2D direction could work also?

I have to leave the working out of this to someone else ofcourse, but what do you think?

CHeers Jeff

I have done a similal thing and made roof & wall sections at variuos roof pitches.

The sections are a little over detailed so I can position them exactly where I want, but then I delete the internal bits of the roof construction that I dont need and normally just retain the perimeter (or group any brick veneer). I then copy and paste the perimeter of the floor slab to each group so I can use the tool to complete most of the work as seen here http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=13958&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60#p109543

SECTIONS_Roof & Wall

Go to styles, wireframe and set your model to colour "by axis",...oh and dont try to read everything on this forum otherwise you will not get any work done.

Have you tried it in SU6 pro?

Thanks Gaieus. Your quick off the mark today!
PS: This is a great site

Whats on the Horizon may I ask, or are you guys still drinking the water at the hole?

I have made some textures by manipulating the lines only on a face, simply to do and came up with some nice effects which I saved as .png images. An easy way to grap these textures is to dwnload model, open up materials, materials in model, then drag and drop them into the folder below where you want them.

Hope you like them, I do have them as grey colours but chnaged them for the post, you can change to suit anyhow.

PS to make these images I drew 2 lines 1mm apart. Then I divided the 1mm line up 16 times, then copied the lines 16 lines 100 times. This gave me the images the various images which are great for a METAL or TIMBER appearance.

There is a NEW STYLE in model here to from SU7 library. I love it my favourite.

Aprox 9 textures.

Eric, I say to my daughter that if you believe its true then it is. Dont spoil it for others....like myself I thought that was for real.

This one is not fake ..surely
http://www.hauraki.co.nz/images/insider/Pegadinhadoesqueleto.wmv

I know, with these rubys SU is becoming a very very powerful tool.

If Im right it looks like you can select components and use a Profile builder similar to the "follow me" tool to drag components along a line or path. Imagine how fast one can draw a basic house model if adopting a similar idea here.

Attached is a brick house follow me example.

Utiler: are you saying you dont want this?

Brick_House.skp

BRILLIANT WORK!

You'll have to make sure everyone gets a copy once its released.

Radio Haraki in New Zealand posts a Friday Funny. Its always worth checking it out. This one is absolutetly amazing, you have to watch it to see how lucky this guy is at cheating death.

http://www.hauraki.co.nz/images/insider/Pilotomago.wmv

This Chalk guy is better than good, I bet he does a fear bit of preying for fine weather!

Well well Charles

Excuses Excuses Excuses, we all need them...whats your one.

Buckle Up. as Ronald MacDonald says "make it click"

![Buckle Up. as Ronald MacDonald says "make it click"](/uploads/imported_attachments/5xfF_Newseatbeltdesig2.jpg "Buckle Up. as Ronald MacDonald says "make it click"")

Unsure on ruby making myself but you could use photomatch. Here is a nice pic of some snow in New Zealand that I had, mabe you can use this. I do have more pics if its helpful?
Cheers Jeff

I would like to someone to epxlain to me the meaning of the different icons in this forum as I dont want to use my brain to figure it out for myself. (sound familar)

. blank page with (i) = locked
. blank page with nothing = no new posts
. page with su pencil = new post
. blank page with black left pointing arrow = moved topic
. page with black "s" in middle = no new post?
. page with black star top left = ?
. page with su pencil and red star top left = ?
. blank page with tag at bottom right = ?

etc, etc.

Maybe the newbies can have this explained on there section?

Cheers Jeff.