I am on the SketchUp learning curve and have hit a speed bump. I want to move objects in SketchUp as the camera moves. I thought I could do this SketchyPhysics, but I'm not really getting it; maybe I am going about this the wrong way.

Here is a link to an animation of the project - http://www.industrialarts101.com/bedroom%20plasma%20V2.flv I got the objects to move by shifting and copying to layers, then changing layers in scenes. I did it as a test, so not many layers and obviously not too smooth.

Can I smooth the movement out with SP or should I be looking for another method?

One other - not a SP question, but if you could point me the right way - I have seen rendered animations. How is that done? I tried to render a small SU project in Kerkythea, but quit after the 30 sec animation was rendering for 13 hours.

Thanks for any and all information,

Mark Springer
industrial arts
http://www.industrialarts101.com

I am having problems with initializing the codecs in SketchUp. More than half give me error codes that say "can't initialize compressor". Microsoft 1 and Cinepac work - Divx, Indeo and Intel give me errors.

I have searched and googled but have not seen any reference to this problem. I upgraded Divx and still have the same problem, so it's some other compatibilty issue.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Mark Springer
industrial arts