I am new to SketchUp and this forum. I have tried to download a number users links and some of them work and some of them don't. I am using a Mac and can not open a .php file. While soem of the links say they are .skp files when downloaded to my computer they show up as .php files. A file which downloads as a .php.zip will unzip as an .skp and I can open it in SU.

Am I doing something wrong?

P: jmac

Doh! I told you there was an obvious answer. Rolling Eyes
Thanks Edson.

P: jmac

I appreciate the response but I should have said that I am on a mac. I have tried looking for folders ect. that might contain the component files but I can't find them. On a mac I thought it would be in the Libraries folder/ Application support. There is a sketchUp folder there but it doesn't have any components in it.

Any one using a mac who might know how to do save a component for use in other models?

P: jmac

I'm sure there is an obvious answer to this but I've been looking thru the user manual for well over an hour. How do you add a component to the component browser so it can be accessed for use in other models?

Thanks for a response.

Jim

P: jmac

Thanks Anssi. I went thru and cleaned up all the "blue" walls. I'll keep your suggestion in mind as I try to work thru this.

P: jmac

They are the default colors...Reverse face corrected the problem. Thanks.

P: j,ac

This may be a dumb question but what does it mean when one wall is a different color than all the others? I am attempting my first house model. All of the walls, interior and exterior, are either white or the light grey shadow except one, which is a darker blue grey. A few of the faces of the door openings are also this blue grey while all the others are "normal". I suspect this means there is something not quite right with the geometry of these faces or there is a line or line segment I can't see somewhere. Could someone please explain this?

Thanks,
Jim

P: jmac

Thanks Craig. As soon as I know enough to know what I need I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions!

P: jmac

I figure I'm lucky if I understand 10 or 15% of what you guys say here. Rendering and the technical aspects of 3D modeling are all over my head. But this I do know. I couldn't be more pleased to have found SketchUp. What an great program! And though I'm sure it has all been said before I would like to send out a big thank you to the folks at Go-to-School for their pod cast tutorials. After watching those I came away knowing this was a program I could use. Now if I could just get hit by some devine instruction on Cheetah3D I would be a very happy camper. Right now you couldn't get even money on wether I figure it out or get institutionalized.

And thanks also to those of you here who take the time to share your expertise.

Jim

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