I am not able to set the Style background color. The dialog window is opening off-screen, completely out of view.

I tried Preferences>Reset Workspace but this consistently gives a BugSplat!

Anyone have any ideas?

          Joel

I use to have an extension that would randomly place copies of a component on surface - good for situations like dropping a bunch of trees on terrain. The surface could be flat or slanted. Maybe it was called Spray. Anybody know what I am talking about, or where I can get it? - Joel

This just for SketchUp, no rendering. I don't have the money for a new processor, but I will get more RAM if that would help. I already have SSD.

My modeling strategy is something I need to improve. That is one area I never learned much about. I think SU needs a switch to automatically turn off extra detail.

I am about to start a large project, after not SUing much for months. I want my system ready for a large model.

The biggest problem is slowing down to a crawl when models get large. It drives me nuts! Please give me some tips for the most effective things I can do. I have some money. I have a pretty good system, but it still slows.

WINDOWS 10 PRO
AMD FX 6350 SIX CORE PROCESSOR 3.9 GHz
8 GB RAM
64-bit OS
NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - 1024 Mb

I'm in need of a few SU people components to populate a model - man, woman, boy, girl, all sitting - need low poly, low detail. The 3d warehouse does not have much decent quality. Where do people find models like this?

Ok, I see what's happening. I cannot edit the library of materials. That's the way it should be.

I am able to edit any materials that are used in the model, which is also the way it should be.

All is well!

Thanks.

That doesn't really solve the problem. That icon is the Create New Material button. Yes, it does bring up the edit material box, but I do not want to create a new material. I want to edit the one already in my model.

This never was a problem until today. I don't know why it has changed.

Here's a problem that I never came across before...

I choose a color and want to edit it but the entire tab is greyed out. I can't change anything. This is true for all materials.

Any idea why it is being uncooperative??

Yes, very helpful, and I have since learned that my difficulty with JPP had nothing to do with my technique. Someone I met on this board helped me discover how to set it up.

Right now I am trying to figure out Joint Push Pull. I think: "Documentation should be easy and intuitive. It should be obvious to a dummy like me."