Is there any plugin manager that let me uninstall unnecessary plugins? I have sketchup plugin store.

I've got all the plugins to manage the axes of groups and components. Just to be on the safe side, do components have an advantage when it comes to avoiding the zoom cutting view problem or do both are equally vulnerable to this bug in sketchup. Moreover is this bug solveable? I'm asking because it's a really annoying problem which Sketchup team has so far been unable to solve.

Well, I found a way out of this. I have to reload the diffuse layer for every vismat to make it work. It is indeed a problem solver but very tedious. There must be some smart solution for the problem. I download vismats from internet.

@jim said:

This shouldn't be happening. Are you working on models on a network drive? I have heard this can hang SketchUp during an auto-save.

I have tried increasing priority when playing some games. I've never really been able to tell a difference.

I'm using sketchup on my laptop with 2gb graphics card and an i5 processor, no network drive, just simple usage.

Plugin that uses observers means? What is IMHO?

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I am using the most recent version of vray for SketchUp 2015-64 bit. I have a vismat collection. The problem I’m getting is, while the vismats import correctly, however when I apply them, they get applied as a pitch black colour in SketchUp. Interestingly they render perfectly as they should be in the render but in the live SketchUp workflow, they show up as pitch black. This is happening with all vismats.

Often it happens that SketchUp hangs midway of some crucial stage in modeling. I often increase the priority in the windows task manger from normal to realtime, so that SketchUp doesn’t hang and speeds up the process in which it has got hanged. Does this method work actually? I don’t know whether SketchUp recovers from the hang because of the fiddling that I do in task manager or due to the time elapsed. One more thing, how much should one wait when SketchUp hangs during 3d modeling process? 10 minutes, 20 minutes? And is it safe or risky to open another window of SketchUp and start doing something else related to the work you’re currently engaged in?

I have 4GB RAM and an i5 processor in my laptop. I want to ask while running SU 2015x64, would my laptop perform better if AutoCAD 2012 with a 1 mb drawing is open or with Adobe Reader XI window of the same drawing opened as a pdf?
I'm asking this because I keep on looking at my 2D drawing while modelling in SketchUp so want to ensure that I get the best performance from my hardware with respect to the multiple software windows open at the same time.

I am making sketchup tutorials[in powerpoint as well as printed notes] for my students. I'm making text and images based tutorials. For toolbars, I need high resolution vector graphics. Is there any place I can find such vector graphics for sketchup toolbars?

I"m making a huge model with lots of levels. The problem I"m getting is with step levels of 300mm driving me crazy in 3d. The model is getting hard to manage. Is there a plugin which does dimensioning of the various levels [i.e. the lowest levels] of huge sized groups in a model?

and we can define the size of the groups/components. Color by Z by Chris sir is for raw geometry only.

and what about the Studio-Roosegaarde-Solar-Bike-Path-Van-Gog image? How is that made in vray? too many lights?

I want to show bollards in exterior lighting for a park I am designing. Which is the best suited vray light for showing such lightings?

Also correct me if I am wrong

Strip lights = vray rectangular lights

For lamp posts = vray spot lights/IES lights

Accent lights = IES lights

all the rectangular lights here.

How should I make such lights? Make a 2d dotted pattern in autocad and then apply emissive layers yeah?

Here in this image all the IES lights near the wooden steps

@wo3dan said:

@john2 said:

How can I do a tweak in sketchup so that any new group or component has its axes created in a way that it is perpendicular to its one of the edges and not randomly created?

I see no problem in putting the axes where I want them to be, overruling where SketchUp puts them (which btw isn't random at all).
But to answer your question: right click the face (if not too complex shaped) with that edge you wish to coincide axis with > select 'Align Axes' > (maybe adjust the drawing axis to coincide with another bounding edge) > select all that needs to be grouped and group the selection > right click on an axis in empty space and select reset.

 :heart_eyes:   Bullseye sir, bullseye!! That's what I wanted. I should perhaps explore more of the right click menus of sketchup.  :smile: 

Thanks a gigaton

How can I do a tweak in sketchup so that any new group or component has its axes created in a way that it is perpendicular to its one of the edges and not randomly created?

In microsoft word or any other word processor I want to generate list which goes like

http://sampleanythingwebsitexyzabc/e349338fc5c67fdsfdee34353/jpg/page_6.jpg

http://sampleanythingwebsitexyzabc/e349338fc5c67fdsfdee34353/jpg/page_98.jpg

http://sampleanythingwebsitexyzabc/e349338fc5c67fdsfdee34353/jpg/page_101.jpg
.............................

http://sampleanythingwebsitexyzabc/e349338fc5c67fdsfdee34353/jpg/page_500.jpg

..........

so on and so forth.

How can I make? There must a macro or something.

@dave r said:

So the issue is that the component's axes and origin are not within or close to the geometry contained in the wrapper. There isn't any way to click on component axes and get the component open for editing. Perhaps, instead, maybe you could select the component from the Outliner. You'd at least be able to sort out which component axes belong to which component.

As you already recognize, the problems you're trying to sort out are due to sloppy work on the front end. Maybe you should consider that there comes a time when you need to cut your losses and start over. You've been chasing this axis thing since last week, I think. Perhaps it would be faster, easier, and less frustrating to start over from the beginning with clean modeling. Or maybe at least you can go back and fix the original CAD file instead. Just a thought.

Absolutely true Dave sir. That's what I'm doing now, thanks to thomthom axes tools. I am now building the entire model from almost scratch and manually choosing the axes tools plugin to centrally place the axis.

I've been using sketchup since 2006 and never faced this problem because, my architecture site never exceeded the 11 acre mark. Now, I have made serious mistake for the first time and learnt a lot from it.

P.S. You're speaking like my 60 year old dad.

I know all this already

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I"ve got into serious mess by doing disorganized axis modeling. By viewing the axis of each and everything, it gets clear about the mess I'm into. However, is there a way if I click on the axis, I get inside the component/group for a better insight into my stupidity?

Thanks a lot Rich Sir for these tremendously helpful videos. I'm speechless about the feeling of my gratitude towards this awesome effort of yours.

Thanks for advising me a great plugin by TIG sir. Thanks for the trumpet . That plugin of TIG sir is way much better and doesn't blow the trumpet of notification about how many faces were made, lines, stats and all the useless stuff for ordinary user like me.