I use the sfb code with a small description for easy lookup in the Outliner. For instance:
16 foundations
22 inner wall
23 floor
43 floor finish
etc

Within some of these named groups I create sub-groups that need to be separate but I don't bother to add a number. For instance:
31 entrance door

• door
• frame
  etc

Some objects might end up on a custom layer to easily switch between high and low polycount.
It all works fine for me as it creates a nice hierarchy and I can quickly find what I need.

Have à look at the profile builder plug-in. ITS commercial but worth every Buck.

@jql said:

Thanks for your interest, but there's just so much to do in so little time...

So true. I only write code in the downtime of my architecture business. Its just prototype code. Making proper plugins out of that code would greatly increase the coding time so probably Will never happen. I tried iT once and No succes. Hats of though to the people who can and do.

Did you ever think about trying to write code yourself? Sure, iT takes time, especially when just starting, but it was one of the best decisions i ever made. You can create something that perfectly fits your needs and which Will boost your workflow / joy.

dongle???

Thinking about an upgrade myself as well. Nvidia's PR machine is doing great but will wait until the gtx1070 and 1080 are thoroughly tested. Some gtx1080's are reported to make 'noise waves' even while at constant temperature and I still remember articles of coil whine problems with one brand on the 9xx line.

a few options:

• close the scenes-panel
• change to list-view (icon with horizontal lines in the scene panel)

Well, nice many/most people like the new trays. I prefer the old one that was sticky, auto-sizing etc.

Maybe I could have liked the new trays IF:

1. you could customize/disable the auto-hide for the docked trays AND/OR
2. a toggle was an actual toggle: close the rest and open the corresponding tray - and keep it open!
3. if these options were available in Ruby that would be fine as well. That way, people could code the trays to their needs.

Very strange indeed.

I did find the 'debug_mode=' in 1 of my plugins and changed it to false. Also unloaded tt_solidinspector2 that was reported using that argument.

Still the same errors appear. I might do a fresh re-install of all the plugins in the near future.
thanks for looking into this.

@Dale, turns out its two of my own plugins that have something to do with this as well although, if I de-install ProfileBuilder the warnings are gone.

I have two plugins that use:
require 'win32API'
require 'FileUtils'

I was under the impression that using 'require' would prevent these kind of issues. Am I mistaken here?
You are using the same in PB?

Hi Dale,

I updated to the new version of ProfileBuilder and now I get these warnings at every startup of SketchUp. PB works fine though.
I just tested and de-installed PB and the errors are gone. Re-installed PB again and they are back.

Any idea how to resolve this?

regards,
Max

@whaat said:

Hi Max,
Thanks for reporting this strange issue. I'll look into this and try to get it sorted out. You are the first one to report this so I wonder if there is a conflict with another plugin that you have.

Can you please post the full text of the error and not just a screenshot? Thanks!

Strange coincidence. Will investigate by cleaning the plugin folder and adding one by one.

C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:93: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::OPT_TABLE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:93: warning: previous definition of OPT_TABLE was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1271: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::S_IF_DOOR
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1271: warning: previous definition of S_IF_DOOR was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1532: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::DIRECTORY_TERM
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1532: warning: previous definition of DIRECTORY_TERM was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1536: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::Entry_::SYSCASE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1536: warning: previous definition of SYSCASE was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1655: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::LOW_METHODS
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1655: warning: previous definition of LOW_METHODS was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/FileUtils.rb:1661: warning: already initialized constant FileUtils::METHODS
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/fileutils.rb:1661: warning: previous definition of METHODS was here
DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:8: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::DLL
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:8: warning: previous definition of DLL was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:9: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::TYPEMAP
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:9: warning: previous definition of TYPEMAP was here
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/Win32API.rb:10: warning: already initialized constant Win32API::POINTER_TYPE
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Tools/RubyStdLib/win32API.rb:10: warning: previous definition of POINTER_TYPE was here

@baz said:

I am really not getting on with the new trays in 16, I would like the option to revert to the 15 version.

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@joe wood said:

On my old computer I had Corel Draw and I would mainly use it to create full sized pdf templates of various parts of my structures. I'd export dxf, bring them into Corel, and then 'Publish' them to pdf. You can take that pdf to a printer and get a full sized template printed.

I need a similar program on my new computer, so what should I get, Adobe Illustrator, stick with Corel, or something else?? I don't know graphics very well.

If you prefer to stick to your previous workflow, have a look at Inkscape. It's open source, you can import dxf files. Install a pdf printer and you're done.

Of course, you would be missing all the benefits of having a real-time link between a sketchup model and Layout. So if you want to improve your workflow you might be better off investing time in Layout.

@liam887 said:

.. the difficulty has been creating the bounding edges around the model once its imported..

Are you talking about collision detection here? If so - have a look at: "Use Complex Collision As Simple" option in the static mesh settings in Unreal

Some random thoughts:

• position above/below might result in invisible name so @cursor might be more easy.
• what to display if you have a nested group? The hierarchy as well?
• also - whats the intended use? It might be more useful to display every name of all groups/components at the same time instead?
  ...

if it's grouped entities, exploding a group and re-grouping one by one sometimes fixes these kind of problems as well (possible large internally stored translation).

It can also happen if you are modelling far away from the origin as well.

I personally don't like it when apps collect my personal / any data - even if it's for improving the software.
I might still comply if the tool would prompt me showing the data that it would like to send back to HQ.

normally the 'link' for web data is http://www.url.com/images/image.jpg
is the result of your [file://path](file://path) something similar?