I don't even know what it is and I want it...

Thanks Marc...

Is it a separate beast than SU code wise? there is no hope of ruby integration? Or any other opensource plugin coding?

@krism said:

Okay, that is the craziest mouse I have ever seen. Mouse meets Gyro Gearloose (showing my age here) or perhaps mouse meets Terminator.

It is, but awesome... adjustable length, thumb and pinky rests, weights and already heavy, modes for up to like 30 configs and then there is the up to 5000 dpi adjustable. Even comes with option palm, pinky and thumb wrests. was like $80 I think?

I use the Rat 7 and have for a few years... very configurable... Love it. I also have the Space Mouse Pro.

http://store.madcatz.com/categories/mice-category/Mad-Catz-RAT-7-Gaming-Mouse-for-PC-and-Mac.html

Virtual Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin East

http://www.tourdeforce360.com/taliesin/

We don't get to hear a lot about Layout from the SketchUp blog or team... I get the feeling they may be working with code that's outdated or that they are hindered in someway? Perhaps they are actually the SketchUp team, so most of their time is spent there? Not sure... I've always gotten the feeling that we're probably lucky to be getting what we have. What I really wish is that documentation was moved into SketchUp... All of it. and allow Ruby to effect it... That would give us everything from layout and the customization to specialize and flow free where we need to via plugin devs. Pipe Dream? Meh... Maybe.

But maybe with Trimble at the wheel they will get the backing/resources they need to take Layout to the next level. They certainly have a huge repertoire of software. I just don't know that Trimble has handed SU Team the keys to the castle and let them pillage all the other programs. I would imagine they are all separate teams and perhaps fairly autonomous. I mean I'm already here. I've already made the leap from Autocad and though it can't do everything Autocad does... I'm willing to make those sacrifices just to get out from under Autodesk. If Layout could take that leap too and bring her a bit further to pro documenting tool. I'd be ecstatic.

Price increase? Ummmm I think you owe me this one Trimble.

I made the list of tools... Not the tools... I make no tools, I just point people towards people who make great tools.

I don't normally try to make specific edits to topography. instead if I have a topo or if I have a structure, I will build the new topo and then build the geometry from it.

Does this have to be precise? can you not manually make the changes? If so the sandbox tools will help greatly. or if you want to spend the best $25 of your life you can buy Vertex Tools. http://www.thomthom.net/software/vertex_tools/

here's a list of land editing tools I've made.

Survey Tool - Free
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=434

TopoShaper - Free
http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=TopoShaper

Tig Cut-N-Fill - $20.00
viewtopic.php?f=323&t=55250

Instant Road Nui - $28.00 Per Year Subscription SU2014
http://www.valiarchitects.com/subscript ... t-road-nui

Instant Road - $25.00 SU 2013 and under
http://www.valiarchitects.com/sketchup_ ... stant-road

Instant Site Grader - $15.00 SU 2013 and under
http://www.valiarchitects.com/subscript ... ite-grader

Instant Site Grader Nui - $15.00 Per Year Subscription SU 2014
http://www.valiarchitects.com/subscript ... grader-nui

Instant Terrain - $7.00 Per Year Subscription
http://www.valiarchitects.com/subscript ... nt-terrain

Simplify Contours Tool - Free
http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/conte ... tours-tool

In the end... I think manual will be the cleanest way. and when I say that... know that I mean selecting entire topographical elevation lines and then pulling them up or down to the placement you want and then using sandbox to drape over that.

Fantastic as usual Chedda

Some light reading if you want to get a finger in the air to check the breeze.

Construction & Working Drawings - Discussion
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12%26amp;t=15911

I have a love hate relationship with it... It's still fundamentally flawed, but it's also wonderfully functional and easy to use. Still, it needs to learn a few strokes from the old hands.

Japanese Roof Tile Fish End Cap.skp

@jaceguay said:

There is opinions that limit more than tools, when I see those kind of attitude I think it is just sad. Fortunately by my experience there is not many professionals losing their time this way.

edit:, sorry if I seems hash to you, I am meaning just to those blender people you´re refering,

@krisidious said:

Blender looks down on we lowly SketchUp people as do most 3D Programs. We're not real 3D modeling...

Oh don't take me seriously... I was just playing around with industry chit chat.

You're saying you don't have these dreams regularly and you don't think it's normal to have them? Hmmm....

very nice, thank you.

I could have sworn this was telling what size the images were... Sorry hellnbak...

Blender looks down on we lowly SketchUp people as do most 3D Programs. We're not real 3D modeling...

I've been using this wrong...

Ok... Mine half way works...

I have a stone texture and it says 800x800 and the redline says 16.1

the file as exported is 187kb. Soo that means... I have no idea what that means.

I have it... It's not working.