If I did I totally would...

@cotty said: Or render pictures around the corner... Makes sense...

Went to NYC with a architect once and he said "Look up,". He pointed out what he called "Bastard Architecture". A mixture of styles & periods. Amazing brick work & carvings rarely noticed.

Well anyway, that will turn the search function into a directory listing - something Google has just suspended to provide.

Reminds me also of the grid shell, although some use steel fasteners, some are apparently all wood joinery.

Very goooood, thank you

Thanks Kris. Upgraded this morning.

@unknownuser said: As part of Google’s prioritization of product efforts,

and I lose... doh!

@tig said: Gai's link is to fix components. The default axes [aka origin or insertion-point] of a group [or component] always go at its geometry's bounds.min corner [bottom-left-front]. If you want them to be at the model's ORIGIN for a group you must include something at the origin as you can't change a group's axes through the context-menu [unlike with a component]. It is possible to code something to reset groups' axes to the model's ORIGIN... <span class="syntaxdefault">module TIG<br />  def TIG</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">originateselectedgroups</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">()<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">active_model<br />    ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">selection<br />    return nil unless ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">[</span><span class="syntaxdefault">0</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">]<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">start_operation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxstring">"TIG.originateselectedgroups"</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    ss</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">each</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">{|</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">|<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      next unless gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.class==</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Group<br />      gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">make_unique </span><span class="syntaxcomment">### forced - deprecated messages are API error!<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">entities<br />      tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Geom</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;</span><span class="syntaxdefault">Transformation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">translation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transformation</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">origin</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">vector_to</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">ORIGIN</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">))<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      gp</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transform</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">!(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">      gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">transform_entities</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">tr</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">inverse</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> gents</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">to_a</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">}<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    model</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">commit_operation<br />  end<br />end</span> Put all of this into a plain text file file in the Plugins folder named say ' TIG-originateselectedgroups.rb'. Restart Sketchup so it auto-loads. Select some stuff including some groups and type in the Ruby Console: TIG.originateselectedgroups All groups will have their axes relocated at the ORIGIN. Nested groups locate at the container's origin - which will be the ORIGIN, IF the container was processed earlier... Ignore the make_unique error messages, you can't have duplicate groups and hope for them to both be right [Bugsplat!], so it forces all groups to become 'unique'. TIG! Thank you so much for this. Would it be possible to have the same function done for both components and groups? I tried mixing the code, but my thin knowledge in programming doesn't cut it! Also, would it be possible to target all nested components and groups?

Looks like a nasty heatwave.....

Some amazing complexity!

Yes sandwich technic of materials [flash=560,315:3v0fwvw3]http://www.youtube.com/v/MR0paa-u61M[/flash:3v0fwvw3]

Very cool stuff.

You could also draw lines marking the length, width and height of the shell, copy the geometry and scale it to those dimensions.