Thanks guys. @Richard, Yes, those trusses...I actually would prefer that they weren't there at all

I just discovered this thread... You are the master of Light! Lighting looks so natural in all clips. So vray and indigo can render Morisdov's "proper animation"? The real problem with SketchUp animations is that SU connects cameras with straight lines instead of splines. Can any smustard script help with this? Perhaps anything in the presentation bundle 2? http://www.smustard.com/script/PresentationBundle2

You are right. I didn't think about hidden lines defining surfaces. Maybe just hiding the lines that do not define surfaces? Yes, hiding hidden layers could be a nice option...although doing that manually isn't that diffcult.

@alan fraser said: Say to yourself "I'll back up this file right after I finish this little thing." ' Works every time. LMAO dude thats what i alwys do!! and them BAM i lost an hour of work

I added selection filter for entities with default materials to my Selection Toys plugin. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14975 You'll find the commands from the context menu when you do a selection.

@tomot said: I didn't link webdialogs to games. It was Scott's introduction of how webdialogs and Ruby will allow us to play games within SU. Its his example not mine. Yes I first found out about them from his video almost a year ago. It was this that prompted me to look into Sketchup to provide 3d displays for my namesets project. @tomot said: However there seems to be a prevailing attitude today among programmers and large companies in the software industry that they think they can make life easier for users if they can link more and more features into their product ... I agree but there needs to be an alternative to counteract that. My idea is to link the names of physical aspects of the real world in hierarchies; each name is linked to a tiny plain text file of name/value pairs defining its own parameters. So most of the 'features' (more like know-how) are provided by those experienced in various activities. The main point is that in this way IT moves into the province of us all, with practitioners structuring their own Information and Technology providing the mechanisms for its exchange.This might also provide a platform for consensus. @tomot said: ... 1.44 diskettes (remember what they were?) Can't resist fond memories! My first PC was a dual drive Apricot, boasting DOS 1.0 and SuperCalc 1.0 which unusual for that time came on 3.5in 250k stiffies (as opposed to 5.25in floppies) Hope you find something here of interest. Chris

@kwistenbiebel said: I never used the 'projection tools', but can I use it for that? @wo3dan said: On the other hand there are some ruby scripts that you can apply for this job. One is called: projection_v6.zip with its own toolbar. Or an older one that works with projecting faces (not 'stand alone' edges): project_faces_plane.rb (Both from Didier Bur) Yup, these should do the job perfectly.

cool thanks

That is an option. It would be ok to have two versions. One free with a time limit as it is now, and one commercial without restrictions?

Yes Sir! Mac only! And boy, this thing is soooo cool.

Check out new free SketchUp plugin that shows suns path, hour of day etc: http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/STdwnld.htm Works on SketchUp 7 and for SketchUp 6 (have to direct it to SketchUp 6/plugin in the INSTALL process - as instructed in SunTool Help file.)

oops, sorry. (There's got to be SOME conspiracy we can dig up.)

Todd at Smustard.com developed centerpoint.rb which identifies the centerpoint of selected geometry. EDIT: After re-reading your original request, Kwistenbiel, I realize you already referred to this script....so never mind!!

Had me thinking of Myst also, and how visually far ahead of its time it was.

OUCH!!!

Going from cigarets to pills and drugs . (I am not into those BTW) This is a bit Off-topic, as I did this animation in Cinema4D . I hope that is not a problem just for this time...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWf_GBEr6GQ&fmt=18 [flash=640,400:1zh8hjdq]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2752527&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1[/flash:1zh8hjdq]

Thanks Fletch and Utiler For the moment, the West is enough to explore end to get used to, but visiting the cities on the East Coast is definitely on the wishlist for later on. The move to WA is work inspired and it's always good to have some change once and a while isn't it? Cheers and Merry Christmas, Kwistenbiebel

Rejoice!

Could it be a sound wave? Musical chairs anyone?

It seems that superheros are not immune to the gas prices today. [image: T3Hj_Batman.jpeg]