Ken,

Your didnt understand me. We all agree it needs to end now. And the only way to do that is have everyone help put out the fire.

@unknownuser said:

I work for my family, and when I get to the point that I am working to keep other people afloat, I am gone.
@unknownuser said:

I hope ur not serious becacuse you will have to leave the planet. Those of us who are more fortunate have been doing this already for a few decades and it has gotten worse as a result of the politicians and big corps we have. We still have to pull together to put out the fire and then we make tough decisions about what we do from there. It sucks but thats life. The repubs and fox news need to stop poor mouthing the pres and come up with some real solutions. Dems and Repubs broke us with the stupid wars using sledge hammer philosophy. Were they really making us safe? I never believed this. I cant believe they are waiting on leadership when the house is burning.Put out the fire.

Excellent job as usual Pete! 2nd marked001. Hows your flow man?

I think we all are saying whao to the mounting debt even what some call libs dem or whatever. Its the other side that doesnt recognize that we have to raise taxes on the wealthy "job creators" (where r the jobs) to help payoff or down the debt as well. If we know the house is on fire we put out the fire and not let the house burn down pointing out how the fire got started. Has nothing to do with transfering money. We dont we call it transfering wealth when the moneys going in the other direction. If those at the top don't contribute to solving problem the mayhem in the marketsd will continue. Too bad it had to come to this. Now it will be a more expensive fix. Stay Calm.....

fn stock market sucks !!!!

Didier, Please bring back you ADO to work with SU8. This was a very useful program for automatic exports of dwg pdf etc.

I have noticed this before but dont know how this was ever resolved. I have problems exporting elevations set up as scenes in sketchup exported to 2d in Autocad.
I have done this many times in the past and and worked well. Now I run into problems exporting some files. Its only exporting a few lines and in some cases not the same scence. Might styles in some way be affecting my output to 2d?

Thanks

Mark,

Excellent touch!!! I wish I can get my landscaping to turn out as nice as yours on the outdoor space i'm working on.
Are those 3d plants or images or both?

Keep posting!

It's making me hungry.

Its working now. If I can just find out why its not working in some cases. The only thing done differently that I can think of is shutting down the computer and reactitvating sketchup_ivy.

Anyone able to achieve this in sketchup with ruby script?

Can this be achieved with this plugin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw61WJbe2VU&feature=related
Not working in my version.

Me too! It would be nice if it could read and tranaslate autocad hatch file. We need some cross polination of the minds on this one.
I wonder if it works on curved surfaces...I must experiment.
Thanks!

Hello Roger, Pete

The "flat roof" is not really flat. Its a low slope #30lb felt roof which will be tilted away from the house. At 1/4"per foot in 12' about 3". So a gutter and down spout will be in the leading eadge south and west.
The challenged is not necessarily making the details work functional but make them look good also.
I may abbandoned the l-shape and go back to the rectangualar 16'x20' and make it a hard top, however the L-shap had shorter spans. Then maybe incorporate the fire pit. dunno???
There are many examples of flat roof and uncovered balconys done in the midweast (house in Chicago).
And an update....more ideas pondering before I get serious

Thanks,

Anyone else have consistent success with the plugin? Might it be in conflict with other scripts?
Would love to use it on this current project...
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=333&t=38590

Roger, Peter

Thanks you for those detailed insights. Your right the shade device would not be as good as a hard top. I just looked at the warranty of the structure and they were 5 years on the fabric and 10 years on the parts for the fabric. How ever I have seen these in used alot (that doesnt make it right ). The shade device would be retractable and would have a release in heavier winds the manf claims. See attached link.http://www.shadetreecanopies.com/awnings/Biltmore/.

I quickly came up with another alternative which has its pluses and minuses as well but I'm begining to like the possibilities.
(the arbor, pit and roof details need work as far as scale and detail, this was just a rough idea i'm pursuing).
In this option the deck is covered with a hard top attached to the existing structure. The challange will be detailing the flat roof and the connection to the existing. I've also added a firepit for those cooler days in late fall and winter. Maybe I can incorporate the existing gas grill into the wall at the firepit....thoughts...

Thanks again,

Lapx

This is an addition to an existing home. My second Deck and pergola design. However the client wanted to be protected from the rain which makes the details a little more difficult on this design so I'm considering a canvas above. The structure is 16'x20'. The canvas system retracts between joist toward the south face of the house. The structure is free standing about 1ft from the face of the existing house. Anyone know if any gutter and flashing products that can eliminate or minimize rain water runoff on the deck below from the canvas above.
Questions I need to answer for my client:
If the vinyl shade is extended for long periods of time, how does it hold up vs. a traditional roof? Would the vinyl shade be able to withstand heat from a small propane fireplace below or heat from ceiling mounted heaters? Do you really stay dry if it is raining or snowing?

Thanks,

Any developement? This is such a wonderful program to let go. Does anyone have it working consistently in sketchup 8?
Shift click seams to be the problem. Its not making the leaves.

For me its sometime works and sometimes not. Cant put my finger on it. Mostly stops working when using shift click. If it means anything, I can see the google and standard tool bar ghosting when I hit shift click using ivy 0.6.3

hello max,

Settings? I just installed the program and selected two points. Then I manually put in two points via VCB. No method worked for me
I was hoping to make a fabric looped on the underside of a trellis by picking pecise width. Not sure what the program needs.

Thanks,

Spoke to soon. Was working fine. Now it's back to its old bad behavoir Shift click to make leafs is where I end up with a problem. It appears to make several duplicate copies of just 1 ivy branch and thats it. Leaves are not drawn. What can be going wrong? Using SU 804811.

Thanks,