rendered with KT. trying so hard to get the effect as per the real thing but to no avail... [image: joOr_tyreortire.jpg]

@alan fraser said: ...What this means from a practical point of view is that if, for instance, you have wrapped up geometry in a temporary group to avoid it sticking to adjoining geometry, then subsequently explode it; then that geometry will always revert to Layer 0...whatever layer the group was on...instead of spreading itself out over perhaps several layers. No Alan, when exploding a group or component, all that is inside and still default (as for layers0 and default texture) will inherit the groups layer and its texture. I'm sure you know and it's just a little mistake. @gaieus said: ...There is one (IMO buggy) behaviour in SU that you need to take care of: when there is a group/component on a certain layer (other than layer 0) and you explode this group/component, all the geometry will default to that layer (not to layer 0 where it was). This can mess up your model. There is a solution though. When you explode a group, all its content is still selected. With that selection active, quickly change the layer back to layer 0 in the Entity info box. Like Gaieus says. And the same behaviour applies to textures. Default entities inside the exploded environment inherit the groups layer and its texture.

@centipede13 said: How did you make your own texture? What TIG said. Or take photos of real boards.

Seems perfect for the DUH-DOH thread no ?

Jean, You are right, but if you start SU with the provided icon and you wants to open a sketchup file you are still in drawing mode. That's no logic behind I was making a lot of mistakes starting and selecting somethings but instead of that I was always drawing some lines. BTW, most of the time I start with a box and not with lines. @TIG You are my hero! This is exactly that was I was searching for! Thank you also for the list. Can use it maybe for create some toolbars entries. Many thanks guy's for answering so fast. KR; Lecra

Note however that the maximum size of an image that can be imported into SketchUp is 1024x1024, so any file larger than that will be automatically downsized. As of SU7 you can override this by enabling "Use maximum texture size" in Preferences>OpenGL that lets SU use the largest texture size supported by your graphics card (might slow down SU). This option affects textures and images on the screen (not export or print quality). Rendering apps should be able to "see" the original texture resolution. It is recommended that for better quality results, larger images should be downsized before importing into SU, using a photo editing program like Photoshop (one that supports bicubic resampling) and saved as a high-quality JPEG file.