@david_h said: My son is now 4 so I find myself having a [little] bit more time on my hands. .. Wait a minute. I need a ruling from the judges on this one. . .you have a 4 year old and think you have more free time? What was I doing wrong? Ha! I meant my evenings aren't now taken up with going up and down the stairs to change nappies! And I did say a 'little' bit more time! Thanks for all the comments guys. Slowly re-introducing myself back into world of SU!

Thanks for the thorough response, TIG, much appreciated and really interesting.

@leedeetee said: Thanks for the reply - I have tried to model everything and not worry about the parts of the model that will be below the ground, but my contact was adamant. Think I need to set up a meeting with him as it would save a lot of messing about! Please the adamant one by all means! I think I will be doing that until I die.

@sketch3d.de said: @juju said: If you bought SU Pro 2015 before 30/07/2015 you could have had it as the old price, new price is quite a bit higher (US $700 now). owning a SU v8 Pro license already an upgrade (plus reinstatement fee) is sufficent, no need to buy a new full license. @krisidious said: @unknownuser said: *Please note, there's a $60 Enrollment fee if upgrading a SketchUp Pro 8 or older license, or if your Maintenance and Support has lapsed more than 30 days. If I skip upgrading between versions and upgrade to 2015 instead, will I have to purchase a brand new, full price license? No. If you skip upgrading for one year, you would pay an upgrade cost of $120 for single-user license or $200 per seat for network license, plus a enrollment fee of $60. The total cost will be $180 and $260 respectively if upgrading after skipping the upgrade for one year or more. http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000020 aaah, great, thanks for clearing that up

come on man,, use your force,,,:D

Thanks ever so much for the response(s) - I will give it a try!

A street view screen grab with the sculpture model superimposed would have been far superior to that SU rendering. I do think that that roundabout is a completely inappropriate place for a large sculpture. But the positioning of the model in SU is ridiculous. The barriers are extremely large and there is a wide distance between the barriers so the sculpture needs to go between the barriers, it can't be behind them as they are in the model. I don't think they are particularly bad, they just look like really quick models to me. Definitely not suitable for publication, and they've only probably been published because they were free and the newspapers are churned out quickly and will accept any rubbish picture they can.

Happened to me also. Try changing the icon by right click. Didn't work but all of sudden one day it came back. Not much help but you're not alone.

Pretty cool. Lot of work there.

I know, it's rubbish. I always mean to but new job and personal stuff just gets in the way.

Wow. Pity about those flats. Looks dangerous.

Thanks chaps!

Still looks like a photo to me even days later.

It may have been on another forum? Like Twilight or something (I also remember...)

Ahhhhhh, thanks mate. Changed the scale units to metres and works a treat. Much obliged.

Funny... You'll find Sketchucation.com (and right next to is, Kerkythea.net ), however, typing sketchup.com returns Site not found...??

@leedeetee said: Just thought I'd post this up in case anyone was interested in entering ... http://www.ronenbekerman.com/the-museum-maxwell-render-challenge/#utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%27The+Museum%27+Challenge+-+Ronen+Bekerman%27s+Newsletter+-+June+2012+&utm_campaign=%27The+Museum%27+Challenge+-+Ronen+Bekerman%27s+Newsletter+-+June+2012&utm_term=Go+ahead+an+read+the+announcement+on+the+blog___+and+join+the+challenge_21 Thanks for doing so And yep - The prizes are great and the subject even greater. I would love to see as many SketchUP users giving this one a go. See you on the challenge Ronen [image: the-museum-challenge-preview-001.jpg]

Thanks TIG.

Hi guys, Thanks for your input on this, looks great. SSB too! Of course! Another great solution! Much obliged.