Hello,
I think selecting stuff is a mess in Sketchup. Although there are so many excellent selection plugins, I couldn't find a simple feature that I need. I used so many 3d apps in the past, all had a simple option of:

1. Not selecting the back objects: If I rectangle select over some faces, I want to select only the faces looking towards me, not some stuff underlying in the back. (Like Cinema 4d's " Only Select Visible Elements" or 3ds Max's "Backface Culling" I guess)
2. Maybe a brush selection tool, when I keep pressed on left click the faces I walk over are included in the selection (not the back ones). For example Fredo's excellent ThruPaint has this behaviour. I need the same for just a selection. I think there is a plugin called "Grabby" in the warehouse, but I'm not sure about its features, since I need to pay for it to find out.

I think this is such a basic feature, I'm sure there is a way of doing it that I'm not aware of. Can you help me with this?

Thanks alot in advance...

Hello,

I'm sure this must a noob question, pardon me for this. I used vray in other applications,so the principles must be same here right?

Can you tell me how do you copy a texture channel to another? For example you setup your diffuse channel by mixing some textures and procedurals. Now how do you copy this to another channel like bump, or another material's diffuse for example? Do I have to start all over? This makes tiling and such a pain.

Thank you