thanx Takesh, I'll try the trick.

does any one is going to make a document please?
or does anyone knows how that "lock" feature works?

thanx mate for hrlps , but it seems that my screw is a bit different, as you see the end part is going to be as a needle , and I've tried the taper scale on my screws, but no good result... any new idea?

I've made all the screws that needed using Wings3d till the moment, but is there any way to make such screws as below directly in Sketchup?

@marked001 said:

great job Mateo & James.... looks great!!

I'm here to thank again from Mateo & James for their great job and also inform you about my new mini tut , there: http://www.sketchupartists.org/?page_id=2981
hope you like it ( thank James for editing)

Thanks MALAISE ! .we hada good discussion here and learned alot from each other, and now after a while the refined simplified trick is ready. I've tried to do the "smart" part by human, so that the Photoshop does it's "fool"ish job, excellent!!!!.
also I've tested the trick over several 3dwh models, all were acceptable and so guess it will rock!!!

just to inform you about my refiend trick, not as an action , but using SU+Ps, soon would be published,
here is a sample:

sometimes working in a single viewport simply , causes strange faults, bkz it is impossible to see the result , at the same time , from different views.
so the question is that " is it possible to have multiple viewports, instead of one single viewport at Sketchup?"
thanx to all code masters

how that "lock" feature works?
I've tried several times and the result was, 2times of crash, and 2 times "nothing happening"..

@solo said:

good grip
nice idea, but lack of enough vertical bars

thanx for descriptions mate

Dear James your job is respectable,also Sepo is right , but I was not aware from other, similar jobs , that were done by him and also Zem. then I explained, and Sepo accepted verry friendly.(thanx to him),also even I asked him to give links to those tips, and it would be nice if he gives linkes
I like our friendly forum, it is great place

dear BTM thanx alot for your great job, you coders are developing the "ability Borders" of sketchup..., I thought that it is now time to also have a "soft selection" tool , like what there is in 3dsMAX, and I guess you are close enough to this point.
if yes plz add this feature to your set of tools too

dear Silvercandy, if you don't bother let me know what is your machine property plz, and how much is the file size? does your machine works smooth with that file and doesn;t jump out or crashes?

I love SU, and sometimes painting, (usually watercolor, and completely far from architecture ), and here is one of them:

I usually love dream , not reallity. this is the way i'm migrating to. my master is Mahmood Farshcian :
http://www.farshchianart.com/
that opens a majic world door to me.
art in my sight is a way to creat or maintain the human visions, and it is a song of human lonelyness.

dear Sepo I am nither an KT master nor Podium, but this AO is for a while ago (I think I borrowed it from KT presets), none of KT biased preset are free from leaks (except if have solid models - not just a face ).
about the DC , that is just an idea , but it's raw start could be found maybe here :
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=20363
I've replaced the group geometry with only some dots, that prevents confusing geometry... maybe it can inspires you, mate
yours majid

thanx dear Sepo , for reply and informing me
my aim was finer edge and shadow , so started from a preset called "default ultrafine shadow" from podium forum , and also tweaked it to have softer shadows and better edges (photon number and AA ) and as u may observe the result it reaches the aim. (less dark dots at shadows and also softer edges than default preset- that is obvoius at renders above)
also your X beta rocks!!!! very nice shadows and soft edges with no leaks congrats.
and it would be nice if you test this one plz :
tweakin ambient
about the e-mail, I've tried to PM you from the podium forum , but it doesnt let me ( as a noob i guess), BTW the Idea i was going to share is easy and maybe you've rached it befor, it is : adding an slider beside each light so that easily it could be adjusted.
I mean using DC in su 7 we could add an slider ( that is linked to the emitter group inside the light component) so that when we change the slider , the size of emiter group is changed while the group is hide and also the slider itself is hide and we could reach it just using DC tool, so that it prevents confusing the scene). also the slider can shows the light power in Watts i.e. ....and the light color....
by now you are adding a fake part , a bit far from real light source that is not correct , and is a bit confusing , and i think my idea maybe results better realastic lights.
yours majid

dear Sepo, I just twaeked one of presets.. and here it is:
plz unzip it
if you e-mail me at : majid _ yeganegi (at) yahoo dot com, I can share you some Ideas too

after a long while a redirect to this topic from Sketchup Artist webpage, and very happy to find you have enjoyed my style . also they have generously dedicated a page to one of my tuts here : (http://www.sketchupartists.org/?page_id=2754)

hi everyone .
this is just to inform you , that Sketchup Artist webpage has been updated with new appearance and materials. also they have generously dedicated a page to one of my tuts ( about better render with podium + PS). here is the home page :
http://www.sketchupartists.org/
and this is my tut ( that also could be done using KT):
http://www.sketchupartists.org/?page_id=2754
cheers