Great point to mention TIG. I made the mistake of binding X as a shortcut and realized the error of my ways when trying to make multiple copies later on.

I recommend NEVER using X as a shortcut!

yep. Its odd that they don't list it as a toggle in the menu. SOOOO glad it works!

Bob

NEVERMIND! Problem solved.

Although it does not say "toggle" in the command, setting the [View > Component Edit > Hide Rest of Model] does indeed toggle on/off. Sorry i missed that but its worth noting.

Thanks,
Bob

I think i have the opposite problem. I DO NOT want to hide, but UNHIDE easily.

I have some users that have "HIDE REST OF MODEL" checked all the time, which means everytime i use their files and i edit components i cannot see the rest of the model unless i goto model info and uncheck the "hide".

This drives me CRAZY!!

There does not seem to be a command to "UNHIDE REST OF MODEL" or a toggle to do this. Am i missing something simple?

I would just like to be able to use a keyboard shortcut to uncheck or turn off "HIDE REST OF MODEL"

As a matter of fact, i wouldn't mind disabling it if possible. I never like having the rest hidden while editing components.

An help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

well, it is not worked out yet... so far SU2014 not recognizing the symbolic link for some reason. i am working through the details in another thread and will post back to here with the link.

And thank you for the raise and vacation time. i am telling my principals that i am leaving now as per your authority. I'm sure it will work out well!! You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!

bob

@dave r said:

Happy you've got it all worked out now.

Vacation? OK. Take the next two weeks off and relax. Enjoy yourself. You can have a raise, too.

Oh My, i must need a vacation. Just realized we were discussing this not too long ago! Sorry about that.

The key issue for me was this clarification:

@box said:

One small thing to note, Plugins from other sources won't be included in Bundles. It can only recognize ones you have downloaded through the Sketchcation tool.

You'll find a handy tutorial for bundles here.
http://sketchucation.com/resources/tutorials/beginner/1147-use-pluginstore-bundles-to-sync-your-extensions-in-sketchup

full thread here.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=59421%26amp;p=540740#p540740

Thanks AGAIN, Dave

bob

ah yes, of course. So i can use that plugin to sync different pc's plugins just by installing and logging in?

so...2014 wont read symbolic links?? im pretty sure i have the link setup correctly but SU is not finding any plugins.

what exactly is the "SCF Plugin Store" ?

thanks,
bob

Been wondering if anything ever happened with this or if there is something out there now that can do this. would love to just copy/past from autocad to sketchup.

thanks,
bob

ah, i see. thanks again for all of the info.

i have been using it for installs...brilliant!
looking at managing capabilities now.

oh great. i was not aware of that functionality. do you recommend that over the dropbox method?

yeah, i have used a screen shot too. sure wish there was a ui file to save and load. oh well. thanks for the quick response!

bob

Is there any way to save toolbar setups so that i can have multiple computers easily have the same setup in sketchup? i cant find any solution and i routinely work on several different machines. would love to have the sketchup plugins and toolbar layout always the same and up to date with each other.

ive seen a post about using dropbox to place ALL plugins as a way of having the same plugins load on multiple computers, as long as the plugin folder is pointing to dropbox.

i may try this. anyone use this method now?

how about saving and loading toolbar setups?

thanks,
bob

Thanks. Here it is as i begin to setup to render. its actually kinda creepy looking fixture. i didn't pick it

ok. was wondering because i saw some threads like this:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=21223

thanks,
bob

Cant seem to find any specific info regarding the best settings to optimize the GPU for SketchUp.

Any ideas or links much appreciated.

I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black.

thanks,
bob
http://rachristman.blogspot.com/

Thanks guys!
Forgot to come back here and post how it went...

i placed these images in SketchUp, drew a few arcs starting from the bottom and going up that defined the shape as it changes from top to bottom, drew a top shape that looked like it was similar enough to the top of the sconce and used CURVILOFT to very simply create a mesh from the closed loops.

Once the mesh was created, i just textured it with the reference image (projected) and it looks beautiful. Probably a similar method as above using the Curviloft script.

Thanks,
Bob

Robert A. Christman

Design, Visualization, Media, Marketing & IT Management

(rachristman.blogspot.com)

awesome. i have the toolset but havent used much.

looking at trying curviloft also.

thanks!

Looking for suggestions how to create these crazy sconces. Im in a rush as usual and have to get something like this lopped into a restaurant model. Not sure what the best script or technique would be. Any and all help welcome.

thanks,
bob

Beautiful! Thank you so much for your time, and of course hard work. This is a great community!!

Bob