tiriki:
I have done exactly zero rendering, so, for what it is worth: in the bedroom scene, I think I am seeing the light cast on the wall as a segmental curve rather than a smooth curve from the table lamp. This may be related to what Daniel mentioned. Aside from that- nice scenes, colors and renders.

Peterbilt:
Glad to help. But please don't take my one view on this. Avail yourself of other discussion on the matter.
Again, Best Regards
mitcorb

I will certainly second that statement.
They have begun to make me think that some of these fellows don't even bother with the button toolbars or the top menus. I think they work directly from the Ruby console window.
All of them have my deep respect for their generosity.
mitcorb

I would add:
Use xray view mode only sparingly. Xray view and orbiting really slows things down. At least on my machines.

Watch out.
What can be conceived, may someday be created.

Hi there, Peterbilt:
Assuming you mean Architecture as in design of the built real world environment, and not architecture of computer equipment, programs and so forth, your question has knocked on the door of a subject that could take more time and space than I have here.
In lofty, romantic terms the positive aspects of architecture would be the enrichment of man's experience of defined space. Realistically, every structure that man builds impacts or messes with the environment, whether lightly or heavily. Generally, architects are aware of this.
Consider this, in South Dakota, but really anywhere, that every square foot of earth's surface covered by solid, relatively impervious materials is a square foot of surface taken out of service as an absorptive element for rain water, space for vegetation, and so on. That includes highways on which Peterbilts run.
While architecture affects the weather, the weather affects architecture. Every enclosed space created by man creates a microclimate which needs management. Failure to adjust the climate within leads to eventual deterioration of the structure, and discomfort for the inhabitants and users.
This just scratches the surface, and if you are really interested, there is a universe of discussion elsewhere on this subject. With best regards, mitcorb

Thanks, again. Amazing tools.

Hi, Fredo:
Thank you for an excellent group of tools.
I am attaching a skp.I was testing the FS plugin on my machine and in the process I created what looks like a proxy after a stretch operation on the grey portion,and then a bend. I pulled the "proxy" away from the parent. I don't understand why these things became groups.
By the way, do I need to download the updated rubies you provided in later posts?

freescale20 test skp

T:
At the time that I did the model, I think all of my groups/components were screwed.
Whups, you said skewed. Yes, this is possible. But at that time, I was not sufficiently knowledgeable about groups and components, let alone layers.
Actually, the building was rather simple. Of course the roof planes were sloped, but no other real complications.

Thomthom:
I know this is a late reply, and may not be directly related, but after modeling a building with simple planes, I tried to do an area take off of roofs and walls using the native tool for this and found it to be significantly inaccurate. I don't think I went through the same process you did to discover this, as, at the time I was in a developmental stage with SU. Actually, I am in a developmental stage now, and probably will be tomorrow, too. ( thinking "not sure when i will get over it")

Solo:
Which version of skin do you have? It took me a while to chase down one that works, and I think I had to swap parts from different threads just to get it to work. The skin idea may be what the dude is using, but I didn't get that impression.

I have the Freescale Suite on board, but I did not resort to it, thinking this guy probably is busy seeing what Sketchup can do with native tools, and he may have insight into how other programs out there work. Then again, he could have some extensions that have not been publicized or shared. I got the impression that the video doesn't have all of the frames.

@solo: do you suppose that softening smoothing may affect the outcome? I don't know.

I was able to make a wedge. I don't know if this will help. I hung a circle on the z axis above the origin in the yz plane. I built a standing rectangle off camera so that I could quickly set the protractor, copy rotated 5 degrees, push pulled back through the first circle, scaled the first circle large enough so that I could intersect the whole mess and trimmed off the excess. That got the wedge, but it might not be the same result as what he got. After copy rotating 72 times, I did not get a clean "seamless" torus. Oh well, then I made a circle inscribed on the inner circumference of the torus, along the hidden dashed line path, thinking this would be used as the deformer. This didn't work. Is there some combo of groups or components needed here?

This has been discussed before in the forum. Do a search with your subject as the keywords, and see what comes up.

Let us not forget that some add-ons require activation in Window, Preferences, Extensions and tick the checkbox if the new ruby requires it.
mitcorb

Ok, Guys:
You need to reply to his two questions at the end of his post.
mitcorb

It is not working for me either. I downloaded the later FAK.rb posted and the bit count was the same, just the date had changed. I even grouped the path-no dice.
Ended up using native followme and cleaned up.
mitcorb

Thanks, folks:
It never occurred to me to copy/paste the url in the top of the browser page. This is an elementary windows thing, and I act like I just turned on a computer for the first time. Anyway, I am glad I could assist Edson.
mitcorb

Edson:
Does this method produce the same result where I see in some posts "viewtopic..."?

Sorry, Edson:
Apparently the page needed refreshing and I didn't see your attachment.
mitcorb