This is an unbelievable resource. It is one of the best "library" and "language" combinations for the beginning programer I have come across.

After making numerous attempts to get into programming I have looked at heaps of stuff. This book is perfect when it comes to, as I said, combining a language and a library. And it is Sketchup too, so far more rewarding than boring university courses teaching C in a CLI environment. Yes, I understand they are fundamental.

Great job Mathew Scarpino.

link:

Automatic_SketchUp.pdf

Google Docs (docs.google.com)

Hi Chris and Dave

All sorted.

Got an email from Patrick this morning.

Payment cleared last night and my license info came through this morning.

Up and running, and Booleaning.

Cheers

Horror stories?

Is this not just a simple etransaction?

Would have been nice to have a decent trial period so we could use the program until they complete whatever at their end.

Hi!

I paid with a credit card over a week ago.

I have followed up my cc company to see what is going on.

I sent Trimble an email to find out what is going on.

The only sense I got was from the credit card company who says Trimble are still processing the payment at their end.

How long does it take for a business to take your money?

Past experiences says it happens straight away. They all love that stuff.

I have not heard a word from Trimble.

Does anyone know if I will see my license before Christmas?

What was your purchasing experience?

Cheers

Dave,

I sent you a PM, two actually.

They seem to be stuck in the "outbox", I have nothing in "sent".

Would you mind looking? The messages appear to be prepared to be sent, but are not allowed.

Is there a trick, Am I missing something?

Cheers

Nick

Hello everyone,

Not really getting anywhere.

Very frustrating.

Few shots so you can see what is going on.

Folder settings.

What happens when skp.exe is NOT the admin. This is skp saving form the 'save as' function. Right click context menu. This is what I expect to see from the Windows file browser. No padlocks please. FO.

UAC: it is just me. I see that I am "user" and the "admin".

This is what really hits me. I get these silly icons on desktop shortcuts. Sometimes they are padlocks, sometimes they're an atlas, now there a printer.

<sigh>

I am upgrading to pro next week. Like to get this sorted.

Can I reset the permissions to their default settings?

Cheers

Nick

I'll just add one thing before I really get yelled at.

Should have explained this.

The top file is the one that can not be seen when looking in Windows directory.

And it has the greyed out icon.

?

Thanks

Dave R,

I have to go out for a while.

Once again thanks for your offer. I have just seen the PM.

I am in Brisbane Australia BTW.

I was not able to get windows to reveal all like how the older versions did. I tried all the settings I could find. Even changing to the Windows 2000 theme.

In the interim I have a screen shot of where Sketchup is going looking. See how the file icon/button from the preferences dialogue is greyed out. Maybe this is part of the problem?

Have to fly...

Cheers

Nick

Dave R,

Snip of component browser and windows folder which Sketchup agrees holds all the component files indicated in the browser.

Component file address:

C:\Users\Nick G\Documents\

This is I guess wrong? Documents does not exist, My Documents does.

So this should be set to the full path of the folder storing relevant components?

Thanks for your generous help.

Quick thought: I had been making/getting hold of these components and then dropping them into the folder. Not sucking them up inside Sketchup.

Another thought: Just made a new component and sucked it up inside Sketchup (using right click "save as" into the component folder)and it is not listed in the Windows folder, although it is in the browser when a new blank drawing is started.

Cheers

Nick

Hello,

I have, for example, 8 door components in the Doors folder which is under the standard Components folder set by default during Sketchup's install.

When I search through the Windows folder directory to locate them I find they are not all there. Some are missing. I have done everything to Windows I can think of. Restarted computer, sketchup, and looked through folder options to see if there is anything that might need changing that is affecting visibility. Nothing I can think of.

Sketchup tells me they are there and loads them from the Component browser to the model no problems. Any ideas?

Cheers

Nick