Kind of says it all!

OK, I just tried both of the items I mentioned before and they both seem to be working again.

@majid

Wish I had the talent to do things like this.

Some more learning

Here is my latest render. Some progress I think but one thing I am still struggling a little with is setting the scene in SketchUp so that it will produce the view I want in the render.

Wow, what a great start!

Just curious, what tools/plugins (if any) did you use to draw this?

I was thinking about trying this myself. I was thinking about putting the image as a background and then drawing on top of it.

@TIG said in Silly/Dumb Question about Guidelines:

You can't do that in one step.

I tried to find where I had read that but could not find it again

Do this.
Use the Tape-measure tool to make the first at 1/2" as before click to confirm, Select the guide line, and chose the Move tool, press Ctrl to invoke Copying, make the copy off 1/2" and immediately type 9x press Enter to confirm.
Now you have 10 guides at 1/2" spacing.

As several of you have mentioned, using the Move tool is the correct way to achieve what I was trying to do.

I want all of you who responded to know I really appreciate your feedback. I now have things working and hope to post something in the next couple of days using this process.

I have not been doing much with SketchUp lately (not wanting to go into a bunch details (health related) but things are getting back and participating again.

Again, thanks to all of the feedback.

@rown2000
Since Twilight Render is going away it would also be neat if you could add Rayscaper to the list.

@Emilia44 I think the simplest answer is to post a question on how to do something. You will get good answers/instructions on this forum.

@majid Looks great Majid.

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I, I figured it out………

I wound up doing the same thing. I wanted to make it Ctrl+W but could not get it to work.

I use TIG Weld fairly often lately. I would like to assign a shortcut setting for it. Is there a way to do that (I have to admit that I have not tried)?

@Dave-R Thanks once again Dave, as you will see int the image below, I got the issues addressed.

Now I need to work on the shape of the heart.

Another issue: although I have learned about creating textures, I need some more help with a couple of different issues:

• I need to "smooth" or erase some lines on the heart.

• I am want/going to enter some text and maybe an image to one of the faces of the heart. In the example below, I use the 3D Text editor to create the text. Is this the best way or is there another/better way to place text and an image to the face of the heart?
  

After the feedback, here is an animation I have created using the ability to modify textures.

Jesus-Texture Test.mp4

Feedback would be appreciated.

@Dave-R said in Create new or adjust materials:

@ntxdave said in Create new or adjust materials:

Would like to be able to set the RGB colors.

You can set the RGB color values if you just change the color picker.

On aging, THANKS!

I must be getting too old to keep doing this stuff. 🤪

@Rich-O-B Thanks @Rich-O-Brien , I have been doing some more exploring and have finally made some real progress in what I have been trying to do. I have been able to create some new materials to use and have them store when I can now use them in new models.

You suggestion has given me even more things to think about. Now what I need to figure out is that if I duplicate a material but want to change the orientation (horizontal vs. vertical), how do I do that in SketchUp. My current process has been to rotate the image used for the texture and then use it to create a new material.

During this process, I have learned that I can use the color wheel to modify a material and then save the modified version. Wish there was a way other than using the color wheel. Would like to be able to set the RGB colors.

In order to get this topic back on track, I have created a new thread to discuss the materials issue(s). Here is a link to that thread https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/164671/create-new-or-adjust-materials

I would like to create an animation that looks like I am writing something or drawing something. Is there a way to do that with Animator?

I know you can create your own materials and if you use an existing material in a model you can edit it. However: If you use an existing material and then use the Edit function to adjust the material (like adjust the color, change the size, or say, rotate it), is there a way to save the edited version as a new material so you can use it in another model? Another thing I would like to be able to do is use the Position function to adjust the material and then save it as a new material. There are some times when I would like to have more than one version of a material (like a horizontal and vertical oriented version of the material).

I have been able to find external images that have the type of format that I want to use as a material in my model. It is fairly easy to use that image to create a new material that you can then save to use as a material in your model/models. However, making some adjustments (like I pointed on in the previous paragraph) can be very difficult, if possible at all.

Can someone give me some advice or recommendations some other software to accomplish this or am I being kind nuts)?