@ntxdave said: @sdmitch said: @ntxdave said: How do I retrieve and finish a draft reply to a topic? Select the same topic and then choose "Load Draft". Pick the draft to be loaded. I am not seeing the "Load Draft" - where the heck is it? This is embarrassing, it is not like I just joined SketchUcation but it I the first time I tried to retrieve a draft. If not here, there are no saved drafts. [image: zMwU_LoadDraft.jpg] [image: DSui_LoadDraft2.jpg]

Was free in the past, now some expansive for hobbyist!

@rich o brien said: .... but it does explain the SU at times does weird things when you do weird things. SketchUp likes weirdos. So, I am in the right place.

Tried those settings and it did not have any affect on the problem. I am talking to Sketchfab as it seems the error might be on their side or that SketchUp 2017 is doing something different. The model shows up as empty on the Sketchfab side. If we get a resolution, I will post it here...

Yes, re-uploading would be good. It's on my to-do list but I am not sure when I will get to it.

@alexschreyer said: That model looks good. Have you tried their PBR rendering option (somewhere in the editor)? I find it makes materials more shiny and metallic, which should work well in your case. I took a little simpler model and started trying to learn how to produce a more metallic look to the metal frames in my models. Here is a sample DCW Top Brush Again, your feedback on the process is welcome.

Yep, that is the one Pilou...

Yep - that sure works. Hope that is the last of my dumb questions (at least on this topic).

my.sketchup.com runs in the browser... you need a trimble account, and pretty sure you can send someone a link. i don't think you can protect the files though (yet) - so someone could save your work locally - maybe not an issue for you.

It has already been reported... Unfortunately 'they' changed the way that Extensions are 'switchable' in the newest versions of SketchUp - we have yet to get a reasonable workaround... At the moment the best we can suggest is that you set up a collection of Extensions that you might have normally loading - set all of those 'active'. Then note their 'loader' RB files - from their description available in the SCF Extensions Manager - then if you use the SCF Plugins Manager - you can enable/disable/load-per-session those loader RB files [aka Plugins] - using 'Sets' as desired... When you restart SketchUp any disabled Plugin will NOT load its Extension - but any enabled Plugin should activate its Extension - IF that Extension is preset to auto-activate on start up... Depending on how the Extension and its related Toolbar code is configured, then you might need to either reactivate the Extension or relaunch the Toolbar [often both might auto-activate] when SketchUp restarts...

Sorry to take so long to respond. I appreciate the responses from you guys. I went with DaveR's approach since it would be the easiest (IMHO) to use when a new version of SU is released.

@box said: Dave, he gave you the link directly to it in his post. Yes, that is what I used to get the plugin.

Seems the "camera around" tool is not included in the latest version of the extension. I deleted all the cameras I added and started over. Not sure what I'd done wrong, but now the transitions from scene to scene are not erratic.

@fredo6 said: New version 1.0x is coming.... Thanks - will be good practice. Also looking at upgrading my Twilight license so I can look at that as well. Keep up the GREAT work Fredo. Do I need to be looking at a budget for the public version as well?

@fredo6 said: That's why it's better to wait for the function to be implemented in Animator! Fredo YES (in french) Congratulations PILOU, great job (I like the name of your file) Dave will surely be very happy. Bravo PILOU , beau boulot ( j'aime bien le nom de ton fichier ) Dave va surement être très content ! Chri [image: Ge4c_GIF_hell.gif]

I believe you must wait the next version who will erase a general existing bug!

@ntxdave said: @solo said: So getting cameras to animate smoothly as well as basic animations will be a great start, IMO get the basics done and then add bells and whistles on future updates. Sorry everyone. I thought this was what I was suggesting. From posts I have seen in other threads, I thought that the multi-point translation (path), turning on the scale tool, and the camera to follow an object were some of the basics everyone does/would want in an animation tool. Kind of sorry I started this thread. Maybe it would be better if it were deleted. You did well Dave, you shouldn't feel bad. As I see it you are a Beta tester for some reason, I don't know how many of us there are but if we're 10 you're representing 10% of the future animator users. The way I see it it might be even more. I'm pretty sure what you wrote here will influence the way priorities are going to be set and I'm also sure if this post was useless, we wouldn't be discussing it.