Thanks so much Pilou. I've checked out the tuts & Blender looks exactly what I need and more. About to download it... I'll let you know how I get on... still a bit of a learning curve to climb!

Make sure to save the file. If your license expires just email info@simlab-soft.com and we will send you an extended trial.

@pilou said: From the site last update seems for SU 2013 ! So try if that yet work with newer SU versions Free version allows you to make 10 seconds animation! Of course sufficient for test functions but not if you want more directly! (you can also make some past of different animations if you are tricky! Prices was 50 to 200 € following versions All docs Having problems with installation. I have sent them a note. Will see if I get any reply. Might be a problem because I am running SU 2015 on Win10. I have printed off and read some of the documentation. I agree that it looks like it could be kind of complicated but powerful if I can get it going. The 10 second limit for the trial version might make it difficult to properly evaluate. @bob james said: I would recommend you take a look at SimLab Soft http://www.simlab-soft.com/index.aspx I will give it a look............

See this new videos made by Twinmotion 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiW9ew-4oM

Yep, I use inferencing a lot. Do not use the locking mechanism other than moving though. Will practice it more though. I appreciate your information though. I promise I will use it more often.

this will read the kind of underwear you have on... give it a go. http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard

Well, if you are patient enough, it finally worked. I think it is just the size of the model that made it run so long. I found the offending part and am in the process of fixing it..........

@krisidious said: But do you get the lag in a small simple su file? No.....and it only started on the larger files recently.

@mrossk said: I wonder if this is the video you thought you saw? From Aidan's tutorials from some years back : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzOSwaUp_gc No, this was not the video but it was interesting. I liked the thought of the Jigs. If you do something like that on a regular basis it was a good idea.

@pbacot said: P.S. I cannot understand why people work white on white style. I always find it hard to see what I am doing in 3d! And are you working in parallel projection? I also find that awkward. . Good luck. I really appreciate your response. I went back and read some more tutorials and now I understand what you were telling me. I rebuilt the door completely and just added to my model and all worked well. Still need a little more practice to make sure I do right first tine. Yes, I always work on white style. Given the modeling I do (build car was parts and layouts - not the bulding) this works the best for me as everything has to be given to the potential customer in a PDF file. Yes, I always work in parallel projection. This seems to work the best for me given the work I normally do. I only use the perspective mode when I generate movies that take you through the car wash. The parallel mode is also used to create 2D DWG files that are then pasted into the final building drawings. Again, thanks for looking at this and pointing me in the right direction.

Yep, the Warehouse can be a valuable resource but you need to be discerning about the models you get from there. You will find some good content and some that needs a lot of help. For the kinds of components I might find useful to get from the warehouse, my overall experience is that it's easier to make my own than fix what someone else did.

@ntxdave said: @JQL and @Pilou I appreciate your responses. I have a couple of days work to finish the project I am working on and then I will "dive in". I will look at all of your suggestions. Will probably have some more questions along the way. Will probably have some answers if you find something on the way...

@jql said: It's not possible... I've asked for that a lot of times... Would sure be a time saver

@jql said: Right click Windows bar edit properties and make it auto hide, then let it hide, and now drag layes panel back up That is exactly what I did!!!

@emerald15 said: Add the selected background image as a watermark (in the style settings). I do this a lot for still visuals (not sure how it would behave in animation). Thanks - that worked fine...... I should have thought of that but I have never used the watermark capability before.

If you want the bent component to match the curve you should be putting the straight line directly over or under the straight component.

Thanks Pilou, that was the video I was looking for and did not find. After creating some better images to project, I was able to get it done. Here is an image of how it finally turned out.... [image: 8APD_Capture-RevisedProjectionImage.PNG] Notice that I actually had to make two copies because of the orientation. The original image that I was using just did not work well at all (was a photograph that was taken at an angle). It sure isn't perfect but it is close enough for how it is being used and a huge step forward from what I originally had. Once again, thanks for the reply..........

Kris's illustration shows many 'window' related terms. A few observations... A 'sill' - in the UK it might be alternatively called a 'cill'... All of the parts around the edges of the opening are called the 'frame'. The inner thinner section 'glazing-bars' [horizontal or vertical] are often called 'muntins', but a bigger section - e.g. something more like a side frame's profile - is called a 'mullion' if it's vertical, and a 'transom' if it's horizontal... At the bottom it's the 'sill/cill'. At the top it's the 'head'. The projecting part of the 'sill/cill' that throws water away from the wall is usually called the 'drip'. If the opening is actually a 'doorway', then the terms like 'sill/cill' change to be 'threshold'.

@techdave02 said: Parallel or perspective should be perspective. Told you it was a DUMB question. I generally never use the perspective view so I did not even think of it and it is not mentioned and any of the info I researched. Thanks a ton.......