@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.......

@dave r said: As long as you don't mind the missing edges on rounded objects... As for saving the style in the Default styles folder, you'll have to use Windows Explorer and navigate to the Styles folder in the Program Files/SketchUp 2015 folder and change the permissions to allow you to write to the folder. It's the same issue we used to have with Plugins. By the way, maybe you could update your profile to indicate SU2015. Updated my profile (left it a Beginner though ). I also updated the permissions for the styles folder and that worked fine...... So far I have not noticed any problem with rounded edges. If I do, I will go change it. [image: drWp_Capture-UncheckedProfile.PNG] I really appreciate the feedback........

good deal...

@ely862me said: @rich o brien said: Best to read something and when someone mentions something you don't understand then pounce. What Rich said is the best to do. You won't find anywhere a list with these therms because some of them are not even in the dictionary . They came out of necessity. Usually I just google the words or have a search on the forums. If I can't find anything about it, I just ask. That is what I will continue to do.........just threw it out as a suggestion. Be prepared for me to pounce !!

same here, but also for the .skp files. Even with a new created 2015 pro version models i am forced to open in 2014 so i get an error. If i can not solve the issue (since i do not want to run 2015 version and then open the file via browsing or from the list below every annoying time) i guess i am going to uninstall the 2014 version. Any help will be very appreciated.

@tig said: I see no such lag. With creation or editing [an edit is in effect a create as a new definition is made for the instance[s] and the old one deleted from the data-base]. I have v2015 WIN Pro 64bit If anything it seems faster than v2014 ? Do you have any other plugins installed which might be using observers etc to look at created components and thereby slowing it down ? If you manually make a component are there similar lags ? This is the first report of a possible issue... No - I do not have any other plugins that are using observers...... If I do not get the lag when creating components or any other things. 2015 has been very fast for me. I just noticed this today. Do not remember seeing it yesterday or before and have not made any updates........ OK - I just went and tried again with one of the files where I noticed the problem earlier and it worked fine (and VERY fast). Do not know what might have been happening (I have all of the same things opened on my PC). I will assume it is fine but I will watch it to see if it happens again. Thanks for the quick reply...........

@box said: You should look at this thread too as you are interested. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=59710 I took the survey.........

SketchUP will not import some DWG information such as text, hatching dimensions, complex surfaces or dynamic blocks. Also, any information on the layouts are ignored. Finally, curves are faceted when importing to SKUP.

@box said: Make sure you are aware of what you are naming. The Name field in the entity info window is for the specific instance of the component. The root component name is the Definition. I had them both named the same

I wanted to add a great deal to Dave's post but in the long run all I had was this [image: frog_legs.jpg]