i was thinking of these situations (attached file). of course to view with hidden geometry on. for a human figure, from 3000 edges we go up to 20000 when flat. flattens.zip

@kaas said: @onzki said: ... How I tested: 1. I opened it (timer start), 2. Save as to a new file afterwards (timer starts). To my Surprise, the results are almost identical, ... I noticed that if I disable 'redefine thumbnail on save' in 'Model info - File' saving a file is a matter of (milli-)seconds on my SSD. If I don't disable it, saving a file takes up to 20 to 30 seconds. wow, you're very observant to notice that small box I will give it a try, Thanks!

Hi guys, thanks a lot for the recommendations.. I will try them all. Cheers! PS @Pilou: thanks for the formula link.. reminds me of my college dreadful math computations haha

If you want to extract the count of specific objects within a larger selection you need to filter the results. A one-liner typed or copy+paste into the Ruby Console +<enter> can so this. This example counts all instances of a component named 'parking' within a broader selection: c=0;Sketchup.active_model.selection.grep(Sketchup;;ComponentInstance).each{|i|c+=1 if i.definition.name=='parking'};p c; If you have several to count en mass like 'Parking', 'parking#1', 'parking#2' etc use a regex test like i.definition.name=~/^[Pp]arking/ to match more than one name... If you want to count ALL instances of a given component [with selection] use puts(Sketchup.active_model.definitions['parking'].instances.length) There are many possibilities ...

@tig said: http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=ArcCurve_set_segments I tried it.. wow, this is amazing. I can set it endlessly, from high to low and vice versa Thanks a lot!

If you are rendering then the SU AA output doesn't matter. I was referring to if you are looking for a better image direct from SU. You can use Weld.rb or Recurve.rb

FWIW, if the thing to which you are applying the texture is a component, you can set the component axes so their alignment will yield the desired orientation of the texture. Then you don't need to be changing the orientation of the model axes. Just open the component for editing and apply the texture.

A plain-text editor works on most .rb files. Rarely they are 'packed' and can't be 'read-by-humans'. You know as there'll be nothing to read that makes sense at all ! Never use a wordprocessor - that will add formating to the file and stop SketchUp reading it properly. BUT if it's a .rbs file it is complied/encrypted and cannot be manually edited...

yes a deleted scene is gone... kind of. You could always quickly, open your autosave file and the scene may be there. or your backup file.

Hi, I noticed that your #3 request was renaming scenes and although I have seen this being requested couple of times I have not integrated that feature to [Re]Scene so maybe I should get working on that. In the mean time you can do this; Steps to learn how to rename all scenes with little code. Step1. Download "Ruby Code Editor" by Alexander Schreyer link: http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/ruby-code-editor Step2 Copy & Paste the code I provided below. Step3 Done! (Play with code to modify it) model = Sketchup.active_model ; pages = model.pages ; @page_name = "Name" ; @page_num = 1 ; pages.each do |page| page.name = "#{@page_name}#{@page_num}" @page_num = @page_num + 1 end ;#Pages.each I'll be working on integrating this feature soon to [Re]Scene...Cheers!

Sdmitch has a very configurable one! Given by Cotty some posts above! [image: file.php?id=83355]

@cotty said: @onzki said: PS: How can I hyperlink "Protrude" word without showing the entire link? Thanks! > [url=http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/10/plugin-protrude.html]Protude[/url] > will be shown as Protude Thanks!

It's not native .I don't know if it is a plugin or just a button that triggers a native action. If you take a look at the plugin I uploaded earlier you will see there how it is triggered, I don't know how these things works though !

The .3ds format can be imported also with the free version of SU. The .max extension, as far as I know, can only be opened with 3dstudio max.

There is a great plugin that will do that ¡¡¡ http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=382150#p382150

This is hardly a SketchUp issue... See advice on a Win7 forum or read your instruction books...

For those who have read this and curious about using dual graphic cards, the thread link below is also a good reference. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=13326

@krisidious said: Blocks and Layers... are you exploding the entire autocad file once imported in SU? Most of the repeating elements such as trees and lighting are already in blocks. I'm just wondering why closed polylines in CAD isn't automatically converted into faces after import. Because of this, I still have to find and connect faces for most of areas that's why I looked for such plugin. Thanks for your suggestions.

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