@Dave-R It's to be able to sample the texture to paint some geometry. Typically urbanism. I get landscape bitmap drawings that I need to scale to match the DWG. Then I need to explode the image to paint the mesh that I start to build with quadfacetool, vertextools and subD ( I use vertextools ability to keep the texture UV while editing the vertex). Sometimes I use Google Earth images too, and trace the roads first, then start building quads. Once I start moving the vertex, and break the planeity, the texture gets exploded and I use the source image to sample the texture scale and orientation ( by using the projected mode) and repaint the messed up geometry. When creating complex terrains, I group the parts to keep the subdiviions fast. And once a group is created, I can't see the source texture anymore so I can't trace upon it. When using DWG style vectorised drawings, there's no problem as the source remains visible when you're in a group (and the source drawing outside the group), but with bitmaps, you need it inside the group to be visible unless it's an image. So I'd like to be able to keep the visibility of a bitmap in all circumstances, wether inside or outside a group.. Or, being able to sample an image and use it as a texture without having to explode it first.

@optimaforever said: @pilou said: :fro: Depuis le temps qu'on attendait ça, hein, Pilou

@optimaforever said: Hello all, I just installed the JHS powerbar in SU 2020 Pro and so far, I got one bug (but an annoying one): When I use EXTRUDE LINE (by Didier Bur), SU hangs when trying to extrude more than one line at once. Previously, I had no problem doing that (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019). Now I must be aware that SU crashes (or hangs for eternity) when doing that. I had/ have the same problem with SU 2019 and now with 2020. I am aware that JHS is not updated for 2020. Crash occurs usually when I want to return/ undo the last command, or do work to fast and the I get unwanted lines. My solution is to work slow and save at each step.

Glad you got it sorted. The handful of triangles aren't that big a deal, just thought I'd mention them. It's actually a pretty nice model.

Yup, I remember having read somewhere that SketchUp works internally in inch and it converts on the fly in metric for display... But I can't work in arch units, that's impossible, I'm too old for conversion now

Ah... I wanted to ask you what it was. subdivided... mmmh... I suggest you rename the shortcut "Toggle subdivision on/off" or something like that. Thanks Thom!

yup, quadfacetool, vertextool and subd.

@optimaforever said: I was using this favourite trick too already... I was wondering if a material slot in the FlexWindow dynamic compo panel was possible, just like in Profile Builder2... where you can assign an in-scene material on profile before generating it. I don't think a material slot can be added within the dynamic components window like it is in profile builder. But I'll look into it, maybe some other way would be possible. @optimaforever said: Thanks for the make default with favourite preset window, I didn't know. [/quote] Just note that if you've changed the default component, when there are updates to a specific component (new realeases etc.), the only way to see the updated component will be from the favorites! I got confused myself a few times not understanding why the update wasn't showing up... .

Basically, something like this. [image: 7zbU_likethis.JPG]

Maybe it's model specific... can you share a model?

Ok thanks for the fast reply.

Hello! Thank you for reporting it. We had that issue in version 1.1.0. If you haven't updated to version 1.1.1-beta, you can get it here: https://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=148934 Tell me if the problem resolved after update

Ooops! I can't believe I missed this post from so long ago! I must have read it when I was half asleep one night and it just got marked as read... Please forgive me Rio! @optimaforever said: Hello! Is it possible to automatically put the glass panel's inner face in the "2sided glass" layer or anything similar? An automatic scene management alike? It seems like you've solved the issue by creating your own custom layer and saving the component as a favorite? @optimaforever said: Question 2: When I tweak the (autogenerated) glass material name (apply a thea shader on it) and define a flexwindow favourite, what happens to the thea material definition? Is it embedded inside the favourite? Saving a favorite is like saving a Sketchup File. It should maintain the material definition. What have you found out by now? Is it working properly? @optimaforever said: Question 3: What about more possibilities like double and triple glazing parameters? For exterior/interior high end shots sometimes I need to model triple glazing to get realistic reflections. Long live FW! For now, you could use the thick glass as a containing component for let's say three different types of glazing components, and show and hide those by turning on and off custom made layers. Just make sure to set the glass thickness to the same size of the bounding box of the thickest set of glazing. I'll add additional custom glass options to my list of possible future features.

@optimaforever said: Ok, sorry. I must be more explicit. I meant that the thumbnails help if they're be big enough (sometimes there are a lot of variants and it's difficult to distinguish betwern them). We'll see what we can do about the size of the thumbnails, and also how to optimize the interface to have more thumbnails and less wasted space. @optimaforever said: If one could define the snapshot it's even nicer as you can focus on the differences but one could imagine a folder hierarchy system too. Not sure if we can define the snapshot, we'll look into it. Folder hierarchy is a nice idea. we'll see if we can fit that in at a later time.

I would affirm the request. When looking at the component attributes, how is does one know what A), B), etc. refer to. A great plugin, but some tutorials would be helpful. Thanks.

Try the "frame guide" setting. Does that help?

It's sticky be default, in order to give you nice flat icons in the favorites window. (I know that may sound rediculous ) If you have the 90* rotator on (in the manager window) it won't be sticky. That will be a bit difficult right now. Best if you recreate your presets/favorites.

Ok. Indeed problem solved. thanks!

Have you noticed any patterns that lead up to this? Also: What SU version? What OS?