Thank you so much Solo for the tutorial and especially for the quick response. I am fairly new to SketchUp so the first three stages I was able to do, but ruby techniques is something I need to study up on. I am reading the SketchUp Ruby API Deveoper's Guide now. Hopefully I will be able to complete the last stages of the snake tutorial you so graciously provided me after reading the guide.
I now see the range of designs capabilities with SketchUp are far beyond what I thought. Very impressive program and community forum. I am hooked.