Does the 3D warehouse offer the ability for viewers to contact the author by email?

The typical Earthlings such as Bryce. If I move layer 1 into the default layer, the component still functions and appears the same.

scale figs.

SCALE FIGURES.skp

Why are scale figures made from 2 layers?

In the layout 2015 toolbar customization panel, there is a command called 'update document'. I dragged it into the toolbar and closed out the box, but it fails to update my drawings. Any ideas?

I understand how to navigate to a local collection of components. The problem is I don't like rummaging thru a list of 100 or so components for what I need. I want to be able to type, say, 'flange' into a search box and have it return all components containing that text. In doing so, I would have a short list to easily pick from.

Fantastic!

clicking the folder icon in the taskbar is fine unless you have several folders activated... because now you need to select the components folder from the list that pops up. each click robs me of time when on a drawing deadline. so this all goes back to my hope that Trimble will incorporate a search utility for components stored in the hard drive.

I can drag a down-sized explorer window onto a maximized SU screen. However, the moment I click the SU screen to begin sketching, the explorer screen hides itself. Then I have to start playing with alt-tab. Am I doing something wrong?

Attached, please find an SU file containing a collection of un-extrudable paths within which you may find a clue that gives rise to this issue, albeit an infrequent one.

PIPE-ALONG-PATH FAIL TO EXTRUDE COLLECTION.skp

ok. now I know what a scale figure is. they should have called it a 'human scale figure'. I thought they meant something along the lines of a drawing scale representation such as 1" = 1'-0".

In reply to Krisidious’ suggestion to use the Microsoft windows folder with its own search feature instead of the SU components sampler – I had no idea that the drag and drop method could be used. So I am thankful for that. The only drawback is needing to split the screen unless you have two monitors.

What's this about a new scale figure?

NEW SCALE FIGURE?

Noticing it will not work on non-rectangular faces such as 3 or 6 sided polygons.

I hope the folks at trimble will someday improve the way we look up components that are stored in large collections on the pc's hard drive. a search utility/ engine would solve the problem! maybe integrate the windows search utility with the SU program? maybe use the search field currently in the components window that has grayed out "3D Warehouse" in it?

that works!
thx

in sketchup, we have the option for small tool icons. this is helpful for displaying many tools on a small laptop screen. so why doesn't layout offer the same thing?

Got it! Thanks.
However - it only works when you're working with a face. It cannot work on mere edges.

"Double clicking on a face near a vertex connecting two edges automatically creates a fillet with the last used radius, allowing you to quickly fillet multiple corners with the same radius."
The above was found in 2015 release notes. However, I do not comprehend how to accomplish the work.

I seem to have a tendency to crash when performing a command while autosave is unknowingly running in background. Is it just me? My files are usually around 15 to 20 megs.

yes, yes and yes.