I THINK I clicked the incorrect download button on the attached printscreen. And so, I probably did not look at the fineprint to opt out of certain choices in the fusion installer because I was in a hurry to try out the notepad++. I would like to re-trace those steps - but obviously I'm too spooked. So even though Norton allowed it,I ended up with trash like perk prize, security protect, password box, optimizer pro, movie mode, my pc backup, enhance tronic and conduit search. Full scans with Norton and Kaspersky fail to remove the last one which plants itself into the search box when I launch Firefox. And I'm sure there are other fragments of un-purgeable garbage I have yet to discover. But that's my problem. I would like to examine the properties of the installer, but I shift-deleted it. [attachment=0]notepad++ site.

yeah - that's where I got the infection from (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.5.4.html)

so after two hours purging malware/bloatware/spyware and every other ware that came along for the ride when I downloaded the fusion installer required to install notepad++, I think I will stay away from fiddling with codes and the like.

Sorry. OK - I will look at the script with notepad. But I literally have not dealt with any kind of of computer code since an introductory course into Fortran or whatever it was back in the early seventies. something about flowcharts / if yes, then / if false then....blah blah. And then we put the code into an IBM punchcard machine. (junior high school) LOL!!!!

column lines - xlines - guides.skp
As to Dave R's question, "Why are you using guidelines as "permanent" features in your model? They weren't intended for that." In AutoCAD I create XLINEs and place them in a locked and faded layer and assign them a specific color. This now establishes a secure column line grid upon which the rest of the model is measured and coordinated from. I suppose I could create a grid using intersecting lines in sketchup, erase the resulting faces, and put them in a locked group. But they would blend into the remaining myriad of lines. At least with construction lines, they are dashed so they don't stand out to much, yet are quickly recognizable. (see attached SU partial model) Perhaps you can tell me of a popular plugin that generates dashed lines? BTW - what does 'place inline' mean in the reply editor regarding the attachment of a file?

I thought I had the latest version which I downloaded from the rhin.crai.archi site. (if said site is obsolete, why does it still exist?) Then I accessed TIG via the the author pull-down menu in sketchucation's plugin store and did not see 'pipe-along-path' listed. (I was not provided with the option to scroll to a next page). Then I used the plugin store's search feature and found it. So now that I am up to date, I would suggest giving the users a way to change the input box default to suit their typical work habits. With me, it's always inches and the inside diameter is always zero.

Construction points are appearing when I explode a pipe-along-path group. This only seems to be happening recently - maybe after I updated to the latest version? If it was engineered into the script, I am interested to know the purpose. I can't delete them by "edit>delete guides" because guides that I have set up permanently in my model will disappear - regardless of being in a locked group. And selecting and erasing each guide point is time consuming.

GREAT

you are correct. why add the complexity of a specialized plugin that can take years to work the bugs out of. it all comes down to being super focused and diligent whenever you edit anything on a complex model. maybe also 'saving a copy as' at the end of each session so you can step back in time to see when the problem was created and re-build from there.

I see. Hey - the plugin rarely crashes - so I am not losing sleep over it. However, if the author is reading this (TIG?) and he feels inclined to fiddle with the code, I would suggest giving the users a way to change the input box default to suit their typical work habits. With me, it's always inches and the inside diameter is always zero. And if the linework upon which the pipe is extruded can automatically become part of the component instead of my having to cut and paste in in place as a separate operation, well that would be good.

i just replaced it with a new one from the ruby library and the bugsplat / lockup continues. What made you think it was outdated in the first place?

Please see attached. 10.625" relates to 8" steel pipe with 1" insul in case you were wondering.

pipe along path set-up screenshot.pdf

Can I "ultra-lock" chosen groups and/or components? Meaning......one would need a password / pin to unlock them. I almost ruined a week-long project by somehow shifting the column gridline by 1.25". I caught it by dumb luck. When the myriad of groups are all locked, I often 'select all' then 'unlock all' rather than go through the trouble of picking out certain groups to unlock for editing. And that's when key groups become vulnerable. Especially when you are zoomed into a small area in a huge model.

attached, find an object that causes this plugin to freeze the program. let me know what you think. follow-me works, however.PIPE-ALONG-PATH CRASHES BUT FOLLOW-ME WON''T.skp

I created a grouped shape that contains text boxes wrapping around a circle. But when I drag it, say, 50" to the right, the text loses its concentricity. Any ideas?logo test.layout

all right.......i figured out the problem. i put the downloaded skin23 compressed folder into my plugins folder, but i guess i was supposed to take both the icon AND the sub-folder out of the skin23 folder and place them in the plugins folder.

i installed a ruby script plugin that is supposed to skin two closed faces. i cant make it work. the author is D. Belvin. the plugin is called skin23. maybe i don't know how to unzip the folder correctly - but the plugin appears in the tools menu.

This script is very useful to me. After extruding a pipe connected to another pipe with a 6 segmented tangent arc, is there away to erase the 90 degree elbow (arc) and be left with the two pipe ends being perpendicular to their paths?