Well since I first started this thread I did not know anything about creating animations using Sketchup! I have had a lot of help and our foundation just finished a video series about how the Great Pyramid was built using water and barges.

Below is the link:
http://www.thepump.org/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69 You can download the .ISO fine to make a DVD you can play in your DVD Player.
I hope you find the series of videos interesting. If you have any questions let me know by emailing me through the web site http://www.thepump.org. I hope everyone can mention this series on their facebook page if you have one. I thank everyone for all the help I have received!
Thanks again!
Steven Myers author of Lost Technologies of the Great Pyramid.[url][/url]

Super! Thank you! That was a great link. I am progressing up the learning curve trying to figure out how to anamate with Sketchup! I am learning slowly but I think that I will be able to anamate my model as soon as I get a little smarter! Thnaks, Steve http://www.thepump.org

Hi,
I really appreciate your post. There is a lot of info that you shared. I was lucky to get just the sketchup file created.
For me I think that to animate it would be a daunting challenge for me that is.

I am older and all of this is hard to grasp. I have struggled with trying to animate this file of water locks and my brain just doesn’t seem to get how to do it. I have seen tutorials and such but I am still stuck. I am in the position where I need help.
I have great faith that something will happen to complete this project.

Thank you, Steven Myers http://www.thepump.org

I have created a sketchup file of water locks that I am trying to animate so that I can render a avi file.
I have created the sketchup file.
Each water lock is grouped as are the doors of the water locks.
There are barges and everything.
Here is the link to the file.
http://thepump.org/files/8.5.skp It is about 7 megs
Take a look at the file to see if this interests you.
It was all I could do to create the sketchup file so I would really like it if someone could help me finish this project!
Here is a link to my web site http://www.thepump.org
My email address is: steve @ thepump.org
Thanks for the help. I think that I am at the end of my learning curve.
Thank you! Steven Myers