Jaryn and Dale, really interesting reading. Once again Bill Steen of the Canelo project are mentioned in the documents. It was interesting to have stayed overnight where I could see more of this first hand. At the moment I am very busy, but promise that you will hear more from me on the subject in the near future.

@mike lucey said: Cornel, I've tried to do a search about you and got a few results but of course I cannot be sure they are actually you. Most of the guys that debate with you here are pretty open about how they are, where they come from and what they do. Its called being friendly How about you give us an idea about who the mystery man 'Cornel' is and what makes him tick. I am genuinely curious. OK, 'Mike L.', voila: MY EDUCATION: Bachelor in Fine Arts: Painting and Sculpture. Bachelor of Interior Design and Industrial Design. Master of Architecture and Urban Planning. MY COMPUTER SKILLS (besides SketchUp…): AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Revit, Allplan, VectorWorks, ArchiCAd, Cadvance, DataCAD, ProgeCAD, TurboCAD, SmartSketch, 3DS Max/Viz , Rhino3d, SolidWorks, Accurender, Artlantis, Piranesi, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Adobe Graphic Studio, Camtasia Studio, Scan2Cad, MacroExpress, Microsoft Office etc. AT PRESENT, I take care of grandchildren…! So far I have worked mainly as Industrial Designer, Interior Designer, Architect, Urban Planner, Art Consultant, Professor, etc.

Curious how you are working the updated modeling back into Lumion? Are you using the "reload model" button or bringing it in piecemeal? It's looking very nice. Personally a tad too much fog for my taste. A little more punch in contrast wouldn't hurt either. Another nice little trick I've discovered is adjusting the fog height to make it less visible and then playing with the fog color to achieve a faked color / white balance.

on a somewhat related note— attn: iPhone users (and maybe android?) search this in the app store: 360 panorama [it makes it super easy to create these panos -but- it has a way cooler feature in there as well when it comes to viewing them] nice shots roger

And sadly, instead of modeling I am going blind entering almost invisible data into a spread sheet so I can model, model model instead of read/model, read/model, read/model. "Accountants and grocers, they weigh everything." --Zorba the Greek from the movie "Never on a Sunday"

Cops are definitely trained observers. It is a strange feeling to talk to a guy who is scanning every inch of the interior of the house instead of looking you in the eye as you talk. Where I used to work there was a gal who had come home to find her door broken down. She had one of those old phone with the over size key pads for the almost blind. The police couldn't figure who called 911. Then it dawned on them that the cat had knocked the receiver off the cradle and then walked across the key pad.

Thanks all, I am back and functional. FYI. When SU is first installed the materials folder is locked. So when you try to use the "options" screen in Twilight Render to change paths after doing an upgrade the new path will not take. Unlocking the folder made life a lot easier.

@azpilot said: Roger just think Cooler weather is just around the corner only a 1.5 to 2 months and we can open our windwos. And achieve rotation before the end of the runway with a heavy load!

I got an equivocal answer back from Onyx. They wouldn't say it would not work and at the same time they would not say they would recommend this usage. When I have a moment I may try to get more information out of them.

The reflective tape is a really key element when trying to work in bright sun. Here in Arizona it is almost always bright sun.

Chris thanks, but I am a retired old fart who is desperate to find something interesting to engage me. Ninety-five percent of the time I am very boring. However the other 5 percent of the time can be interesting. Following me around would either consist of watching me nap or make me very paranoid. Still, thanks for the kind words.

I think the girl being scanned in that article is a saint. At least she is very holey.

I've been reading this post with interest as I have a Disto and have been looking for a way to add horizontal measurement, but most systems are very buggy and/or very expensive, but some Swiss cavers have added a third-axis upgrade to a Disto A3 http://paperless.bheeb.ch/. Apparently it will work on other lasers, but the Disto has greater accuracy and functionailty (and the Disto A3 has enough room within the case for the upgrade). The device uses the Disto's memory to hold the resulting point cloud prior to Bluetooth transmission to PDA for field-drawing or for building into a drawing later. .[image: 0lZ8_distoXthirdAxis.JPG] I'm considering getting someone to build me one of these, as it's essentially a poor-man's electronic theodolite, and would revolutionise field work. I understand they cost around 150 Euros to build (and the site has full specifications and construction info for the electronically-minded) Just thought you might be interested in this.

Roger, I'm glad everything worked out. It's always a good idea to schedule regular backups. I've lost more files than I care to admit by neglecting to backup. I try to contact the authors of any plugins that do not work well from outside SketchUp's default folder. The typical reply is that "I'll consider it, but it's not a common request." The installers of some plugins even allow installing to any arbitrary location even if that breaks their plugin.

[image: AeES_Red_Robin_Mc_Univ_5th_sail_Final_sm.jpg] This view actually projects the feeling of cool shade in 115 degree F weather.

(WARNING/DISCLAIMER - techniques described here could blind you. I do not recommend that anyone try this. The following is for information only) Laser rangefinders are somewhere between difficult and impossible to use in bright sun. The first thing to do is get red laser enhancement glasses. The red lenses attenuate all but the red wavelengths in light. So your red laser dot will look brighter than all other light with non-red components. But laser dots are quite small and becomes quickly hard to find as distance increases. By attaching my Bosch distance finder to a monocular with a red filter (25A photographic filter) the problem is entirely solved. The only problem is having the laser beam returned to your eye by a shiny surface. Before engaging the laser I use my monocular to scan my target for highly reflective shiny surfaces. Once I am sure the problem does not exist I engage the laser and get a distance reading. Worst case like a mirrored wall, I would have to tape up a paper target. Or just close my eyes just before turning on the laser. From a practical standpoint there is no problem, but accidents do happen so awareness and an abundance of caution are called for. Next I will need to SketchUp a more permanent rig to attach distance meter to monocular.