I haven't personally used the slicer feature. My friend is basically done with the hull, from what I hear, but is looking to convert it to 3DS to get it into another program he's using.

Ryan

My model really isn't that problematic, and yes, I have the unfolding tool AND Waybe. The main issue is that we'd like to be able to edit it further in another program. The guy I'm mainly asking for is doing a ship hull. You can see his project here: http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/ships-watercraft/6119-design-study-8-a-2.html

If anyone's willing to help him out, send me an email at Ryan AT Lbirds.com

Thanks!

Ryan

Myself and a couple of other friends have been using Sketchup to try and design some "paper models." The main problem we're running into is that some of the unwrapping features aren't good enough for the things we're currently doing. I'm wondering if there is anyone here who would be willing to simply take a file that we'd email you, and convert it to 3DS, or one of the other formats available in Pro. I'd do it myself, but can't currently justify the cost.

Ryan

@remus said:

You could also try thomthom's selection toys plugin. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14975&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=selection+toys

Does what you want and bucket loads more besides.

Thanks! That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for!

Ryan

FYI, I do see how to select by material, and that partly works, but I'd prefer to be able to just select the lines... or deselect materials or faces.

Ryan

Longtime lurker here, finally getting around to asking a question.
Is there some way to quickly only select the lines inside a group, or the faces? Also, is there a way to select by color of face or lines? It would save quite a bit of time...

I've been using Sketchup for about two years now, trying to get good enough to really start cranking out some models. Below are two screenshots of a paper model I'm hoping to finish shortly.

I've been grateful for several plugins from here such including the Chris Fullmer tools among others.

Ryan