If these component instances are simple 'boxes', then they could be Scaled to resize them without recourse to make_unique for the affected instance. BUT if there are details parallel to the direction of Scaling then they'll distort. If the one tread is different it is unique ?? If the straight nosing is a separate nested component instance on the front of the tread, placed within the tread component itself, then having one unique tread that has a different rise will not affected the nested nosing components... Edit any one of those nosing components... and all nosing should change to match across all tread instances. To be realistic the change to two tread components is hardly onerous BUT the approach of nesting some common parts across different componnets, and scaling 'box' shaped parts could cover most bases ?

@shrockfab said: What if I want to texture uniquely like I did for the treads but they are a component. They will all change. Ahh.. that's the hard part, you have to make multiple textures of the wood grain. There's no easy workflow for that though, especially if you want to create render ready materials. Better be prepared for some hours of work.

Its Light-up. Product of Adam Billyard. Im a beginner compared to some of the stuff I see out there. Im just blown away and strive to be as good.

Thanks TIG! I will give it a try. I do have smart offset,and Im going to look what else you have. Any suggestions? Maybe you would consider making one I have in mind. Check the Welding topic I posted earlier. People have work arounds and thats great but people could make out really well with a great plugin for welding. Something similar to the format of engineers toolbox.

Hey Folks, I am extremely interested in this topic. I need to get back to this later. Thanks for the response and great info.

it sounds as if you've imported the file into a template that you're not usually using.. are you saying you were using a template that functions as you want (units, line color, etc) then brought in a dwg at which point, all the settings changed? that, scenario seems very unlikely to me.. try it again but make sure your drawing environment is the way you like it prior to importing.

you could use simlab or something else like it: http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-plugins/3D-PDF-from-sketchup-main.aspx also, (i'm not sure how this works or if it works in windows world), you can export the model as a collada file then view it with an image viewer which will give 3D/navigation etc.. Preview.app on mac is the default viewer which will open a collada file.. maybe windows has something similar?

Thanks Dave. Bid has been submitted and approved. We are building it. I love my job and Sketchup because we can see all the projects details and then watch it come to life. On top of that I get to build some of it when I have time. I'm building a career from Sketchup and this is my life. I'm grateful to the creators and wizards of this program. Have a good one fellas.

Hi Tony, firstly my 'out clause'....I am definatley not a computer guru . I have recently posted "what graphics card" (might pay to check out that thread) I was having the same issue as you. I am now running 16 gig of RAM with a gainward Z77 nvidia 660 on a high speck quad core I5 3.4 GHZ. I WAS running an small AZUS graphics card. When I changed to the "bells and whistles" Nvidia 660 not much changed. . I am assuming you are doing commercial developments/streetscapes, as I sometimes do which end up being BIG models, you wish to turn on shadows to set them for rendering....."sketchup not responding" If that is the case it seems Sketchup itself is the limiting factor and it does not have a big GPU dependency at all. I hope the developers can do something about this as it seems to me computer graphics/RAM/processing has caught up to the limitation of SU for large Architectural models with lots of detail. Thats my experience for what it is worth. Click on this link. http://www.vtc.com/products/GoogleSketchUpPro8/Introduction/99227

Ok thanks Ill try all this. Im not used to this kind of work on sketch up. Im at a new job and they need me to do metal work in 3d. So I need to be quicker than tracing. If possible. Ill share with yous what I normally do with sketchup. Thanks for any help and Again I wish to speak with someone knowledgeable. I just have the need for some in depth questions answered and phone works better for me. My number is 717 875 5907, and I will call you of course. [image: 33vj_BedRoom3.jpg] [image: iSMJ_ModernFarmKitchen1.jpg]

@olishea said: good tutorial dave, helpful for other things too Thank you Oli.

There's no need to keep making new threads for the same topic. I've merged them. The solution to your problem is to not use Shape Bender on your decorative parts. Put them in separately. Basically, if you don't want them bent, don't bend them. If you want them bent to the radius of the rail but not skewed, bend them with a horizontally placed arc of the correct radius and length.

Down below the submit button there should be a link to "upload attachment". Click on that, then click on "Choose File" and find the file to add. Then click on "upload the file" to have the file uploaded. You can also then click on "Place in line" to add the file into your post where the cursor is currently at.