Maybe she was a Republican and didn't want to see him as President. Seriously -- American friends, get out and vote!

Great big grin...till I totally lost it when the ejection seats went off!

Stu This project was to be constructed in an almost untouched area around Austin, TX. The problem was that an environmental organisation was to not only sign off on it but also uphold a no cut ordinance that the City has in place for certain native species of a specified age and size. They are also very iffy about after construction plantings and insisted that trees be moved and replanted after construction if possible and also demanded we keep within a few certain species (no quick fix Bradford pears ) The Investor wanted to maintain a mature looking landscape and as dense as possible as part of the in-city out-city feel, with a name that I forgot but sounded like a famous Ranch dressing brand name.

Pete thanks and as i understood, it's for smartphones and netbooks.

saw it... so... here's the strip mall!

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1888086

and I always associated Vue with landscape renders (and little more than that). Solo, you proved me otherwise and my urge to get a grip on this software rises once more. didn't you want to create some tuts at some point? the render really looks delicious. Shit, I feel like drinking a litres of coke now!

I've heard Nader. He makes more sense now than he ever has. My guy is Bob Barr, but you never hear him. He's the Rodney Dangerfield of politics; doesn't get any respect. Nader IS an interesting chap, indeed!!

@pbacot said: But Ron, the conservatives hear more leftist media and the liberals hear more right-wing media. Depends where you sit. I agree this is the tendency. View the main stream media through an objective lens (hard to do, I know, but possible) and you'll see a distinct and not so subtle bias to the left. Notice the adjectives, the number of times an individual or entity is described as "conservative" or "right-wing" versus "liberal" or "left-wing", the body language. Think Dan Rather. Walter Cronkite, a liberal, didn't broadcast his bias. Nobody knew, or cared, what his politics were. I am striving for true objectivity and honesty in how I regard American politics.

wow! this is kinda scary.. ok maybe its the hangover from the movie EagleEye i saw last night.. but privacy invasion is very much real with all this technology!

She can hunt like Cheney did. It's all set up to save time and reduce challenge. They dump some confused birds in front of you and you shoot them... or shoot your buddy, as the case may be. EDIT: In case this thread gets twisted into an anti-hunter diatribe, I fully respect that many hunters are ardent conservationists and naturally have a firm connection to the land and the animals they hunt. "Ducks Unlimited" is an example of such a group of hunters. They are not all out after endangered species, on the contrary they help control species that have grown out of their previous balance, due to human impact.

Pete, I'm using DE 5.04 and tried your method of converting a .skp to .3ds. When I import into Vue, I get an error stating that the .3ds format is obsolete and that the materials may not be correctly converted. When I choose to import anyway, I indeed get some weird UV screw up that jumbles up my textures. Any clue why this is? Would an upgrade to 5.5 solve this issue? Also, is the .3ds convert/import preferable in your opinion to the .obj export from sketchup that Chipp Walters recommends? I'm excited for your Sketchup to Vue tutorial, as I think Vue fits my line of work (landscape designer) better than any other renderer out there.

I have to agree with Remus here. Adding too much drives up complexity and in the end costs. I just think there are some major "misses" from making Sketchup a real hit....UV tools and the shadow bug are the 2 biggest for me.

What's this? Lower taxes for lower income earners? NO! Demand your right to be patriotic! How dare Biden dangle the carrot of patriotism through taxpaying, then Obama steal it away? Do they think lower income earners aren't (or shouldn't be) patriotic like the "rich" folks? Just mocking the lunacy of Biden's statement, since the top 50% of earners pay 97% of all income taxes (the top 25% pays 86% of all income taxes). See this WSJ article for more info on who pays how much in taxes.

We've had eight years of "folksy" and "quaint". I know which way my little feet are running to vote.

Thats one quick witted 9 year old. Wait till he is 16...

Coen that doesnt count , not without the screenshot.

ok. after this discussion subsided in the end (well, after 18 pages), I can't resist starting another one. in fact, this is a question that I haven't entirely answered myself and therefore would like to hear your thoughts about it...

Wow...the detail is staggering. That is one beautiful piece of work!

Good, so do I. It takes effort, doesn't it?