From the Onion: Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed http://www.theonion.com/articles/nelson-mandela-becomes-first-politician-to-be-miss,34755/ Finally a true story from the Onion.

http://sketchup2blender.com/

@gaieus said: @solo said: Next a car running on water only? Please, no. Then water will be as expensive as oil! Its already got it beat: http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/entertainment/the-top-10-most-exotic-and-expensive-bottled-waters-in-the-world/

You can also try some good book to learn ruby. Here is my book suggestions Reginning Ruby by Peter Cooper - Best beginner friendly book to learn ruby. Progrmming Ruby - Another beginner friedly book

Have been hunting for this - so hard to animate wheels on a vehicle and render it. Simfonia animation does this loopable rotation but doesn't play nice with renderers. Have we had any progress in this sphere since this thread began? I'm in need of loopable animation now.

The "revolution" is already in progress. You looking at it right now. It's called the Internet.

Unfortunately Nick, your going to have to write a book on your process. Please We are all waiting....

Consider this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies:_The_Exhibition Follow the links in that article

Very easy with the centrifugal force Curious that was not a redbull exploit!

WOW!!! but at £2499....meh! ($4112!) Although I guess you get what you pay for!

Yeah that is a bit creepy, in fact I got goose pimples! Not a good idea to watch right before you go to sleep; I had some weird dreams!!

@unknownuser said: For NURBS I use MoI. Simple, beautiful and powerful. I didn't know that you use this true candy gem! Can be used with Rhino in direct in the 2 ways by a simple CTRL + C, CTRL + V ! And has the better Converter Nurbs --> OBJ Format (or others) for any polygons 3D progs part!

I think the next version of Blender [3] will be the one where the UI is addressed. The old 'we use right mouse button' to save the user from experiencing repetitive strain is proving to be the biggest adoption issue for users. But, compared with 2.4, the latest is pretty friendly if you ask me. The amount of dxf/dwg files created in NURB apps that I get these days mean it is impossible to use SketchUp. In Blender I import, re-topo, UV map, export to SketchUp and probably reduce file size by 70-80% I wouldn't say I'm a Blender fanboy but in terms of possibilities Blender is immense.

I'm surprised no one suggested Page ExIm from Smustard.com. It's been around for years. Edit: Oops. I see you found an older version on your own, Pete.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39694 haven't tried it though... You know I'm gonna suggest Blender too

Seems like more and more commercials are going the prank route... http://youtu.be/VbR6kE9w56s

Nice There are also two live sites of rock house in my country too: https://www.google.com/search?q=%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%87%D8%AA%D9%84+%D8%B5%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%87+%D8%A7%DB%8C&rlz=1C1NNVC_enIR492IR492&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WHjlUdyeDcTT4QT21IGgDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=681 [image: Rocks-Hotels6.jpg] and [image: url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Ug5sJ-ddkhFKZM&tbnid=JLnBwk7ar50FPM;&ved=0CAIQjBw&url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-dxLSHCX7NPg%2FT2TWio6k58I%2FAAAAAAAABMU%2F2B4oP6a57mE%2Fs1600%2Fyunak%2Bevleri%2Bcappadocia%2Bcave%2Bhotel%2B2.jpg&ei=wXnlUbONN8jvOfDCAQ&psig=AFQjCNHJKN3KI6DE-5RhcneP7WhJlPkiIg&ust=1374079651846430]

Another issue. Due to the new pricing system I miss the yearly fee to our developers, which allows Trimble to set up the extension site with foreign Plugins. Without these Sketchup is a bit useless in commercial work. Maybe 50% of the upgrade price should be enough The new Extensin site is a good idea, but is basicly done by others and just a collection, rather than a new upgrade achievement.

hmmm looks like a hill to me. In the comments one response was: "This is just another case of white man greed" I bet the opposition to the project could be paid enough to change their opinion....no matter what their race was.