Oh, yeah, now that I remember, movies have a refresh rate of 24fps, which is not enough to fully trick your brain into believing what you see is reality, but instead it creates a dreamy atmosphere... I guess I have to stop rendering my videos at 30fps...

Susan, I might be the same - the solution is not to make plans! Pete: the whole, meandering story looks like a simple excuse to watch porn...

Hello Gentleman and thank you for your replies. I think an hourly rate will probably be appropriate for this because there has been so very much back an forth on this protype. It would appear that I have something that is printable with this go. So my client is going to see what the ouptut looks like and when he is ready to request the next round of changes he will need one of you to work with. What I have been doing has been really inefficient. I will provide the contact info for each of you to him and he can take it from there. Thanks so much for responding.

¡ No problema ! Ask and ye shalt receive... Seasons greetings...

@sorgesu said: Thank you!! If I can just add my two bob's worth hopefully answering your question about mac image editors - if you set your Sketchup preferences (Applications - applications for editing image files - /Applications/iPhoto.app), as mentioned; and then set your iPhoto preferences (General - edit photo - full screen) you end up in the iPhoto editor. This is an image editor for photos more than anything else (and not a bad one) but at least it will show the functioning of the in-Sketchup edit texture image process. Cheers Nick

that did it! Thanks. I'm sure I must have messed it up somehow.

I don't think you were "unfair" with me, but perhaps you are using that word different from the meaning I understand. I am always happy to learn something new. However, I don't quite follow what you are trying to say. I followed what you said step by step and I still get the same results. First, I did NOT ask you to look at the model in "mono" mode. I simply said that in shaded with texture mode when you first make the model it is in default color and to leave it that way when you make the component. Next. After painting from the outside of the component,I assign the component to layer 1. If I edit the component the internal geometry is still on layer 0 but the texture has been been applied to the inside just as I said. I close the component Next, I switch to Mono mode as you suggested. I switch to color by layer. The component takes on the color of layer 1 If I edit the component the internal geometry still registers Layer 0 (not what you said in your commentary) and the external layer color is still applied to the inside, just as it is when we paint a texture on it from the outside when it is in Shaded mode. this is entirely consistent with the behaviour I describe in Shaded mode. However the geometry inside is still on layer 0 If I explode the component it behaves as it did in the shaded mode. The geometry is on layer 1 now and the colour is still the colour of layer 1 as it was before I exploded. If I change to shaded mode it is still the same If I turn off colour by layer and look at it now, the colour is of the texture I orignially painted. The colour by layer colour does not over ride that. So I don't quite understand what you are trying to point out. So sorry. Perhaps I'm not understanding properly?

It appears that if you want to use guides you MUST have axes on. Turning off axes in 7.1 turns off the guides.

Well, I wrote to my marketing contacts directly at SketchUp HQ and I have had no response thus far, but I expect the decsion isn't from them any way. They would need to be willing to intervene on my behalf. On the Google site, there is no way to contact them at all regarding this subject. There are contact us forms for things like using their webtools, but no one to tell that a link isn't working properly or to ask a question about the logo. exasperating really.

Woops, well i hope you had a happy birthday

Wonderful! Thank you :~)

Jean, thank you. That is really neat. I have another way too. See here AnotherWay.skp

@unknownuser said: I think you might want to have it visible and only allow new members if another member known to you will vouch for them. But to not see it at all is going a little overboard. I think an idea like that is very good. I have seen a lot of forums where most of the users are say, under 15, And one of the biggest problems with such websites are arguments. Or at best "Heated Discussions". So how will that be kept under control without all the junior members feeling that the "Adults" are being mean? I still think the whole idea is great though.

Urban Legend. But quite the funny one.

oh, never mind. I'm canning the whole idea any way. I can't believe you would do that for me, seriously?? Thanks Ray. Anyway, another great idea bites the dust.

Thanks for responding to this guys. Always like to help my customers on the one side and my friends here on the other side.

Hi Susan, hi folks. Dont forget that you can Orbit, pan and zoom in the middle of a dimensionning operation to force SU to use a plane instead of another. See this SU file for ideas. Dimensions positionning.skp

@sorgesu said: hypercosm? not to forget Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended (formerly aka Acrobat 3D) for creating and editing interactive 3D PDFs displayable on every system w/ a recent Adobe Reader installed, i.e. w/o installing another unwanted plug-in. 30-days trial avail. Norbert

I have the same problem. There are a number of tutorials on the Unwrap 3D site but they don't get to the crux of what I want to understand quickly enough. HEre is the link nonetheless http://www.unwrap3d.com/tutorials.aspx