Hot spots, Over head bulb picking the hot spots too much. Book bulbs too large. I was trying to exaggerate them and triy to play with emitters, opacity and material. I failed. [image: rqIc_BookLightSmall.jpg]

Just to negate any confusion Csaba was referring to how rubbish the video server was with the link I originally posted (and it was so bad!) so I found a link that works and replaced that initial link.

A physically correct Renderer will need a thickness.

Hi, steved: You might want to look in the Plugins Index for the tools by "max-cx". There may be a way to make this shape with one of his tools. Otherwise, FredoTaper as part of FredoScale package.

Hi Dave, I was thinking around the same lines and tried that, it should have worked but no luck. I have attached an image with the straight line in so you could see the shapes. At a loss here [image: Km1t_Dave.jpg]

Goodnight Dave.......Goodnight cotty

I'll weigh into this discussion. I recently bought a Macbook Pro with an Intel HD 4000 GPU to complement my existing one which has a higher spec option ATI Radeon HD 6750M GPU. They are exactly the same computer (identical CPU and RAM) except for the graphics cards. Tried them out using a fairly intensive sketchup model (approx 30Mb) and could not tell them apart. Open GL, maximum texture size and hardware acceleration all turned on. Rotating the view was fine, maybe generating the shadows was a fraction slower on the HD 4000 computer. While it could be a different story in a Windows system, for Sketchup running on a Mac the Intel HD 4000 GPU is fine.

Thanks olishea, tried that but no help. Think i need to upgrade some stuff

Indeed, it's not good having the KT program folder inside the SU plugin. That's how usually the folders look like plugin folder (the path.txt file should be created automatically the first time you run su2kt and ask you where the kerkythea.exe file is located) [image: 4Lr0_senzatitolo1.jpg] application folder [image: kJ2r_senzatitolo2.jpg]

Hi folks. Click in sequence the scenes tabs in this SU file for ideas. Eye ball.zip

The more easy is this one Weebly

I decided to try uploading my models through the "Share Model" option inside SketchUp and that seems to have worked. I still don't know what the problem was with the .kmz files and the Cedge error messages - but at least my models can be downloaded into SketchUp without errors now... here is the re-uploaded SpaceX Dragon... http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b8620dbc2412f040e8467026884ac180&ct=mdsa

Hi all, just in case the point was lost, the easiest way to locate a point at which to scale the circle is: hover the cursor over and around the circumference of the circle, (with the move function engaged) the points at which the blue circle "clicks off" (turns black) is one of the points at which you can scale the circle.

@steved said: Thanks Mick, just a tip I used to use autocad but I now use BRICSCAD if you have not heard of it it is just as good as AUTOCAD by Autode$k. But costs less than the annual upgrade from Autode$k about $400.00 It is just as good, to the degree That if you send a file to an Autocad user it shows as an Autocad file in native DWG, with zero learning curve. The icons are the same, it is also easier on RAM Oh and if you have a problem they will fix it within the day unlike autocad who will ignore you once you have cashed out. Good to know

Try this link.

Thanks guys, especially Allen for such great tute' much appreciated Stephen

lol. Reminds me of this: http://dontevenreply.com/index.php

The design is special.

You are welcome Stephen