thanks for the reply's, i did post a reply earlier but it doesn't seem to have go through. yes its a very large model. its a very detailed star destroyer from starwars i have been building, so its over 1.1km long with interior and hangers. i want the animation to be able to zoom right up to the bridge and in the hangers, where some objects are as small as 200mm.

also the model starts at the axes origin point.
i have created animations in the past which work but i wanted background models in this animation which make the work space allot larger, which is what i believe is causing the problem.. is there a way to solve this without having to compromise and have nothing in the background?

Is what i want to do possible using sketchup animation?

Hey guys a have a fairly large model i wish to make an animation with (just a hobby). problem is i get bad clipping. (i assume thats what it is called) where a large part of the model is cut away when you zoom close enough. Also the final animation size is way to big, over 3 gig when i set the animation size to 640x480 with 24 fps and 18 scenes. which appart from this clipping problem, no media player i have- vlc,windows media plyr,real plry and others can play it.. i hav no problems with animation of smaller models but this is a large model. both file size and scale. Any sugestions to fix these problems will be appreciated