You guys are awesome.

Voder Vocoder,
I had given up on that approach under the impression i am dealing with thousands of line if not infinite. Thank you so very much.

Mirjman,
Here is the sketchup model file with plume and the rest.

JetPlume.skp

Guys,

I think i will turn off the profile lines and make the other objects' textures more darker to make them more visible. This forum is great, i am pleasantly surprised with the number of replies in such a short time. Appreciate all this help guys and keep up the good work.

Remus,

That makes more sense now. However if i am not wrong this will only work with images(correct?). What i am trying to do is create a little animation in sketchup showing the plume coming out and if possible changing shape and size. Is it possible in anyway to get rid of the plume profile in model itself? If i am not wrong Sketchup also has layers. Is there anyway to manipulate the layers feature in sketchup to achieve this?

Once again, i appreciate your help.

Thanks for quick reply Remus.

Let me try to understand what you are saying here.

1. Create an independent image of jet plume with profiles turned off.
2. Merge the image created in above step into the sketchup model that has the body of the missile (profile turned on).

Can you please tell me how to merge the two if the above is correct?

Thanks

I have created a jet plume (sorta) for a jet nozzle as a component. I used a hollow cylinder , create sharp edges at one end and filled it with the texture that i wanted. To get rid of the drak black edges i selected them all using shift key (painful!) and then used "Hide" from context menu. The problem is i can't seem to get rid of the two outer most black lines. The image link is given below.
P.S: When i turn off the profile lines these two lines disappear exactly like i want it. However i also lose edges/profile lines on the rest of the model which i don't want. Is there any way to turn off profile lines on a component and not the entire model? If it possible to turn off profile lines on the jet plume component and not the rest of the missile? I would greatly appreciate any help in this regard.