That worked great! Thanks! Stuart

I like it. looks familiar.. from an old Speed challenge we did.[image: D0po_TINKERBRIDGE1.jpg]

Cool bridge! I like the t-shirts as well.

The word for October was "Fright" Here is the website for the contest. http://drawthisfright.blogspot.com/ I think this will be my last contest, I just don't understand how they judge the winners. These are the winners. (My entry was a robot of course. ) [image: YVN1_IMG_3229.PNG]

Thanks! I think I have too many odd ideas. Some more, Using an old bridge as a swimming pool. cross bow bridge concept over the bow river in Calgary. elephants of course glass spoon bridge and a gif (click it) that shows how a bridge can move if a flood comes along. [image: IBBJ_swimmingbridge1.jpg] [image: VyIl_crossbowbridge2.jpg] [image: VUJV_ele5.jpg] [image: JSAT_GlassSpoonBridgeconcept.jpg] [image: 67yE_TBG-Steam-Bridge-2.gif]

Somebody bought a copy of my books, NieKo and No Bridge! No Fair!, and it propelled me to the best sellers list in Bridges! Bridge related books must not sell very well! Thanks for buying my books! [image: vTv9_bestsellers.jpg]

Just to end this thread, this is what I entered for the word "Arrival" (April Contest) So my thinking is to post an image that tells a story while being representative of what I do. Bridge building robots..... Thanks! s [image: Penc_Arrival_Stuart_Nielsen.jpg]

Hi, I have a most of the book done. What I need is feedback. does it make sense. does it suck, etc Here is the link to the full concept book. Best viewed full screen. meant for an ipad or computer I just put the book on my website. http://www.bridgerobots.com Please give a review! Good or bad. Stuart [image: 9DaM_nielsenBBR.jpg] [image: MjHv_holeywhale.jpg] [image: Mtx8_BBRsnowgiants.jpg] [image: Xzyz_squidsattackbridge.jpg] [image: 7QaW_upandaway.jpg]

Hello, I have started on my next book and I thought I would post the opening pages. (since I don't make any money on these things...hopefully someday.) The current books are here for free download. http://www.bridgerobots.com The new book with a working title of "The Curse of the Golden bridge" is located here. Large file http://www.bridgerobots.com/books/Book%20four%20files.pdf The books online are pdf files and the best way to view them is full screen or ideally on an ipad. (The books are made for ipads.) If you like them buy a book from amazon (links on website) and that will pay for a coffee for me. (Yay!) Let me know what you think! Stuart [image: FwpZ_BBRsnowgiants.jpg]

Thanks Marcus, that is really cool! I have to give that a try with a robot... Thanks! s

Thanks for all your help! It went great and I'm looking forward to doing more 3D things! s

Hi Stuart, will you be printing Dudley all in one piece, or do you want him to move? If you want him articulated, printing the pieces separately and snapping them together like a ball jointed robot afterwards is recommended, because the clearances needed to print a moving assembly in one go will leave the joints loose and sloppy. You will want all the parts in one group of you mean to print him in one piece. I wouldn't explode everything though, or you'll end up with a non-solid mess. It's usually better to make the individual groups solid and then use the Outer Shell tool to combine them into one solid group. If I were you, I'd make this model one piece first to get a feel for the process, and then if you want to mess around with clearances for joints and assembling pieces, make another model. Just an idea.

Both great replies, thanks very much for the advice! Now I just have to get started building... Thanks! s

not bad!

Love the action figures!

@tallbridgeguy said: Hi, is there an easy way to place 3d text so it faces forward (toward the viewer like normal text on a page)in the current view? I have different scenes at different view angles and I would like to place 3d text in each view without having to place it and then try to guess the angle to rotate it to get it straight in my scene. (Like typing over an image?) Thanks! s Plugin had a coding error and had been removed.

Thanks TIG! I will give up on that idea and go # the second script! See you in a year! Thanks for the quick reply! Stuart

Thanks Dan, this worked great! Sketchup.undo() while Sketchup.active_model.modified? Stuart

Curious of if you figured out how to do that. That process could make a lot of things possible. I've been looking for alternate ways to render sketchyphysics and seriously, good luck.