Are you saying that the tail is under water?

You should take a look at this software I use it all the time after I export a cvs file to excel I know it is not a plug-in but it works well
http://www.maxcut.co.za/tutorials/register.html

You should try your hand at making your own with pro you can take other like ones and with the tutorials just expand on the samples.

All things old can be new again.

they must be a solid group or a component you can verify by looking in the entity info window it will list if it is a solid or not
Tigs solid solver could help if the info window does not verify as a solid. http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=359994#p359994

Fredo scale

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=144180#p144180

shape Bender

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=147395#p147395

This may help?

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=35798
http://sketchstruct.drupalgardens.com/

Fredo scale

complex curved ramp A.skp

There still should be backup a ".skb" you may need to use a "open with" search for a skb.

Dave R

I understood that but if you are using BoltMaker over and over in the same model that is the result.
The points that you make are all valid and I agree wholeheartedly with you and tig on all counts but if at this point BoltMaker is used then the workaround must consider this.

@unknownuser said:

Are you keeping bolts the plugin creates for later use? Or are you just making them as you need them?

Dave R
The plug in keeps bolts of the same size Dia./length and they are added to the entity count/COMPONENTS in the model.
If you flip the axes the next time that you use the same bolt........

@unknownuser said:

in edit mode, but it made no difference. Using the file I attached, are you able to see it black and not grey?

Bob
I am not sure if you are saying that it is hard to see??
If so adjust as follows.

I have used BoltMaker and it has always produced the fastener with the axes in this configuration and my solution was always to match the specialty fastener to it. Or to go into the component delete it and redraw/copy past new one if I want all the instances to be the same

This may help to match up components

USE sand box tools

SAND BOX TOOLD.skp

some times when model is too small. faces etc are not made
1 group
2 edit group
3 scale up x 10
4 do follow me
5 scale down

L_1 b.skp

IN The entity info window

Reset Component Origin - Permanantly change the origin of component
http://sdmitch.blogspot.ca/
On the right track but not there

try free DXF import
the text is there but is lines not text
makes a large file