when im using sketchup, and im using groups and components or just moving things around i get different messages depending on when, where, and how i move. for example, when im moving a componenet, and click on the end point, sometimes it will say, endpoint in group, other times end point in component, and if move it in the middle, it will say sometimes either these two options or a third, mid point in group. and lastly these two, from point, on edge of face. but what i don't understand is it looks all the same to me, it looks like its all moving in the right place. so what are the things i need to know to be precise, and why does this happen? thanx.

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@thomthom said:

@gaieus said:

Make a full dome and cut it into half.

That was my initial thought when I read the topic title.

yeah but i just realized that i have to turn on hidden geometry to cut the dome or else it cuts into squares

thanx for that. i just had alot of success using the shapes plugin. i added the dome, edited the group, and er cut the dome in half easy as pie

how do you do it

id like to start learning how to best use this tool

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does this happen to anybody else

i ask because i find my brain has a really hard time thinking in halves.

:edit: man, i need to read my sketchup7 for dummies book more often i completely forget about making the box into a component

can i delete the oceans, examples, and utilizes folders? or does sketchup needs these to operate? what are they for?couple of weird folders, ocean, and model of ocean floor? google earth? i dont use google earth? can i delete these folders?

i think that's what it it is chris, cause when i removed these certain scripts, for example, parametric grid.rb the errors seems to fix itself. its definitely, not an organizer, but rather a third party script problem.

i wish i never bought bought this plugin... this plugin is just a nightmare to work with it just doesnt do what its supossed to do. even though i got it working, if you move something, which your supposed to!!! its messes up the whole folder structure and it keeps telling you things are missing and wrong!

yes

what do i do? do i have to manualy edit the notepad? because i exhausted all the other options? im frustrated

@dang said:

I am a new user and would like to know how to create a new material fill.

DanG

what you do is, draw a 3d box, (or whatever you want to draw, then at the top you will see something called the 'paint bucket' you cant miss it, it right next to the tape measure tool, and its spilling yellow paint. click on that, a materials box will pop up, click on any color, then use paint bucket tool to paint face

wtf may 2 2008

@ely862me said:

is quite simple..
u first have to make the normal mesh but low poly
then the lines u want to be sharpen add another round of lines near them

man! i own this plugin! i thought subdivide and smooth was just a cool gimic that nobody actauly used how wrong i was. installing now

holy hell! toolbar overload

i should rephrase what im asking... what are the STEPS needed to take to blow up a bubble when using soapskin and bubble? ? what exactly, do you DO? i notice that s/b has all these extra icons in the folder that don't appear in sketchup for me after checking the s/b menu. maybe this is why i cant get s/b to work?