Probably the result of dividing by "almost zero". Which in turn could result from a floating point roundoff error.

If that works (and likely it does 'cause it's Adam talking,) can it be moved to the first post, retitled as a snippet topic, and comments inserted explaining WHY it works ?

Never mind - found this thread: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=36973&start=0

Hmm, its working now. here's a hint for the landscape architects, use scientific plant name pass phrases: rhaphiolepis indica killed xylosma congestum Time To Crack: 9.262673711748022e+25 centuries Total Passwords in Pattern: 280,000,000 Decillion Also, adding the double spaces in there really pumped up the crack time.

Another question, I want to position an object by aligning one of its edges to the edge of another object. Infact, I have an imported Revit file, and multiple objects appear to be linked to a helper object - if I move the helper they all move, if I move the objects they move individually. For some reason the Group function is disabled for these objects. I'm trying to align two imported models - so I want to accurately align one set of objects against the other set.

i'm speechless, great find!

So assuming you want some data encapsulated within the script file itself, that will use it. A Here Doc, or Array or Hash, would seem to be a much easier solution.

Yeah it was back before version 4 I think. It recorded the mouse position on the screen and mouse clicks. So if you re-positioned your SU window, the whole macro broke!

Not so rustic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMybOh__pU

@dan rathbun said: So did "Run as Administrator" allow you to write files where you wanted, rather than the VirtualStore ?? Didn't try that - because my fileread was triggered by the drag and drop which was prevented. But it'd be worth testing. @dan rathbun said: And.. are you saying that file writing is even more of a P.I.T.B on Win8, than it was in previous versions ?? I don't know - I've always used an administrator account on Vista and Win7 with UAC disabled. I cannot compare because Win8 is the first Windows OS I've tried with default user access. I suspect it's the same as Win7 and Vista, but I need to verify this.

@carloh said: @leminilab said: Hi, I bumped into this thread by NicolasWeh on the Lumion forum and it made me think of your post: http://lumion3d.com/forum/gallery/like-an-architectural-contest/ I'm unsure you can view this unless you're logged in though... Here's one of his images, just in case: [attachment=0:21v6hk3y]<!-- ia0 -->PONENT NOCHE 10.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:21v6hk3y] i looked up the link in this post and i really like the palm trees he used...can someone tell me how he did them? i would say they are made in photoshop? on the other hand somehow it looks rendered (judging by the 3d'ish optic and the shadows) Those are speed tree models - "real" 3D although behave in a level of detail mode. Part of the Lumion rendering application 3D library.

@tig said: But v8M3 fixed the 'grayed-out menus', as well as some other issues ??? You seem to have got yourself into a terrible tangle... hehe.. yep.. that's why I went ahead and downloaded it and installed it. I read the release notes and thought.. oh good - update time. shame on me

I had this problem awhile back with a file someone sent to me. It was the same thing. The other person had set Extensions to 0.

@unknownuser said: Hey guys, I really don't expect anything weird to happen with the docs. Google is obligated (and happy) to host our current web resources until such time as we have a replacement ready. (One with rejuvenated user comments. ) Good to hear! (Great new logo in your profile! )

i found the reason http://www.ruthless.zathras.de/facts/apps/polygonesia/3d-transformation-matrix.php seems that martinrinehart put the minus sign in the wrong place [image: hMOd_rotationaroundzaxismatrix.jpg]

Nice job on texturing and lighting set up. Good job mate. cheers

The object's 'position' is relatively easy to find - it's just the t=object.transformation.to_a for the xyx point as an array of the last few elements thus: point=[t[-4],t[-3],t[-2]]... OR transformation.origin ! The transformation's scale and rotation interact with each other, so they are much more complex to extract from the transformation array... but not impossible - there are already some earlier post discussing this...

Oh, that works as well... And I've been comparing each value by itself when putting it all in an array works just as easy...

Thomas, there is a free application called TinkerTool (http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html) . It allows for adjusting a couple of preference settings that are hidden. Among other things you can change Fonts and Font sizes. TinkerTool is also useful for exploring all of the osx directories without having to resort to the command line. All of the changes can be reversed with one click.