Hi,
I have managed to start SU Free on SuSE 11.0 with Wine 1.1.4.
I've got GeForce 6200. It works fine, almost as fast as on Windows 
but.. every time I minimize SU window and then open it back I get BugSplat..
SU(Wine) also doesn't refresh the view after selecting a scene. I have to click on the screen to see it changed.
I was really surprised to see SU widow on Linux and to rotate quite complicated models without a problem!
Tomasz
@whaat said:
This is the core of what I have so far. The smoothstep function is a well known function that I found using an internet search. I am using the Animation class in the Sketchup API. I thought this was a completely useless class until now...
I have been using Animation Class for exporting Face Me components. Thanks for the code. This plug-in will be vary handy. I add intermediate cameras to smooth a path but it is very time consuming and not precise method.
Thanks for sharing and sorry for such a delayed response 
Tomasz
It is sad. So maybe SU SDK could help, but it isn't within my abilities to play with it.
def SU2KT;;texture_distorted?(e,mat,mat_dir)
distorted=false
temp_tw=Sketchup.create_texture_writer
model = Sketchup.active_model
entities = model.active_entities
model.start_operation "Group" #For Undo
group=entities.add_group
group.material = mat
g_handle=temp_tw.load(group)
temp_handle=temp_tw.load(e,mat_dir)
entities.erase_entities group
Sketchup.undo
distorted=true if temp_handle!=g_handle
temp_tw=nil
return distorted
end
Here is what I am doing in SU2KT, but it is slow, memory consuming and dirty. 
Btw. Todd - have you noticed that .materialType doesn't change from 2 back to 1 if a material is not longer colorized. Am I correct?
Thanks
Tomasz
Any clue? I know there are a lot commercial exporters and SU2KT is a great rival
Tomasz
@tomsdesk said:
And love is...?
Poets, musicians, artists - they are all trying to describe it.
You can fill it Tom, everyone who loves a little knows God a little.
It as a true readiness to give everything you are, burn away yourself for the loved one.
Now imagine the personalized love - love which 'IS'. Imagine how the Love can love.
@tomsdesk said:
Is love only internal: feeling loved and/or loving? Or is it an external thing transferable? What constitutes love that can manifest? Is God only internal, or external as well? More please!)
The love is omnipresent. I would risk that a theory that even a matter is made of love. We all are.
'Our Father' and Franciscan brotherhood with a nature is not a coincidence. We are woven of Love.
It is why if one denies it and turns into violence and hate it destroys himself. He\she denies very self.
On the other hand - someone deeply inspired by love will not only grow but will let others see the light.
I like Juan's analogy - the Love & an air. The Love isn't something that one can posses. You can breath it in and let it do its job - give it away. Love is dynamic like an air.
Tom-ash
Tom,
I am 30+ and haven't examined so many paths you have had.
One thing I am sure. We are all spiritual creatures.
Modelhead please don't tell me that my heart( brain,stomach? ) hurts when someone betray me.
It is a spirit within us aching that need to be discovered and developed.
The longer one denies its existence the more time it loses.
There is a question I am asking myself - I know there is a God = Love, it is a matter of my own experience rather then faith, that doesn't want to hide. He want to have a 'supper' with us. I bet he awaits every single one of us to turn to him and 'let him be'.
Tomasz
Was the Basecamp a nice way to say good-bye SU7?
@unknownuser said:
materialType
The materialType method retrieves the type of the material.
Syntax
type = material.materialType
Return Value
type - the material type for the Material object
The last line explains everything. 
As far as I can tell:
0 - just coloured material
1 - textured
2 - texured & coloured
A strange thing - when I reset colour of the texture the Type stays 2!!
I am intensively looking for a method that would tell me if a texture on a face is 'projected/photomacthed' or not. This one doesn't seem to do the job
I hope a Google friend will enlighten us or we can somehow figure it out together.
Thanks
Tomasz
I believe the Love is the most precious 'thing' in the World.
I cannot find something that I could compare it to.
Nothing can give my existence more value than ability to give, to share, to help.
When you give the Love enough space in your heart and mind, it can make miracles.
It is not an easy way to go, therefore many find it unattractive.
It is a narrow route, cobbled. Not all will follow.
My believe has deep root in Christianity, but the more I look into different views on spiritual world (many will deny its existence) the Love always occupies an important position.
@eczkchtl said:
We end up with some extra (unnecessary?) special cases.
I am glad you have found the solution. What about projected \ photomatched textures? Have you tried exporting them? We end up with a lot of extra very special cases 
There is no built-in method, I am aware of, that would give you an answer if a face is being painted with projected texture or not!
@julius said:
how did you do this?
I have modified the SU2KT script. I am distracted by many things at the moment and it is hard for me to focus on programming, but the 'technology' is there. Getting it into your hands is just a matter of time.
Hi Whaat, nice idea and it looks good.
Will it be an 'open source' script?
If answer == no, would you make internal methods known and public?
Thanks
Tomasz
An accidental discovery of salt water fuel while doing cancer research.
I hope one or few of those solutions will get to the market.
Thanks for the link. Interesting reading indeed.
They actually writing that they charge batteries of an electric car.
It means every electric car can be powered with this solution!
Ideal for Ireland
One can collect the fuel from a roof of a car
Tomasz
Ok. Back to water. Japan needs urgently new fuel for they cars, independent of oil supplies.
Prototype from Japan - 1 liter of water per 1 hour driving.
Same approach as in Stanley Meyer car.
CANADA
Xogen - oxyhydrogen generators from the tap water with low electric power
and wast water treatment systems.
It can be powered from photovoltaic cells.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXo7CVFI5Sk
http://www.xogentechnologies.ca/
EUROPE
The Perendev company has started to sell the magnetic motors!
100Kw 180.63 amps@ 400 volt 3 phase
PRICE: 24 700 Euro ex tax and Delivery ... 
It is more then sufficient to run more then a single dwelling!
http://www.perendev-power.com/
They has presented oxyhydrogen generation at the level sufficient for a small car requiring 12V 10A electricity drawn from a car battery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGR9JNH90_4
We are witnessing the birth of new energy sources. 
It is highly encouraging. 
@kevd said:
The problem only seems to manifest itself if the geometry is located in a nested group -- top-level groups didn't seem to have this problem. It's probably related to the admittedly very messy way in which I apply the transformations and inverse transformations to export the geometry in the right place.
Hi Kevin,
I am an author of SU2KT exporter. I have faced same problems as you have had. I've got still several test models where photo-matched textures are not exported correctly. Can you try them with your routine?
Could you describe in detail what was actually wrong with applying inverse transformations to export the geometry? Mine has been inherited from Ogre exporter and it is messy indeed
Frankly speaking my routine still doesn't export photo matched textures inside nested geometry
Thanks
Tomasz
Hi Malaise,
I have rendered your robot. It is a VERY quick an dirty test.
Will need more time to fix few things in gui
p.s. I couldn't attach avi directly
I closely watch samples of companies and individuals who develop technologies based on permanent magnets.
There are too many of them claiming same achievement.
This is a company which wanted to develop a system helping to power CCTV cameras and they have come to same scientifically unexplained results.
They have challenged scientist to test the company's findings.
It is definitely better to buy one off then to let him die in 'mysterious circumstances'.