Thanks a million TIG, that worked perfectly

@tig said: Please don't use global $ variables unless you really have to Rats! I can't count how many times I have been reminded of that issue. My typical response: I use global's so I can verify the 3d point location in the Ruby console, I need this to verify any mistakes I may be making (which happens frequently !) when I'm developing a script which corresponds to 3d points on my gridded 1/4" notepad. It would be really nice if @ variables where able to display the same information in the Ruby console.

@kyyu said: Try this: thanks I will give it a try!

@dan rathbun said: Secondly... your breaking a cardinal rule of global variables. DO NOT create them only for use by one single plugin, or for only YOUR own use. Create either Constants, or Module or Class variables, within YOUR namespaces. (That way they will not conflict with other sloppy scripts that are using globals of the same name.) My bad! I only use global variables to confirm values in the Ruby console, If the console could evaluate @ variables I would never, never ever use $ variables.

@richard said: Tomot Mate I don't think you have got your answer yet mate! Richard WOW!....... thanks Richard!

@nina792 said: HI I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN HELP IMPORTING THIS FILE TO SKETCHUP... THANKS IN ADVANCE Welcome to sketchUcation! Here you go with some help so you don't have to rely on other people: Convert DWG file to DXF. You can use a free program like DraftSight to do this. Navigate to the pluginstore, search: DXF Read through the results and decide which of the solutions you would like to use. And there you go! You're welcome!

Insert the first model where you want it on the page. Then put something like a + (2 lines crossing each other and grouped (doesn't matter what you draw)) on a shared layer so that you can see the + on every page. Move the + using precise move to some point on your model. Then add a new page and insert your next model. Using precise move, move the model to line up with the +.

Although I know that Coen did 'start' it all off, it then morphed into something much nearer its present form under the guidance of Mike and others [including Coen]... to whom we all owe a great debt of gratitude! I did write 'The SCF was started by Mike Lucey and some others...'... as I believe that Mike is/was the lead instigator...

Hi, Also, we consumers are not blameless in these states. Everyone must start with yourself and think about his consumption behavior. It is easier to complain about these evil corporations than to think about his own behavior. If we would restrict all our consumption behavior, some of the problems would take care of itself. Everything else is just hypocrisy. And this applies not only for meat production. Charly

@davidboulder said: If you want to do it all in SketchUp. place the image in one window, scale, it and then use the eye dropper to paint to grab the texture to pain in other windows. Then one by one make each texture unique (I don't think you can do that with multiple selection). Once unique you can export the texture as an image. Now THAT's a tip!

My approach avoids the confusion of vectors, eye, target etc... Just use the API functions to set a plan view and zoom to what you want to see, switching off perspective as needed...

With this, you can use any combination of ABCD. blocks = UI.inputbox(["Blocks [ABCD]?"])[0] populateA() if blocks[/A/] populateB() if blocks[/B/] populateC() if blocks[/C/] populateD() if blocks[/D/] Or even.. blocks = UI.inputbox(["Blocks [ABCD]?"])[0] letters = blocks.split(//) letters.each do |letter| populate(letter, etc) end

Thanks guys, without your input, I would have been watching the Bachelor .............I'm kidding! I will post this Ruby when I get it in STILL better shape.

Hi @unknownuser said: I picked the order of the faces anticlockwise You just have to reverse the order of points when creating the face, or to check the normal after creating it: myface=Sketchup.active_model.entities.add_face(p1,p2,...pn) # Default normal to blue (up) face.reverse! if face.normal.z<0

LOL! Love the last bit!

I resolved the Issue after some experimenting: I turned down the GI from 1.0 to 0.5 which reduced the sunlight and hence the "blowout effect" on the Ivy leaves. The other solution would be to turn down the amount of contrast on the original leaf component. Turning down the GI also produces sharper shadows, hence creating more contrast in your scene. I finally ended up with great contrast, with GI set to -1.0

why of course he still would. layers don't work the same way they do in autocad. Putting things on different layers does not prevent them from cutting through one another.

STL is also limited to objects of max 32K?

tomot, Who are these people you quote? If you made money off GS, or had investment from them, you'd think GS served a purpose. Also somebody knowledgeable & in power thought GS served a purpose, and, moreover, was "too big to fail". Defining what that means and the solution (like the break-up of these too-big banks) seems to be the issue. Didn't they pay back the money taxpayers gave them? Just playing devil's advocate (but never GS advocate). We were just considering moving our accounts from Wells Fargo to a local bank as a gesture. Thinking about how we start with small banks then all our accounts, credit cards, and mortgages etc. get taken over eventually by a couple big banks (currently Chase & WFB). Then we'll break up these big banks . Eventually they'll buy each other out and consolidate again, just like when they broke up Standard Oil and AT&T. Is it just cyclical? Regards, Peter