The following is directed to the amazing plugin authors. Have gotten to the point with SU have started loading and working with various plugins. Would like to donate. Have a question. What would be considered an appropriate amount to donate? I don't want to insult anyone unintentionally.Hope asking this doesn't insult someone. Comments? Many thanks in advance, Chuck.

the sad thing is all the petitions in the world won't save elephants. the chinese drive the trade in illegal ivory and who's going to smack them down? certainly not our politicians (u.s.a.) they follow the money and the moneys in china.

Douglas, I don't have an answer for you just letting you know your not alone. I've had the same issue with Curviloft & SU8. In my case I think it was operator error in selecting the various paths. To get my toolbars back I have to quit SU and start over. In watching the video tutorials again seems there is some logic in the order you select stuff. No problems after I started to pay better attention to what I'm doing. chuck.

@conner, Fredo's Curviloft / Skinning plugin I think will do what you want. chuck.

Thanks Rich. I'm glad you guy's are patient with us slow brains that are late in the game with computers. chuck.

Downloaded one of Rich O's woodgrain packs from the store. Thanks Rich! Instructions say unzip and drag to Sketchup/Materials folder. When I go to the download there is no zip. extension, file says sic-wood-full. Question is did Mavericks unzip the file for me on the download? Old guy learning new stuff and some of it gets a little confusing at times. thanks, chuck.