Dear All, Nick Johnson of Cadsoft Solutions (http://www.cadsoftsolutions.co.uk/) recently sent me this video and message regarding the use of ViaCAD as a 2d drafting aid for Sketchup: Although ViaCAD can import 3D models from SketchUp, owing to the polygon nature of Sketchup files these files are not much good for making automated 2D drawings as all of the polygon edges are displayed. However, if you export your SketchUp model as .DWG then these can be imported into ViaCAD without issue and can be fully dimensioned and placed in scaled drawing layouts. I have knocked up a quick movie which illustrates these 2 approaches for you... http://www.cadsoftsolutions.co.uk/movies/sketchup_2_viacad.mov You will need Apple's QuickTime Video Player to watch the movie which can be downloaded at no charge from the following URL: http://www.apple.com/quicktime I hope you find this useful. Kind regards, Bob

Hehe, thanks Small texture update: [image: All.jpg]

Hehe, admittedly SU isn't very good at it compared to, say, ZBrush., but it can do it.

Believe me, they read the Wish List quite often...

Just when I thought I couldn't be further impressed by SketchUp's capabilities... I see this! Simply breathtaking! You've inspired me to learn how to wring every ounce of juice from this program!