@doush-007 said: It will be great if skalp will be part from sketchup it self Not a bad thought, but since Skalp is not a Trimble product this would require them to cut some sort of deal with its authors.

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Normally there is some shading unless you are using Hidden Line or Wireframe face styles. Either the shading is based on light coming from the camera or from the sun if you have Use sun for shading. These are used to help create a 3D appearance on the 2D screen. You can eliminate the shading and still have colors by selecting Use sun for shading and crossing the Light and Dark sliders. That is, set the Light slider to the left and the Dark slider to the right. Light from camera [image: m75f_Lightfromcamera.png] Use sun for shading [image: My9v_Usesun.png] Crossed sliders [image: C0CA_crossed.png] It's probably not a good idea to try judging colors from the color patches in the Materials window nor to compare them to what you see in the model space. Color perception is influenced but the surrounding colors so what you see with those little thumbnails isn't likely to match. If you're interested in learning more about this, look up Interaction of Color by Josef Albers.

@solo said: No Adobe app for IOS?, I have a Samsung 10" Tab using android, I use this: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader%26amp;hl=en It must be available for apple right? Cheers Pete, I don't know that reader allows you to bookmark...

Thanks guys, for some reason I couldn't get that to work.... I'll try again.

Thanks guys, will have a look!

Thanks mate!

If by turn it on manually you mean tick the box next to measurements in the list of toolbars, then it is a toolbar and will appear wherever you left it. You can slide it left to right or drag it off the status bar. If you have it sitting right side and you use the restore down button it will move to the right hand corner of the smaller window but not move back when you maximize. If it is the measurement box in the status bar that turns on and off from a right click context menu on the status bar itself then something is odd.

Fredo / Jeff, that looks like it should turn out!!!!! I wish I knew how to use curviloft to its fullest; Fredo I can't recall seeing a 'how to' document like you have for your other tools....? This little excessive has certainly opened up some possibilities for different outcomes. Thanks so much to all of you, really appreciate your guidance.

Thanks Jan, I think I might watch that one.

From what I understand NO layout doesn't embed fonts - and YES Andrew this IS an issue for the future! It would also be great IF LO had the option to turn text into outlines so these could be hand edited or kerned. Daves trick of opening the PDF, check embed all fonts and save, is probably your best option!

You're a legend..... nuff said.

Bloody kiwi's; they always seem way too clever!!

I don't know if we have the same problem, base on what I have experienced, it also appears the moment I click Save As or Ctrl S.. What I did was I access Windows defender, click Settings, Click the Virus & threat protection settings, look for the Controlled folder access and turn it off.. Maybe it will solve your problem..

Thanks guys, @seasdes - that's what I do too but want to end up with layer I set up in SU @TIG - that's what it's being used for, underlaying [Xref] Maybe exporting in 3D would be better even if consultants are viewing it in 2D.

That was it, TIG. When I bought the type family in I only copied over .otf files.... Cheers!!

Thanks glro, that's what I've done.

FYI : After downloading Su2013 I re-named its plugin folder, created a new plugin folder and copied all may SU8 plugins to SU 2013.The native download of Su2013 does not include ruby script examples, ocean modeling, cost etc and if you do not have those the plugin menu bar will not show( Think ruby script examples is required)unless you have a script loaded that also enables it. I removed those which were brought over from SU8 just encase , re downloaded and then copied the remaining files from the 2013 folder back to plugin. Things work great so far

Thanks Kris.

Thanks Alan. appreciate it!