I see what you mean, TIG. I guess I would want the DC to operate like this: Scale in the X only to a user defined length. A post would be located at the beginning and end of Len X [would like to create an option to toggle either 'post to start' or post to end']. Intermediate posts would be spaced at a maximum of 2700. Maybe in Component Options the user inputs number of spacings which shows the spacing dimension....

It does!!!

Is it me or has it gotten unpredictable to export to autocad? When I export to cad I am always noticing missing pieces, especially with sections. What you see on the screen should be what you get.

@thomthom said: Have you looked at the collection of links we have in the stickies in the Developers section? How about the Ruby in 20 mins mini-tut at the Ruby site? http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Whatcha got plans of making? Thanks guys, had a little laugh at your comment, Cadfather!!!!! Thanks for the link Thom. I'll spend 20mins tomorrow getting started and see if it gives me any inspiration...... What I'd like to develop is a simple set of tools for building purposes skewed towards BIM. Yes there are a number of toolsets out there but I would like certain functions to be simpler and hence more functional...... I have started putting down ideas of the what I think could be a basic toolset then a secondary set that provides edits, etc.... Unfortunately, I'm more a visual kind of person rather than technical which is my concern. Anyway, will see how i go.

I wonder how liquid paper will look after scanning......

Dear David, Thanks, I had forgotten about that option. Kind regards, Bob

Thanks Csaba, I'll have a look...

As I thought, TIG. thanks for the explain.

Pay that!!

Andrew, Try this plugin, hopefully it will do what you need. The profile to be extruded, must be made into a curve. Use Weld or simuliar plugin to combine the entities defining the profile. The profile should be at the start of the extrusion path. If a path is pre-selected, the start and end will be labled. Use right or left arrow keys to reverse the line if needed. If a path is not pre-selected, click on the profile and drag to extrude the profile to any length and direction. FollowMe using an Edge

@unknownuser said: An iPad and a Bamboo Stylus is all you need (plus an app or two to draw with). You cant use SU but you can sketch away and then email the PDF when done. I havent tried the iPad version, but for Sketching (on the PC) Sketchbook Pro is THE best. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=15119465&siteID=123112 http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchBookPro?blend=23&ob=5 There is also Sketchbook Designer for PC that is a hybrid Pixel/Vector drawing app. Very Cool. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=15793589&siteID=123112 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4g-LbqrU2E&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZvJK48yDKw

Having the same problem as well. Only thing to do is to undo and retry. Happens especially when selecting text- the formatting jumps automatically to the top in the family. Let me guess you are using PC not Mac?

Any luck with this?

Is that what that was..? I used mine as a face mask on the way home in LA.... bloody smog.

I will TIG, cheers.

Yes it is tricky, TIG but I recall seeing a video of it in action and looked neat....

Cheers Csaba.

thanks for your comments and offers to help guys, much appreciated. I actually re-sized them and reduced resolution enough so that i still have imagery at close-up. I bought them into SU as 11-12Mb images, exploded and grouped [so i can amend transparency] and realized that each image matched perfectly with the next once scaled!! How cool is that! SU file is about 70Mb now so it'll be interesting to see how Layout handles it....

Thanks Dave. For some reason I can't edit the VCB.....

Thanks guys and especially to you TIG; I didn't expect someone to try and do my work for me.....! I'll have a look at Tgi3D and see what comes.