Dave, thanks for the info, here's the model. As you can see, the shadow of the chairback seems to be falling on a nonexistent ground plane.

shellback.skp

Thank you both, the texture problem is solved, and I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to use scenes and layers to show the parts from the links you provided. Next problem: shadows don't display correctly (sub problem: I don't know how to post my model here so you can advise me.)

I'm fairly new to sketchup, and this is my first post. I have 2 questions. First, where do you go to get more wood textures than show up in the paintbucket tool, and how do you get the grain to orient properly on a given component?

Second, I saw a model for an adirondack chair in 3d warehouse, http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=da681e51b69352a872f8ff3c650e385a&prevstart=12 from which I borrowed heavily. His model has tabs at the top, some of which show assembly details, and some of which show individual components which initially appear in perspective, then rotate into plan view with dimensions. I believe this feature is "scenes," but nothing I've looked at shows it being used in this way. Is there a video showing how this is done?

Thanks

Tom