Hi there. So I downloaded SketchUp Make because I wanted to contribute one model to the Google Earth. It’s a place that as a child I would visit every once and again (usually via boat outings with my dad) and I have some good memories here. It is a bridge, and it can be viewed in Google Earth her…

Used to be easier to find the SU Plugins folder, but I guess there were permission issues. Anyway, the file you download will be named midpoint.rb. Drop it into the following folder: C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\SketchUp\Plugins Then restart SU. The Get Midpoint co…

I’m not suggesting you have to use Component stringer, I just used that as an example of a clever plugin that will use the same Path you create for everything else. Because each action is following the same ‘Path’ (or collection of edges) the resulting geometry will fit together.

[image] MikeO: One tube component…what? if you where using Component stringer, each segment of tube could be the same component ‘scaled’ between each bracket… you can do that manually as well, but Box’e example is possibly easier at this stage… john

Well for now let’s see if I can successfully copy the bracket and turn it 180 degrees and save it as something else. Baby steps, go easy, I’m trying to learn.

Well I’m underway… [image] The “glue” function doesn’t seem to work, but whatever…

I got a question for the future here… When I go to place the water, I wouldn’t mind it showing the reflection of the bridge. Apparently I need to use a renderer or some fancy high gloss paint for this. Can anyone recommend a good free renderer? Thanks once again.

TheOnlyAaron to save the day. puts down bridge railing bracket and sits on bridge and reads

Mike, by now you must realize that you need to provide specific information to get a good answer around here. I see nothing amiss in the picture, and I don’t know what to make of “kinks,” in quotes and "very messy. Who knows what that means, much less what caused it, whatever “it” is. -Gully

Sorry to waste everybody’s time then.

What? I give you a mild chiding for not giving enough information and you run off? That makes no sense. I was not expressing an unwillingness to help but an inability to do so. -Gully

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I think this is still the best place to read about renderers and SketchUp.

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