Hi, I am changing a few windows from horizontal to trapezoid shapes. Each one is different so I have to do a few of them as opposed to one component only. I am doing them, albeit slowly. Before I progress much further I wanted to see how an experienced modeller would handle this. window .skp (135.5…

I’d probably use Box tapering from FredoScale to make it fast. [taper] As for SketchUp getting slow or freezing, that’s typically due to the graphics card. One thing you can do to help is working without materials displayed by using Monochrome face style.

Okay, I’ve added that extension and am playing with it, works great. one question, how do I snap it to the right dimension or guide line in this case, the bane of my SU existence… I typed in a value but it’s in decimals where my measuring tape is giving me fractions.

SketchUp recognizes decimals even if you have units set to Fractional. It also recognizes metric units even if you have Units set to imperial. Probably the easiest way, though, is to set out a couple of crossing guidelines so you have an intersection to snap the handle to. [taper]

Ahh, I see now. I had my guidelines going in the other direction. I got it now. Thanks again Dave for all your help.

[image] DaveR: It also recognises metric units even if you have Units set to imperial. In versions of SU earlier than 2019, there’s a bug - see this post: [image] SU doesn't recognise fractional inches (e.g., 1/2") as an imperial measurement when units are mm SketchUp …

It’s never been a problem for simple imperial/customary US measurements in whole inches or feet. But it looks as if it has NOT been fixed in 2019 for more a complex legal imperial/US customary units measurement, that are simply wrongly converted to metric. With millimetre units, I draw a line and …

With your settings what happens if you enter 1’1.75?

Same as if you enter 1’1 3/4 without the inch mark - 306.55mm.

Interesting. For my imperial inch settings, the decimal format works well. So we keep learning. Thanks.

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john_mcclenahan May 31, 2019, 6:21pm 6

In versions of SU earlier than 2019, there’s a bug - see this post:

I think, but haven’t checked, that the bug is fixed in SU 2019, but it exists in Make 2017.

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