I did pay full price, and need maybe 5 minutes of time. I was lucky enough to receive one e-mail communication with instructions that did not work, even when followed to the letter. In the meantime – nothing to do with this forum – I do wish Trimble would call back and address an installation problem. I’ll look at the pointers you all have given. It is evident that some people in the forum are super-advanced with years of experience, as opposed to an enthusiastic beginner like myself who has used other (and more familiar) software for years and years. I have enjoyed the challenge of making software do what I have in mind by using techniques that aren’t always so obvious, and that show me I understand the logic a program is using. I know I can accomplish the same tasks (as I have been) with more analytical thought and the use of the tools that are available. Unfortunately, there is currently a problem with the installation of that extension. Use Smart Guides Select an object and begin to move it. When you're done, clear Gridlines and Guides to turn them off. Select View > Gridlines to show more gridlines. Select the final item - this is the object that the rest of the selected items will be aligned to Click the required alignment option. Distribute Horizontally or Distribute Vertically Use Guides and Gridlines Select View > Guides to show the horizontal and vertical center lines. It’s very fast, works beautifully, and has the elements of other software that have become automatic to use. Select the item/s you wish to align / move (use single or multiple selection options). Then, if you rotate the drawing, you can align them on another dimension. You select several objects, and it lines them up by one edge. I was asking about nothing more than can be seen in the extension “2DXY SlickMoves” (developed by Barry Milliken). I’m looking from both sides, from the front, and from underneath. I’ve worked on a household invention (good for contractors), and I’m currently working on a set of stairs that will make it easier to get from my basement into a parking area where the ground is not level. I could not have done it in a regular 2D drawing program. I’m looking at it from all angles, and from both sides of the front door. My very first “project” was designing a lightproof cube that I currently use in my darkroom to dry the screens for my screen printing business. That is very clear, and that’s the beauty of SketchUp that makes it so outstanding. I know we’re in 3D and not 2D, and that alignment of objects is different because we’re working in more than 2 directions. I think I’m going to retreat into my corner on this one … it’s amplifying far more than I ever thought or intended.
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