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Please check with photobucket, we all cannot see the images and we would really like to be able to see them!

Thanks for your suggestion.
Many items in Model Builder are due to user suggestions.

Yes often implementing semi-transparent objects or features in Model Builder can be difficult, especially when you want to see a real-time preview as you manipulate or adjust its settings.

Dave

When designing Model Builder we tried hard to make the program easy to use by using creating functions that are intuitive and easy to use. We have heard back from experienced computer users that they started working with Model Builder right away and finished projects within the first hour. I have al...

Over the years, we see a few things pop up with a certain amount of regularity. install but get an error comdlg32.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid. ... This means you are windows component that Model Builder uses is either missing or not functioni...

When encountering an error like you described, try opening the program as Administrator. To do this, use your right mouse button on Model Builder's desktop Icon, then you will see a pop-up menu. Choose "Run As Administrator" from the menu by clicking with your left mouse button. Accept any pop-up qu...

If you have problems installing Model Builder from the original CD try copying the CD files to your Hard drive and then running file MBSetup.exe from your hard drive. You also indicated a problem with the file on our site, I assume you are referring to the program update. Choose to save the file to ...

When converting a project to a larger scale as you mentioned some of the project may be beyond the edge of the screen, even when you have a 4 page layout setup. To see and/or print the parts of the project that are beyond the end of the screen try this. After printing the visible part of the project...

I did notice that sometimes the print preview is not showing the line drawings. When printing the line drawing should print fine. If you want to preview with the line before committing to your printer try the Print to PDF feature that Windows 10 has to offer. If you do not have Windows 10 you can ge...

Primo installs to your Printer folder and shows up as a printer.
So when you have Model Builder open with a project select File>Print. Choose your pdf printer. Wait a bit. When primo opens choose "best" or "pre-press" settings. Viola!

4 page is for larger scales. You must be N or smaller.
What you CAN do is go to file>project/page setup and select larger paper. Legal landscape or even Tabloid if your printer supports it.

Hope that helps!