Thanks! I am just sending you the email now.

You're quite welcome. Indeed it should be layers before pages when setting up a template. Also, even though layer order isn't important in SketchUp, it is in LayOut. If you want things like text to appear over SketchUp viewports, but the text layers higher in the list than the viewports. I have layers for borders and title blocks and such at the bottom of the list because I rarely need to do anything with them or I change them once at the beginning of a project and don't need them again. That way those layers aren't in the way when I'm going through the stack later. I also have a couple of templates for large paper that will get folded. I drew out fold lines and put them on a layer that is visible when I start but gets turned off before exporting. They help me avoid placing important information on the creases. These layers mostly remain locked so they can't be modified, too. Everything else is higher in the stack.

Which version of LayOut? Why don't you complete your profile so that question doesn't need to be asked?

@trogluddite said: @jql said: ...pdf has missing lines. Submited to trimble... Could be Adobe need a kick up the rear too. I see this problem on a regular basis when exporting PDFs containing images from plenty of other applications too - e.g. CorelDraw, MS Publisher, MS Word, etc... I wasn't aware of that... Thanks for the info. But now the problem is even greater. What format would one use for this sharing of drawings between architect, client, contractor? SVG? On a side note, I also noticed that if I import the pdf to Gimp and print from there, the problem persists...

Hey guys, Just thought I'd report back. We got it resolved. Our IT department installed without running it as an administrator, so we just had to remove and reinstall as admin. Hope that helps if anyone has troubles.

The TSWFA plugin was in beta before. It has now been released as ConDoc Tools http://www.sucondoc.com/

thanks for reply, yip found the scale tool. Wouldnt it be great if you could scale scrapbook objects on import to drawings...eg 1:1 down to 1:10 or 1:20?

All, We've created a help article on SketchUp's website that will walk you through your options for beating this issue. http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000062

In Layout? With circles and lines and the text tool? Try taking a look at the symbols in the scrapbooks tray... they seem very much like the ones in this example.

Mate I think it could be the case of all of the above! I think that how you present is based more on what you want to present and how. If the presentation is a page type, or more a web interface. Certainly LO has limits, and for client presentations other than fixed images it doesn't allow much by way of what you want to do! Sadly!

@dave r said: Post an example LayOut file that shows this. Is this leader text you've added in the SketchUp file or labels you've added in LayOut? If it is the latter, the best thing to do is put the labels on a layer higher in the list than the viewports. Hi Dave, I tried your method of putting the text layer higher and it works! Thanks Dave, you save my day. Thank you again, I really appreciate your assistance

make a copy of the drawing. relink the model in the copy. delete the viewports you do not want in the original. copy and paste the viewports from the copy into the original. not elegant, but it should update when you change the models.

hi friends, The problem which i posted here is not solved. i tried with uninstalling and re installing sketchup 2013 and 2014 both. bt the problem is the same. i used ccleaner to clean registry entries after uninstalling sketchup. bt problem remains same. i installed the same sketchup versions 2013 and 2014 on another machine and it works fine. Whts the problem then? how to clear traces of software? can anybody help me?

You can change the paper size under File>Document SetUp>Paper. As dedmin alludes, the content won't get scaled with the paper size change. If you go from A2 to A1, you'll find the content is stuffed into the upper left corner still fitting into the space of the A2 sheet. You can only set one sheet size per LayOut file. If you need more than one sheet size you'll need to split it into more than one LO project. You can combine PDFs if needed in Acrobat or some other applications.

With you on that krisidious...

yes, yes and yes.

I did notice the blue # and saw that my "problem" must be related to this after I posted. I poked around but couldn't find where to change this. I don't know if this is workable but if there was an option to change start page numbering in a context click menu on that hashtag I might have found it. In any case thanks for helping me with this. I will be sure to check out the official forum next time I have an issue.

I wish LayOut had and outliner panel. I think it would be very useful when placing or trying to select/edit/arrange multiple viewports and mask objects on a single layer.

Answer to orig question - right click tool bar and go as shown here: [image: aF8i_CUSTOMIZEBUTTONS.JPG]

Hi Andrew- In 2014, there's no way to pull data out of the Skp Model using Auto-Text, but it's high on our list for future versions. thanks, Marc