What the OP asked was not to label the section but the viewport that is displaying the section.

Another thing that you cannot control is the opacity/color of the section plane, if you decide to show sections, or the linestyle and symbol of the section lines.

All of these features you seek have been asked as feature requests before. I hope they make them happen.

Got an answer on the other forum to the import/file format questions. Still interested in hearing from anyone whose found a good source for standard AEC material patterns.

For anybody looking for the same: https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-import-pattern-fills-into-layout/64448

If it didn't update the viewport after clicking Update Model Reference or updating the reference in Document Setup>References, you've most likely modified the viewport so it is no longer connected to the scene. It would show the word 'modified' preceding the scene name in the SketchUp Model window. Modifying the scene in LO disconnects it from the original scene in SketchUp so a change to the SU scene shouldn't be expected to show in the viewport. This is one reason why I always harp on avoiding modifying scenes in LO.

They do and I pinged one of them in your other thread. I did find that you can export at a larger size if you enter the resolution instead of the width.

I had the same problem. In my case, I had the viewport grouped with another object and I was trying to create a clipping mask on the Group. Once I figured that out, I was able to go into the group, draw the shape in the group, select the viewport and the clipping mask I wanted, and things worked perfectly.

Hope this helps.

WG

Sorta glad to hear others have concerns about this.
One bit of info I can add to this is:
If you are not keenly aware of “in model dimensions”, I could easily see someone setting an incorrect dimension and not even knowing it is wrong because the dimension tool really referenced the edge of the viewport and not the model geometry.
Since it doesn’t throw erroneous dimension.....IOW dimension to edge of viewport seems to maintain set scale of model viewport. (Wish I knew of safe .gif recorder so I could upload demonstration)

Charlie

thanks both marc durant and dave r. That works for me.

I wouldn't have guessed that. Good you're on it.

Thanks for the explanation. Good to know.

Thanks Dave,

Sorted, thank for talking me through it. A simple case of that little handle snap tool being in the right spot, now I can grip away. Amazing how the smallest thing can give you the biggest headache. 👍 😄

Could you share the LO file it is happening in? If not publicly, by private message?

I'm sorry Folks, especially Charlie, but I'm just not getting this. Al I want to do with about 6 diff scenes is export a dwg that's to correct scale for my client.

Been working all day on this and no closer.

I wish we could just figure out why I can't export correct scale dwgs right from SUp ..
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=68904&p=629858#p629858

Remember, when you are looking at the Raster-rendered viewports on screen, you are probably using less than the maximum quality rendering. When you export to PDF, you can export at the high quality setting.

Another thing to consider is stacking viewports for the same scene. You can render the top one as Vector and leave the bottom one as Raster. That will give you a combination of vector edges with only the back edges displayed as raster and it will allow you to maintain the dynamic link from the scenes so changes will show up automatically (as long as you don't make them modified in LO).

don't stack the viewports on the same layer. Rather use two layers with the upper layer showing the vector rendered viewports.

Thanks again Dave.

You've been a great help!

Just in case you are curious. As to how the actual project turned out.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw2mdlwzvdwj4s1/Hidden%20Door%202.mp4?dl=0

Now I need to finish my "Owners Manual".

Chris

Oh, and I'm glad I ended up in the "right" room! 😉

@pipingguy said:

wonderful

Most applications that use fonts use the system fonts. SketchUp and LayOut aren't unique in that. There are a few that add some fonts but for the most part, they all come with the operating system unless you install them yourself.

As I said, if you really must stick with the font you've chosen, you can edit it. A great tool for that is FontCreator which will let you create your own fonts as well as edit existing ones. And it really isn't all that difficult to do.

Evidently there's a bug related to certain OSX versions. There's a fix on the way but in the meantime you can get to the export option.

@unknownuser said:

that pulldown, which is too long to fit in the space, below the Templates folder, is the Format pulldown. DWG/DXF is the last of 4 selections on that pulldown. Hit tab 4 times, then hit space bar (to select that pulldown), then type the number 4, and type Enter. You’ve now selected DWG/DXF. Hit tab, then space bar, to select the option menu. DWG/DXF options should appear. Make your selections, hit enter. Now you can click on Save and it should save.

@unknownuser said:

One thing this presumes: that you’ve got “All Controls” set in System Prefs ->Keyboard->Shortcuts (at the bottom of that panel). You can toggle it on or off anytime using Crtl-F7. If you don’t do that, you wont be able to get to the Option button.

Yes it seems to have been a problem with the view in the scene that was being used. Thanks for the help.

For any AutoCAD users out there....I found a LISP routine that identifies these little buggers.

Yes, it's true,It was just a prediction (no information), we call it the French flair! 😛 .Well, the new version of SketchUp pro and Layout brings us a lot of good things and especially for DWG imports/exports.

cordially

A title block should be part of your template. Make a template for the size of the paper you're working with. If you need to print on different size sheets, make the template for the largest and print the exported PDF to the desired smaller size.