like gaieus said, (multiple) layers, and lock them or turn them off. the whole 'sticky' objects thing is annoying as all get out. imagine if sketchup worked this way...

No worries. It did seem like an old saying about trees and the forest would apply, though.

I came back to this topic as I needed refreshing on LO dimensions only to conclude once more that LO dimensions badly need to be revamped. it is fine to dimension 2D stuff but dimensioning a 3D view is a nightmare, dave's workaround notwithstanding.. let's hope the sketchup people under trimble will take LO ahead.

@mwm5053 said: @mwm5053 said: I don't know why Apple changed this in Lion maybe they thought people where to stupid to be messing with their computers. IN finder and the user folder open, go to the top tool bar where you see file, edit, view, go, hit the Go tab with mouse hold the mouse button down while hitting option key scroll down till you highlight Library folder. Impossible to do if you've been drinking They are easy just gotta know a few tweaks. Still unsure why Google setup LO to be in User and SU and SB to be in MAC HD since most of the team use MAC. Well worth the post, as I now know they drink a lot across the pond, and i now have Fork Lift many thanks all. Gordon

Me too, mate!!!! I find at times the render triangle 'hangs' and it only happens when I've changed to vector or hybrid. Quickest way to sort it out is to revert back to raster for a bit....

Thanks for the help. I will take a look again and see. Duane

Ouch. How did you get in that predicament! How about http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38637#p341461. Granted it is a new thing to learn right-off and it is BETA. Can you find textures that are not too dense or dark when you print in grayscale? If you have time, all textures can be lightened using the materials browser (probably fastest), even edited in your pixel editor. I don't know if this is a method people use in layout. Textures are easier to apply in SU--as that is where your faces are. Look in the "construction drawings" thread. ( I don't think it is a sticky but should be).

I have a question to add to this point. Does anyone know if you can set the extension lines to a certain point as default. for example. I do kitchen plans all the time and would like my dimensions outside the wall which in general is 300mm thick and therefore would like the extensions to start from the outside of the wall as standard rather than the object just inside the wall. I do find myself laboriously chnging individual extensions all the time.

Many thanks, I've got it now.

Thanks Trevor, Still don't know why it happened but I figured out the fix in any case. The small window open in the png is the window that opens when the ReLink button is pushed. I just had to navigate back to the original SU file inside that ReLink window. I was afraid to do that since those reference files are inside several layers of double secretly coded folders with indecipherable names. Now I just have to fix all my dimensions in Layout. Charlie

@pbacot said: ...Never too late to be helpful or is it?... Never.

Agreed, Dave is a rockstar in my book!

Try exporting to PDF with the pixelated version. Pretty sure you'll be OK on the output side of things. If not, its a really weird bug. I have had no issues with PDFs exporting properly.

Great! That worked. Thanks

@jhauswirth said: And also have a plugin interface for external renderers.

You could make a dashed line style but you can't apply a style to only some lines so you'd have to do something with multiple image exports that you later combine in an image editor. There is a dashed line plugin from Smustard that could be used. I used to use it but since LayOut 3 came along, I don't use it anymore.

Yeah I've sussed the moving of the Anchor point for snapping, but having two, one to lock an anchor point and one to stretch / shrink a scene would be really handy. JP

The way I think about locating the standard views is to imagine the part is laying in the bottom of a bowl and you're looking down into it.. Let's say that's the front view. If you want the top view, slide the part up the side of the bowl away from you. For the right end view, slide the part to the right and up the side of the bowl.

On the Mac, the templates are located inside the app (more traditional Mac install) in /Applications/Google\ SketchUp\ 8/LayOut.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Templates. That way, when you throw away the app the templates and scrapbooks get cleaned up as well, plus if we chose to localize them, they'd be there in a per-language basis. All stuff we were working on years ago at Google, then went other directions. But hey, we're back now, working on new, good stuff for Trimble. -b

Oh, and on Mac, it's command-t the same universal text box on all Mac apps, except we've added a few things at the bottom for anchor point and bounded/unbounded.