I don't think it can hurt. Not knowing the full extent of why it takes longer like Jeff does, I can't guarantee it.

@bjanzen said:

Barry: Your questions though brought up a good point, though. There is an issue here with setting scale. If I have a model view, usually it has a scale of some default value based on the camera from SketchUp, e.g. on my test case it was 1:82.9117. I want 1/8" = 1' , or 1:96. When I change the scale, I now have "(Modified) My Scene Name". And what's strange, is that we snapshot this, so that if you change the style for that scene, you wont see your model view change unless you go back to the standard scene (and your scale to 1:82.9117! And it does this in Raster, Vector or Hybrid rendering. I think this is what's confusing a lot of people when they update their model (in addition to not saving styles, then scenes, then the model). We'll be working on how to address this / fix this to be less confusing.

I've noticed this too. My workflow?

Save changes in SketchUp > Reselect Scene in LO (so there is no longer (modified) next to the scene reference) > Update reference in LO > Switch back to desired scale

Smoother operation for this situation would be very welcome.

+1 vote.

Can you sample a scrapbook style, without pulling the object onto the active LayOut page?

Answer: I just tried it, and, yes, it works! (I'll just leave this note here, for the benefit of someone who hasn't already learned this.)

Well, great news on this! I had always operated on the assumption that the layers acted like illustrator layers, where layer hierarchy had no bearing on where objects in the drawing were in the stack.

Now that i know that the layer position reflects the location on the page, I am quite liking how it is set up.

Thanks Barry for clarifying that for me. The more I learn, the more I appreciate how slick Layout works.

%(#000080)[I had this problem with Layout 3 when installed SU 8, in Vista,
the key to solve it was to click the right buttom of the mouse when pointing to Layout icon and choose] RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
it was a known issue, try it, it may work for you too.

Nice! I've wanted to do this in the past and didn't realize I could.

Thanks Barry!

And updating dates across pages, too; that would be excellent

gracias!!! 😍 so simple!!

But what about a Layout generated shape? I want to place a white rectangle, with opacity of 20% over the lower model, and then i want to place another model instance above the filled rectangle.

On my mac system, at least, it is proving impossible to hide the lower model as it seems that model instances are always above everything else, no matter the arrangement choices.

I am attaching an image of a Layout page. The grid lines were place above all else, the model was sent to back, and the red square should be between them. As you can see, the red square should be covering up the model and the grid lines should be visible above the red square, neither of which is happening.

Picture 1.png

They (and any line) will only remain attached if they're some sort of arrow head style. I'd suggest using the last two arrows (the undershoot and overshoot) and adjusting the point size of the arrowhead to be very very small (0.00001 pts, for example).

b

thanks bjanzen!

Thanks for the clarification bjanzen. 👍

Yeah, just open the Arch D that has borders and unlock the layer(s) that have the unwanted graphics ('On Every Inside Page' usually) 'Ctrl+A' and 'delete'

That work?

@bjanzen said:

LayOut 3 out today... it's there. We added a point to the line - there's now a connection point and an offset point.

b

Well, you never know what comes next...
😄

(I remember last time a painful workaround and png printing issue and when LO 2 came out, you were the first to suggest that png outpuit was then already available)
😄

Hi Keea (and Jweff and Barry),

You can attach LO files here (we even hve a special icon for them) but indeed that file size seems to be too big.

Good ytou got the solution!

(Still in Boulder... 😉 )

LayOut can't turn on / off SketchUp layers - you have to set up scenes. LayOut is set up to only export LayOut layers, not SketchUp layers. So to export your layers separately from SketchUp, you'd have to first set up scenes in SketchUp, then set up views in LayOut to match those scenes to export to DWG.

b

😄 😛 thanks for the help wow iam very happy with this new option i cant believe 👍

Yes, I've noticed that too, but glad you found another solution 👍

I also saw your Laser Scan thread which is great! Hope to see more of your results with this method.

Hi Gaieus

Thanx for the reply. Gonna try it now.

Cheers! 😎