I doubt this is a bug. More likely it's incorrect scene and style setup. Share your LO file so we can see what you are getting and help you get it sorted out.

@unknownuser said:

once I´ve been told that the new layout feature that allows you to change the scenes in layout can cause bugs

This sounds like something you might have been told by someone who doesn't fully understand how to use scenes in LayOut.

Do you have the viewport set up correctly in the first place? Is the scene in SketchUp set up with the camera set to Parallel Projection?

When you make any changes to the various sections of the Sketchup Model panel for a viewport, those settings override the settings for the scene. So, if you do something to override the camera position or any other camera settings (the Camera section of the SketchUp Model panel shows dark gray and there's a Reset button available) those settings will override the settings even if you select another scene. This is actually very useful but if you are copying a modified viewport to make another viewport, you'll need to click Reset for at least the Camera section in order to show the desired scene. Best workflow is to avoid making any camera changes that result in the dark gray background and Reset button showing. if you need to change the camera position or zoom level for the viewport, do that in SketchUp. You can drag the edges of the viewport to crop or show more of the view and you can adjust scale without modifying the Camera settings, though.

@dave r said:

This is what I stress to my students. Although it might seem like it is taking extra time, keep things clean as you go. That means correcting reversed faces, eliminating stray geometry, purging unused stuff from files, reducing geometry, etc. If you are importing components from other programs, use the same work flow as is recommended for working with components from the 3D Warehouse. Import them into a separate SketchUp file so you can inspect and clean them to make them suitable for using in your model. Then copy and paste into your project file.

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@box said:

In windows it is available on the right click menu.
Or under the menu Arrange.

You rock. I can sleep sound now. Thank you.

Mark

Speaking of file size management, I use a feature in Adobe Acrobat Xl pro and/or DC that reduces PDF file size considerably without noticeable loss in fidelity. I don’t know if this applies to users who generate models with non-default styles, however. I attached a 3-page collection of snips of a 7 MB pdf, which, after I ran the reduction operation, size was squashed down to 1 MB. FYI....I created the LO file using hybrid and line scale @ .2 pt and when I exported it to PDF, I chose 'set image resolution' to high.

File size reduction using adobe acrobat XI pro.pdf

save-as reduced file size.JPG

Can anyone recommend the Sketchup Construction Documents book from first hand experience?

Also your description begs the question: Is this happening to every file you work on in LO or just ones into which you have put this 2d drawing (what is it? a pdf?)--or any 2d drawings?

Not much point in trying it on LO2018.

Excellent!

If you saved it as a template it wouldn't be in the Scrapbook folder. It would be in the Templates folder.

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Thanks, Dave
I appreciate the help!

Are you manually typing in the numbers? What if all you had to do was click where you want to anchor the label and where you want the text? Would that make it easy enough?

@jenny13857 said:

...share a screenshot...

Shouldn't need a screenshot. Go to File>Insert and select your .xlsx file. Then choose the range of cells you want in the pop up window.

Your profile says you are using SketchUp 8 Free/Make. If that is correct, you don't have LayOut to import the .xlsx file into. If you are using SketchUp 8 Pro then you have LayOut 3 and it doesn't have the option to import .xlsx files at all.

Try exporting as PDF, with image resolution set to high, and then rasterizing in an image editor like photoshop or GIMP, with resolution set to 200dpi, and saving to jpg.

Edit:

Had success exporting up to 2000mm (78"). Any higher and the pdf came out blank. Maybe a hard limit set inside LO.
But, PDF output set to high will export at 300dpi, so changing image size, without resampling should get your 2500mm wide image at 200dpi without issue.

If Purging in References doesn't get rid of it, it must be used in at least one spot in the document. Find that and delete it. Then you should be able to purge it.

How are you putting them into LayOut?

What version of SketchUp and LayOut are you using? Still 2014 as indicated in your profile?

@dave r said:

You're quite welcome. The feature has been requested by a few other users in the past. My guess is that it might be awhile in coming if it does. Lots of other things that seem to be higher priority. Also there aren't a lot of printers out there that can handle multiple page sizes. Not sure about PDFs handling different page sizes either.

PDF's handle different pages sizes just fine. However you may have a valid argument with printers having difficulty with different page sizes, well I would imagine older types of printers anyway.

I found a number of problems with your LayOut file. I expect the crashing is due to a missing reference for the SketchUp file for page 7. Notice there's no path for that reference. (The References actually labeled as missing are marked that way because their paths point to a location on your computer, not mine.
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This makes me wonder about how you are inserting the .skp files into LayOut.

I've deleted the viewports associated with that file and purged the unused references.
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I notice that all of your viewports use the Last saved SketchUp view for the scenes. This is not good practice. If have some need to go back to a SketchUp file and make some changes to the model, you need to make sure that you don't change the view or your viewports in LO can be screwed up. Much better to create scenes in the model file so you have fixed views of the model to use for the viewports in LayOut. If you do that, it won't matter what the view in SU is when you save the model.

PILLAR 3500H ASSEMBLY2.layout

I assume you are selecting the style in LayOut? It sounds like the style you are selecting is set to show section cuts. You cannot edit the style's properties from LayOut so instead, set the style for the scene in your Sketchup model as desired and edit it if needed to not show the section cuts.

If you share the LO file I will show you how to make the setup if you aren't sure how.

Are you still using SketchUp 2017 as indicated in your profile?

FWIW, since the release of SU/LO2020, I've created a collection of customized styles that are typical of the ones I use in documents I create in LayOut. Some of these styles have section cuts turned on, some don't. These can then be selected in LayOut instead of being set for scenes and I only need my working style in the SketchUp model which helps a bit in controlling file size. In versions before 2020, the styles were set in SketchUp because changing the style in LO resulted in a modified scene and many of the scene properties would no longer carry over if changes were made to it.

There isn't currently a radius or diameter dimension in LayOut. I know that it has been requested (because I requested it) so hopefully it will be implemented eventually.

I don't know how an extension in SU would help. When I need to create a radius or diamter dimension I just do it manually with a label.