How to show multiple options for a building?

[SamF]

Hi all,

I'm creating a model of my current house, because we are considering several different options of how to change the space by knocking down walls etc.

What's the best way to have a model where I can cycle through several different options?

It would be great if I could knock down a wall in one layer only, so that when I hid that layer it hole went away, but it seems from what I can tell that I can't make structural changes to walls in a specified layer. So is there a better way to do this? I'd prefer not to just save a bunch of different files, because I'd like to be able to easily cycle through them when talking to people.

Thanks!

Sam

[Gaieus]

Hi Sam,

Combine layer visibility with scenes.Make sure your workflow is this:

1. separate what should be separated with groups (layers won't separate geometry).
2. put version 1 of say a wall on layer 1, set it visible (but turn off version 2 - see below) and add a scene.
3. now insert version 2 of the wall, put it on layer 2, make it visible but hide layer 1
4. again, add a scene.
   now when you switch between scenes, you can once see version 1 then in the other scene, version 2. Obviously there may be several things (like floor) that are present in each verion - they should have their own layer but always visible.

Something like this - except that I made it to present different textures but presenting different geometry works the same way. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3168ed68fce69cf154cbada1da0df134

You can even play with scenes in Google Earth: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=569332372733870556fd3af0ddd0a84f