Scrapbook symbols are hidden behind model once inserted

keea1111 · 23 Jun 2010, 17:54

Hi,

Does anyone know why my scrapbook symbols and line drawings as well, are appearing behind my embedded SU model? I can't use them at present because they go hidden behind the model. I tried bringing symbol to the front under 'ARRANGE' but that isn't working. I'm in the middle of construction drawings and this hasn't happened before for me. Can someone help me on this one? much thanks,

danbig · 23 Jun 2010, 21:30

...could the scrapbook images be on a layer which is below the SketchUp model's viewport?

keea1111 · 23 Jun 2010, 22:36

Hi sorry for my ignorance, but what is the model's viewport and how could I check that? thanks,

bmike · 24 Jun 2010, 02:33

You may need to move the scrapbook images to the top - either on their own layer that sits above the viewport into your model, or by right clicking on the item and using the 'arrange' option.

keea1111 · 24 Jun 2010, 04:27

HI,

I tried both of those things, and they usually work, but for some reason, not in this case.  I did find this though:  I am trying to place symbols on my elevation page.  I had the SU model set to hybrid(with shadows).  When I turned it back to vector, there was no problem.  The scrapbook symbol placed itself automatically on top of the SU viewport.  I will go with this, but does anyone know why hybrid and raster are different in this way?  thanks,   Keea

utiler · 27 Jul 2010, 22:55

Hi Keea,
This is what is happening to your model.

Layout's Layer system organises its layers visually on screen as they are in the Layer Dialouge Box. Think of it as a 'stack' of layers; view what layers you have in the Layer Dialogue box and that is how they will appear on scene.
I make a point of starting LO on a layer called 'MODEL IMPORT' which is located at the bottom of the layer stack. once I have imported my model and set scenes as I have saved them in SU I lock the layer and change layers to say 'Symbols' or 'text' etc.....

So just keep in mind what you want at the back of the page needs to be on the layer at the bottom of the Layer list.

keea1111 · 30 Jul 2010, 05:02

Thanks..that makes sense..I didn't know that...I'll give it a try...