Can a LO file be referenced to more than one SU file?
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I wonder if someone could help me with a LayOut question.
is it possible to reference one LO documento to more than one Sketchup file? in case it is how do I insert scenes from file B into a LO document which was started from file A?
best regards.
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You just choose to insert another document.
/file/insert/new SU file.
My most recent construction documents link to 3 different SU models, myriad still images, and everything works beautifully.
Also a wonderful feature is that you can relink all of a certain file to another file. So, I have a SU model linked to 25 pages in LO and I save out a new version with some edits. I can relink all of them to the new file with no hassles.
/file/document setup/resources
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@unknownuser said:
Also a wonderful feature is that you can relink all of a certain file to another file. So, I have a SU model linked to 25 pages in LO and I save out a new version with some edits. I can relink all of them to the new file with no hassles.
/file/document setup/resources
thanks, chuck. I thought it would be possible but did not know how to do it.
what do you mean exactly by "relink all of a certain file to another file"?
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Chuck was referring to the fact that you can just change the external SketchUp Model that files are linked to, and you update your 25 pages worth of models.
A lot of people use the workflow of naming their model with dates on the name, such as "Johnson_Residence_Oct12-2010.skp", then when someone comes in and updates the model 2 weeks later, they save it as "Johnson_Residence_Oct26-2010.skp", and the open File->Document Setup->References, and relink the model to the new one, and all pages get updates.
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Okay, got more than one SU file in my documents list, but I have a problem, situation...
I typically will make a page, lets say a plan view, with a specific SU file referenced. Fine, I want to make another page, I click the add another "same" page. I get the text, and the document link, just make a few changes, i.e. view, scene, I have now the foundation plan, seemed to be working fine... then, I got to the framing page, made that page the same way...and I decided to redo specifically the framing plan, with a new, less detailed SU model, i.e no plumbing fixtures etc. So I went in to the document setup and clicked "relink",
referenced the new model, and wow, the new framing plan fit in seamlessly. But all hell broke loose when I looked at the elevations, sections,etc....
dang, everything changed...
Okay, here is my question, what is the best practice... it is easy to make a new page with links and text etc, so can I do that AND still have the time savings of this method, but somehow have the "relink" UNIQUE / specific to that page? Do I "unlink, then relink"? or is the document reference link universal across that document, (the copied pages all have a "root" imbedded link)
Could this be similar to making a component that you want to edit "unique"?
Or, can I make each page unique, just have to relink to the specific SU model if I make changes.Thanks for your help, advice and insights.
aloha
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@redinhawaii said:
I decided to redo specifically the framing plan, with a new, less detailed SU model, i.e no plumbing fixtures etc. So I went in to the document setup and clicked "relink",
referenced the new model, and wow, the new framing plan fit in seamlessly. But all hell broke loose when I looked at the elevations, sections,etc....
dang, everything changed...OK, why bother to do a new SU model for this rather than simply adding a new scene in the original model and setting it up to show less detail?
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