Display components as placeholder boxes?

sebstck3 · 15 Mar 2013, 11:17

Is it possible to do as in 3ds max and any other modelling program : to display complicated components as placeholder boxes?

I m building a fence and i cant use a texture as I need to see its "3 dimensionality"... the file is tiny but impossible to work with because of display problems...

Any help would (really!) appreciated

TECHDAVE02 · 15 Mar 2013, 12:44

Try Fredo6 GhostComp http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21469#p180536

Tyler · 17 Mar 2013, 21:36

@techdave02 said:

Try Fredo6 GhostComp http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21469#p180536

Will this increase performance when working with complex scenes/models?

Dave R · 17 Mar 2013, 22:35

Anything you do to reduce the amount of a information that gets pushed through the GPU will help keep performance up.

Box · 17 Mar 2013, 22:48

Just in the interests of using native tools.

It is possible to construct a model with many simple "box" components and then replace them with a complex component when you are ready.
Easily done in the component window. select the instances and replace selection.

Gaieus · 18 Mar 2013, 08:31

Or you can have a set of simpler models (boxes) as components and more elaborate ones saved as skp files. Then either reload each manually when needed or use TIG's xref manager plugin.