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    pbacot
    last edited by 5 Jul 2012, 16:43

    Did you save a new style with the scene? Section plane visibility is tied to styles. (don't like that myself). I find that if I don't save a style in this regard the plane will show up again not only in LO but when I refresh the scene in SU.

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      troypiggo
      last edited by 5 Jul 2012, 20:37

      Aah, no I didn't. Thanks for that. Been driving me nuts and the solution sounds so simple.

      This is not my signature. I type it at the end of every message for quality control.

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        Dave R
        last edited by 6 Jul 2012, 00:53

        One thing that will help is to go to Preferences>General (under the Window menu on the PC and under the SketchUp menu on Mac) and make sure "Warn of style changes when creating scenes" is ticked. This will help you get style changes saved when you are creating scenes. Since section planes are part of styles, they'll get taken care of, too.

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          troypiggo
          last edited by 6 Jul 2012, 01:06

          Thanks for the tip.

          PS - lol at your signature and mine above each other. 😆

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            sonder
            last edited by 18 Jul 2012, 18:38

            Also make sure the scene in the LayOut is not shown as "scene name" modified. If so, it does not update the reference. You need to reselect the correct scene saved in Sketchup.

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              troypiggo
              last edited by 18 Jul 2012, 20:59

              Aah, good tip. Thanks.

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                ashscott
                last edited by 20 Mar 2013, 09:16

                Not sure if anyone else struggled with this but I'll break it down coz it took me a few minutes of head scratching to figure out.

                Once you have the scene displaying the way you want to in SU, go to
                Window-->Styles and click the button that is second from the top on the right side of the Styles dialogue box (it has a little '+' symbol on it).
                This will save the settings you are currently viewing in SU.
                Then save the SU file.

                However, if you go to LO now and right click the scene and hit "Update Reference" you may find that the section plane remains visible.
                To fix this you need to right click the scene in LO, go to styles and select the new style you just saved in SU (mine was called "Default Engineering Style1" since it was a modification of the Default Engineering Style.

                Your LO scene should now display exactly as it was in SU.

                In Summary, if you have saved the syle in SU but the section plane remains in LO make sure that you have told LO to use the newly saved style

                Just some stuff I do with Sketchup.

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                  sonder
                  last edited by 20 Mar 2013, 17:28

                  Ashcott - this should happen automatically when you update the scene. The only reason it wouldn't would be a result of the LO scene being "modified".

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                    ArCAD-UK
                    last edited by 20 Mar 2013, 18:43

                    I keep three basic Styles in my template to cover Plans, Sections & Elevations. This is because each one is generally required to show the image differently with variations on cutting planes, profiles and rendering. You may need more depending on what you are doing.

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                      ashscott
                      last edited by 21 Mar 2013, 02:45

                      Sonder - when you say modified do you mean that the user has opened the LO scene and changed the viewing angle (for example)?

                      ArCAD - thats a good idea, will put that to use

                      Just some stuff I do with Sketchup.

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                        pbacot
                        last edited by 21 Mar 2013, 03:06

                        Yes, in the Model window it will say ..."(modified)Scene 1"

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                          Dave R
                          last edited by 21 Mar 2013, 09:21

                          I should have added the thing about making sure the scene isn't modified. I try to avoid modified scenes in LO by making changes to the scenes in SU instead. This can save all sorts of headaches later.

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                            ashscott
                            last edited by 21 Mar 2013, 09:24

                            sound advice

                            Just some stuff I do with Sketchup.

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