2 questions regarding Viewports.

CalypsoArt · 23 Jan 2015, 20:31

I'm an AC and SU user. I'm again looking at Layout and picking it up slowly.

Q1. I understand that in SU viewports work just like in AC viewport in paper space, it is where you set scale. How does that work with inserting objects that need to reflect that scale outside of the viewport. e.g. A "Scale" block from the scrap book? The block may say 0, 5,10 etc, but that seems to have no relation to the actual scale of the views. Of course this must be because only the objects in view port is scaled. How does one get a Scale block to be accurate external of the viewport?

Q2. How do you align viewports with each other.

Dave R · 23 Jan 2015, 20:37

As for the scale block, it depends upon how it is made. You could add a dimension to it and then resize it. I've always made my own in SketchUp. Then it's treated like any other viewport.

As for aligning viewports, you can use the alignment tools in the Arrange menu to align by the borders of the viewports. If you're actually trying to get the geometry from the sketchUp model aligned, move the little cross hair thing from the center of the viewport to some corner or edge or something. Then you can move that viewport so that point snaps to a corresponding point in the other viewport.