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    • M Offline
      mal
      last edited by

      Thanks Peter pbacot, the wedges are gone. I even have some dotted arcs showing doors to be removed.. Happy Days πŸ‘

      Mal

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      • EdsonE Offline
        Edson
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        @mal said:

        I did the door swings in layout using the arc tool but they turned out like potato wedges... Any tips on avoiding that?

        Cheers

        Mal

        of course, you can do it later in LO but then you would have to it once for each door. my own way of doing this is: when I model a door component in SU I always create a hidden layer named 2D and place the door swing there. when saving a scene that shows a plan for exporting to LO I switch it on and save. thus you do it only once for each door. that is it.

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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        • M Offline
          mal
          last edited by

          Thanks for the tip Edson. Sounds like a good plan. Cheers

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          • ccaponigroC Offline
            ccaponigro
            last edited by

            Here is another idea. I draw lines in the model and use xline from smusterd.com to change them into guide lines which are dashed. Its crude but at least you can coordinate them right on your model. So if you’re not to persnickety about line type it works and you can place them on layers or hide then as you see fit.


            sketchup model


            layout view

            cfcaia.com

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            • M Offline
              mal
              last edited by

              Good idea CC, I may well use that method. I would also like to reserve the right to use the word "persnickerty" on all of my sketchup drawings.

              Thanks for the tips

              Mal

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                I just though I'd add a better example of dotted lines in LayOut. The part indicated was originally lines in the model.


                Dotted lines1.png

                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

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                • S Offline
                  sonder
                  last edited by

                  This thread is a good example of why I love the SU / LO combination. It is so customizable graphically. Really brings the fun back into what used to be the most miserable aspect of architecture. I love seeing all these different methods. Looking forward to basecamp!

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                  • G Offline
                    gabewill
                    last edited by

                    There is another way still...

                    Make a scene with only the demo walls shown. Draw a plane that sits above your walls and is large enough to cover the extents of the scene. Put that plane on your demo layer.

                    Create a style with BACK EDGES turned on. Set that scene to raster in layout, align a vector scene above it with the non-demo layers turned on.


                    dashed lines example.jpg

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                    • TreblDT Offline
                      TreblD
                      last edited by

                      Interesting approach Gabewill. To make the box clearer you gotta think outside the box πŸ˜„

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                      • heyitsmekyleH Offline
                        heyitsmekyle
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                        Hi Guys -

                        Just posted a reply to this under 'dashed lines' in the SU side of the forum. Expanding on my post, I've used the approach to do demo walls that show up Red in LO and with dashed lines as shown. These are tied to the model no need to update/explode/trace over. See my other post for more info.

                        Cheers -

                        Kyle


                        1/8 Scale Demo


                        1/4 Scale Demo

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          Hi guys, here's a few dashed line styles I've made for you to try out. Keep in might they are still only raster lines to in Layout they'll have to stay that way but they have been made as true straight lines....

                          Hope they help. πŸ‘


                          DASHED-Heavy.style


                          DASHED-Medium.style


                          DASHED-light.style

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                          • heyitsmekyleH Offline
                            heyitsmekyle
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Utiler! These look great. Applied them quickly here to a model just to check out the style:

                            [attachment=0]Screen Shot 2015-07-18 at 2.05.46 AM.png


                            Sketchup - Dashed Lines

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                            • utilerU Offline
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              No worries Kyle, glad you like them. πŸ‘

                              purpose/expression/purpose/....

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