Two questions. VP and Dimension update.
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Is there away to lock viewports? I keep inadvertently selecting wiewports that I'm done with and draging them by mistake. Is there a "lock viewport" somewhere?
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I thought when I updated a model in SU, the dimensions in Layout would be updated to the new values. (After the model reference update in LO) Recently that has not been the case. What am I doing wrong?
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Put the viewports on a layer separate from the other content and lock that layer.
If both ends of the dimensions are anchored to points in the model, they should update automatically.
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@dave r said:
If both ends of the dimensions are anchored to points in the model, they should update automatically.
Really? That sure doesn't happen in my version of layout.
If I snap both ends of a dimension to a viewport SU model and then go and change the SU model, there is absolutely no change to the dimensions in Layout.
The only time I see layout dimensions changing with a viewport change is if the scale is modified.
It would be great if they did update automatically and annoying that they don't. I'm on a mac fwiw
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@dave r said:
If both ends of the dimensions are anchored to points in the model, they should update automatically.
Not working for me. I've made a model of simple boxes. I dimension in LO, the adjust the sided in SU. When I Update the model in LO, the model resizes but the dim do not.
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Use vector or hybrid graphics in viewport
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@yorik1984 said:
Use vector or hybrid graphics in viewport
Changed to Vector. No difference. Dimensions do not update.
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Calypso, you are seeing the reality of dimensioning in Layout. That is exactly how mine works and the render method makes no difference.
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@otb designworks said:
Calypso, you are seeing the reality of dimensioning in Layout. That is exactly how mine works and the render method makes no difference.
I just started using LO again recently. However, I used it for a few projects about 6 months ago, and I'm almost certain the dimensions updated. I'd like to believe it is something I'm doing or some simple configuration switch. I though the Render method might be the answer. Sorry to hear you're having the same problem. LO is useless to me if I can't solve this.
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I just tried the same process with Layout 14 and it is the same.
Are you perhaps remembering dimensioning in Sketchup and displaying in Layout? Because dimensions do update with geometry in Sketchup.
I am pretty sure layout has never worked like Sketchup does with respect to dimensioning.
It was certainly never a deal breaker for me,, but it definitely and source of frustration, inefficiency, and also greatly increases the likelihood of sending a drawing out with an incorrect dimension.
I have a very intense crosscheck protocol that I use with my drawings to help ensure that things like that don't slip through
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@otb designworks said:
I just tried the same process with Layout 14 and it is the same.
Are you perhaps remembering dimensioning in Sketchup and displaying in Layout? Because dimensions do update with geometry in Sketchup.
I am pretty sure layout has never worked like Sketchup does with respect to dimensioning.
It was certainly never a deal breaker for me,, but it definitely and source of frustration, inefficiency, and also greatly increases the likelihood of sending a drawing out with an incorrect dimension.
I have a very intense crosscheck protocol that I use with my drawings to help ensure that things like that don't slip through
Chuck,
I emailed Matt Donley who wrote "Sketchup to Layout," (which I bought) and he said he also thought the dimensions "attempted to stay attached" in previous LO versions. But do not do so currently. In my work, this makes LO substantially slower for me to use than AC. I guess I'll be sticking with AC.
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