Landscaping masks

pbacot

I guess the question is how to import vector information directly into the drawing space of LO. Since, other than Richard, no one would choose to draw in LO. I've not explored this. Wonder if there is a way.

baz

Edit, hang on, that doesnt work, needs transparency of course, duh.
Will have another think...

Thought I would have a go at this.
Drawn in SU, saved as scrapbook file in layout.
Filled and unfilled version.
You can change the line weights and apply sketchy styles. And of course they are vector.
I would be happy to knock some of these out if you are interested.

Tree-One.layout

baz

Here is a PNG with transparency, same as your method.
Might have a go a la Richard in Layout...

baz

Got it. This is SU and Layout only.
Drawn in SU, Vector model exploded and ungrouped down to single entities.Then regrouped.
At this stage you can change the line weights, fill etc.
Warning, once you have any stage of the Layout file as you want it, save it. Layout seems to be a bit twitchy with this operation and you might have to revert.

Tree-One-Explode.layout

pbacot

I've tried to explode a SU reference. Grayed out. How is this process done (how did you get put it in LO etc.)?

baz

@pbacot said:

I've tried to explode a SU reference. Grayed out. How is this process done (how did you get put it in LO etc.)?

Insert model in LO or send to LO from SU.
Check Vector is on.
Right click model window/Explode/Ungroup/

And depending on how far you drill down you are then left with a bunch of vector entities which can be manipulated with LO tools.

pbacot

Vector! No wonder!

pbacot

So one can import all sorts of drawings from CAD for this sort of thing. Thanks,

nujak66

Baz,

You are great! I didn't even think of drawing in sketchup first, then converting to vector in layout! Genius! Thank you! Much better than my png version. I'm glad I didn't spend too much time building a library of .png. I'm going to go at a scrapbook library your way in Layout.

Cheers!

baz

@nujak66 said:

Baz,

You are great! I didn't even think of drawing in sketchup first, then converting to vector in layout! Genius! Thank you! Much better than my png version. I'm glad I didn't spend too much time building a library of .png. I'm going to go at a scrapbook library your way in Layout.

Cheers!

Good,thanks. Show us a few examples when you have some...

Richard

Richard should probably tune in here! There are a ton of DWG tree files of this type all over the internet. Download > drag into SU > compile > drag SU file to LayOut page > vector > explode > ungroup > you may need to run the join tool around > set outline and fill > save as scrapbook.

Be mindful you can have some really heavy geome'tree in Layout as a result!

The beauty is that you have both, a nice set of trees that match for use in both SU and LO.