Could you share the LO file it is happening in? If not publicly, by private message?

I'm sorry Folks, especially Charlie, but I'm just not getting this. Al I want to do with about 6 diff scenes is export a dwg that's to correct scale for my client.

Been working all day on this and no closer.

I wish we could just figure out why I can't export correct scale dwgs right from SUp ..
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=68904&p=629858#p629858

Thanks again Dave.

You've been a great help!

Just in case you are curious. As to how the actual project turned out.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw2mdlwzvdwj4s1/Hidden%20Door%202.mp4?dl=0

Now I need to finish my "Owners Manual".

Chris

Oh, and I'm glad I ended up in the "right" room! 😉

Evidently there's a bug related to certain OSX versions. There's a fix on the way but in the meantime you can get to the export option.

@unknownuser said:

that pulldown, which is too long to fit in the space, below the Templates folder, is the Format pulldown. DWG/DXF is the last of 4 selections on that pulldown. Hit tab 4 times, then hit space bar (to select that pulldown), then type the number 4, and type Enter. You’ve now selected DWG/DXF. Hit tab, then space bar, to select the option menu. DWG/DXF options should appear. Make your selections, hit enter. Now you can click on Save and it should save.

@unknownuser said:

One thing this presumes: that you’ve got “All Controls” set in System Prefs ->Keyboard->Shortcuts (at the bottom of that panel). You can toggle it on or off anytime using Crtl-F7. If you don’t do that, you wont be able to get to the Option button.

My Logitech Mx Revolution settings that have helped me some with the slow zoom in LO.

LO_Logitech_mouse_settings.PNG

For any AutoCAD users out there....I found a LISP routine that identifies these little buggers.

@pipingguy said:

wonderful

Most applications that use fonts use the system fonts. SketchUp and LayOut aren't unique in that. There are a few that add some fonts but for the most part, they all come with the operating system unless you install them yourself.

As I said, if you really must stick with the font you've chosen, you can edit it. A great tool for that is FontCreator which will let you create your own fonts as well as edit existing ones. And it really isn't all that difficult to do.

Yes it seems to have been a problem with the view in the scene that was being used. Thanks for the help.

@dave r said:

The section cut lines are not edges in the SketchUp model so you can't dimension to them. Peter's suggestion works because edges are created in the group. You could also use TIG's Section Cut Face and make the edges of the faces visible.

I use TIG's SectionCutFace, I never noticed that option. Duh! Thanks.

I would suggest you create one or more layers specifically for
SketchUp viewports and keep the viewports on them. When I create templates for LO, I always have at least two if not more layers set up for viewports and the lowest viewport layer is set as the active one. That way, when I use Send to LayOut, the first viewport will automatically be on the correct layer.

Point taken - will do!

Remember, when you are looking at the Raster-rendered viewports on screen, you are probably using less than the maximum quality rendering. When you export to PDF, you can export at the high quality setting.

Another thing to consider is stacking viewports for the same scene. You can render the top one as Vector and leave the bottom one as Raster. That will give you a combination of vector edges with only the back edges displayed as raster and it will allow you to maintain the dynamic link from the scenes so changes will show up automatically (as long as you don't make them modified in LO).

don't stack the viewports on the same layer. Rather use two layers with the upper layer showing the vector rendered viewports.

As I understand Layout is for publishing projects. Sketchup is for sharing files with partners. And that is the whole story. You can export layered DXF with Skalp.

Arrange your trays as you wish and 'Save as Template'.
Of course you can save other parameters also.

See "Print to separate pdf with name of page": https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13%26amp;t=67941%26amp;p=624246#p624246

Happy to get you sorted. Bookmark this thread. 😉

In the scenes manager, make sure "visible layers" is checked, select the layers you want visible, then update, then save. If not, each scene changes with the current layer selection.

2017

@rtd said:

Is it possible to convert a SketchUp object to a LayOut object; that is, a real LayOut vector object, not just a link to a SU file?

Yes it is. First render the viewport as Vector. Then right click on it and choose Explode. You may find you need to ungroup and possibly more than once.