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@teachix said:

First off, sorry if my question has already been asked.
I have been using Layout for a short time (1 month) and I would have liked to know if it is possible to create a standard profile (or environment, or preferences) in order to avoid resetting my line styles, dimensions, handwriting fonts and sizes, etc. with each new project?

Yes. You can make your own template with all of those options set and more. Start with a new LayOut file, choose the correct paper size and orientation first. Then make the settings for font dimension and label styles, etc. When I make a new template I place sample of text, labels, and dimensions on the page and then adjust them to suit. After editing the samples, I get each of the three tools in turn, press s to sample the existing text, and make a new sample to confirm it looks like what I want. After I've done that for the three of them, I delete all of the text samples.

You can also add layers for different entity types, e.g. SketchUp viewports, labels, dimensions, etc. You can also add page borders, title block, logo images, boilerplate text, page numbers, and so on. In Document Setup>Auto Text you can add various auto text things including custom text that can later be edited for the project. That can save a lot of time later when you are starting a new project.

After you have everything set up the way you want it, use File>Save as Template to save it.

By the way, before saving as the template I make sure my viewport layer is active. That way if I use Send to LayOut in SketchUp, my first viewport is on the correct layer automatically.

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share how I have solved the issue:

I drew symbols presenting various lights on top of my floor plan (in Layout). I drew continious lines between each light fixture to the location of each light switch (in Layout). I then used a paint bucket sampling a dotted line (I found it in Scrapbook, I think. However if you draw one dotted line by yourself and then sample it with paint droplet (the same as we paint any surface) and apply it to each continious line, you will turn your solid lines into dotte lines within a minute. I created a table in Word (a table and the description). I then dragged a jpg image of the table into Layout. I then copied and dragged a symbol of each light switch into the corresponding tab of the table (I might have used it different layers in Layout for the table and for the symbols but I do not think it is neccessary).

Tha is it. I spent quite a bit of time searching for the solution of creating a RFC and combining it with the description, but I could not find it. I am an interior decorator, not a designer or an architect.
For the final school project, I had to use several software to make a final package:

SketchUp - to draw the model Layout to organize RCP and the description of the lights. Word - to create the table and the description. InDesign - to put all renderings, pictures, RCP, etc together into a 55-page document. PDf: I think I addes some arrows at the end here.

I have attached two pages of my Reflected Ceiling Plan submission. These two pages a part of a 55-page document that I then prepared in Indesign.

That is it!

Lena

Reflected ceiling plan.JPG

RCP with dimensions.JPG

@pibuz said:

I wasn't saving my file so layout could not write the path.

I guess that would be a reason for there to be no path.

Glad you got it sorted.

Thank you.
I searched for Error code 107. I did not see that post.
Thanks
jm

@pipingguy said:

I wonder what else I have been overlooking. 😮

Admittedly I've been wondering what else you've been overlooking, too.

I use version 21. Thank you for the solutions. All that's left to do is adjust the left side extension line's end point to provide a gap.

Sorry. I wasn't trying to suggest that you should change the size of the model window for every project. Only that what you asked could be done that way.

Here's an example of the second suggestion. In my LayOut template I have three viewports from a sample or dummy model. Each one shows a different scene in the SketchUp file. (I've turned off the title block and other layers for this.)
Original template

The scenes in my project file have the same names as the scenes in my dummy SketchUp file in the template.
SketchUp file with scenes

After clicking Relink in Document Setup and choosing the project file the viewports look like this.
After relinking and choosing the SketchUp file

I did have to change the scale for the two elevations because my template is set up for furniture-sized projects, not buildings. In this case I just selected both of those viewports and changed their scale in one step.

@dave r said:

I moved your thread to the LayOut category.

Oops, Thanks.

@unknownuser said:

Is there a way to delete the leader from a label after it's been placed?

You can explode the label and delete the leader. If the label is using any auto text you'll lose that link.

@unknownuser said:

Is there way to link Text to a component and use the entity Auto-text options?

No.

When I want to do what you are proposing, I change the opacity for the leader to transparent in Shape Style. Then the leader doesn't show but the label is attached.
[attachment=0:3dqdtuse]<!-- ia0 -->label.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3dqdtuse]

That works! I was trying to turn off the stroke and didn't even think to make it transparent.
Thanks again!

@orbital said:

(...I might have not understood the issue properly or repeated what someone else has said )

Yeah. What you report is true and has been reported as a bug. Not the original issue here, though. This issue has more to do with padding around the text affecting the size of the dimension text box. Reducing the font size or using leaders eliminates the problem and in most cases probably makes the dimension easier to understand.

Hi, Thanks for responding.

Funny, I've never had this happen to an entire viewport before though.

I already tried you second suggestion to no success.
I will try the first

Whats curious is how it didn't do the same for the same conditions on a different view. Same components, just different cut. I'll also try maneuvering the section in-question.

Thanks all, very helpful!

I sent a new PM earlier today. Go to the top of the forum page and look for Settings. To the left of it you should see something like "1 new message". Click on that.

@dave r said:

If there's an raster images or raster/hybrid rendered viewports in your SketchUp model there should be a folder included with the .dwg export. Obviously you would need to send that folder along with the .dwg in order for the .dwg to open correctly.

If the viewports are rendered as Raster, you won't have any vector linework in the .dwg at all.

Thank you, this question was also relevant to me.

No. It means that every 28 days you have to ping the license server by signing in. You should expect to have to sign in if you haven't used it for some extended time. Shouldn't be a big deal. Chrome autofills the sign in fields for me and it only takes a second or two. I use SketchUp every day and don't really remember the times I have to sign in. I know it happens but it's such a trivial thing that it doesn't get remembered. It certainly isn't a punishment.

Thank you very much, I thought it would be somthing simple.

Best regards
Yahchanan

Thanks very much

Hi Orbital! Yes, still experiencing,
here are the files! Will you have a look at them?
Thanks in advance!

https://we.tl/t-3IvHPNk19Z

yeah...I see what you mean Dave. I need to keep the ctrl key depressed until the new viewport appears.

Yes we use 2021.

From experimenting, we can only get the pivot tables to work when we unformat the data in excel before we import it into layout. Is there are place where I can read what is specifically supported in Layout in regards to spreadsheets?

@matte said:

If I set it all up in MS Word as best as I can, I can copy past, and try my best to tweak things around. Seems to be working well enough.

It's generally not a good idea to copy from other applications and paste into LayOut. You would do better to save the Word file as .rtf and insert that into LayOut correctly. If you later need to make changes to the text, do so in Word and update the reference as you would for changes to your SketchUp model.

@matte said:

But I guess my questions ar moot, as They will not sell me a newer version, I think 2017 pro version was the last time we had the freedom to do so?

Do you mean they won't sell you a Classic license? If that's it, no. the only option now is to go to the Subscription license. That essentially went away with 2019.

The Subscription includes more stuff than the old Classic license did and if SketchUp is a part of your business, the price of the subscription ought to be covered easily enough by your clients.