I can only think that your pointing device may be at fault. Check your settings. You may have it at "hover/select". This would result in potentially selecting and dragging accidentally.

@jasonwd said: *puts hand up This is the one massive issue that prevents my SU/LO workflow being usable for my clients. if it's difficult to communicate with other consultants using the exports form software then, well, it's a problem for the person using SU + LO (and as such, less people will be inclined to use SU + LO). What workarounds are people using?

It's more geared to textures in general, but http://www.turbosquid.com is always worth a shout...

You could also simply create a "screen" on the same layer as your furniture. Simply draw a rectangle the full extents of the drawing, with no bounding edge and a transparent fill in white. Arrange your furniture within the layer to back. Set the entire layer to be below your symbols.

Now I have seen it! Thats great! thanks Dave and Timinder for raising the question.

Fills can be exported as solid hatches as you would see in Vector rendering. You can export shadows and textures in Hybrid mode for dwg/dxf. Layout generates vector lines over the images. If you have multiple viewports on top of each other you have to be sure your cad program can handle png transparency or you'll get images on top of each other and you won't understand what's happening. When you send the autocad file to someone else you have to include the image folder, or images on the same folder as DWG. Hope this helps, JQL

Thanks guys... I'll let you know how it turns out.

Hush your mouth... If my mother reads this thread she'll want me to work faster. Shhhh.

As Dave said in 2. but you can change the scene to vector and explode it into LO entities.

@arcad-uk said: <RANT>But be prepared to loose your customising next time LO gets an upgrade</RANT> <RANT> That drives me mental every upgrade <RANT>!!!

LO is a bugger like that!!! Indesign, illustrator and photoshop have this function right. My suggestion is that you drag all your standard text boxes to a LO document and export a PNG file at high res and then drag this back in and use a clipping mask for chuck it up! That way they will scale! PAIN in the butt though!

From what I understand NO layout doesn't embed fonts - and YES Andrew this IS an issue for the future! It would also be great IF LO had the option to turn text into outlines so these could be hand edited or kerned. Daves trick of opening the PDF, check embed all fonts and save, is probably your best option!

I have been looking into this problem for a little while now. Please try some of the advice posted on this post: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12%26amp;t=65976

There shouldn't be any "hidden styles" in your model. You should be able to see any styles in the In Model styles library. But just to be sure, open some of the components individually and take a look. If you are getting components from other sources, it is best to check them out carefully before using them. This would be especially true with components from the 3D Warehouse.

@ashscott said: In case anyone else is struggling with this, you can access the .layout files that are found in scrapbooks on a windows machine through the following directory: C:/ProgramData/SketchUp/SketchUp 2013/LayOut/Scrapbooks Note that in a windows folder you need to unhide hidden files by clicking tools>folder options>view> and checking "Show hidden folders, files and drives" Thanks for this one. I really was confused for a long time as to where should I find this. I guess folder hidden was the mistake from my part.

All you have to do is make a layer above the one on which your viewports are placed and add your text and leaders on that layer. Unlike in SketchUp where layer order doesn't matter, in LayOut the order of the layer list is important. I have my templates set up so the SU viewports go on layers quite low in the list. Dimensions, hatches, labels and other text and dashed lines go on layers higher up in the list. As to changing the text, it depends upon the OS. On PC you can change the font in the Text Style inspector window. On Mac you can get to the Font window most easily by right clicking on the text.

You're getting the snapping to an apparent grid because that's what you have it set to do. Untick Grid Snap and it won't do that. [image: wAuU_2013-10-29_06-40-30.png] If you want to adjust the viewport size without adjusting the size of the model, tick the box for Preserve scale on resize. Leave it ticked for that viewport or it will resize when you untick it. [image: 70oA_2013-10-29_06-41-34.png]