Nope 😳
That did the way.

Thanks

Yup, that's it. They are SU models (and thus can even be orbited in 3D). Make sure to explode them at the final stage as you will lose this orbiting feature after exploding.

As far as the behavior when that box is unchecked. It has to do with how SU and Layout deal with field of view when the aspect ratio of display changes. It pays attention to the vertical field of view and tries to maintain that. So if you print from SU to letter in landscape vs. Tabloid in landscape you get the same vertical coverage, you just get more model on the sides for the tabloid print.

Similar in Layout. If you widen the view no changes are required to maintain the vertical field of view. While if you make it bigger vertically it needs to adjust the mode. Same thing will happen if you drag a corner diagonally (unless in doing this you make the aspect ratio wider vs. taller)

@agrazdi said:

Can you give us more details and tips of how this Vector rendering subjetc works, and what advantages can we get from using it ?

Using a vector rendering also generates page size independent output. So the size of
an exported PDF will be the same no matter what size the page is. The line quality will
also stay the same no matter the page size.

Hi AB (and welcome - as this is your first post).

Yes, it is posible in different ways: see this topic on the issue.

Also (like in SketchUp), you can make all your desired changes and save the LO file "as template" under the File menu.

This is a link to another shortcuts thread by Dave R

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=53564#p486074

@ronanr said:

So my next question is, are there any do's and don'ts about placing images on a flat surface when it comes to exporting?
Can z-fighting happen between a painted colour and png (inserted as image)?

Ronan

Sure it can! After all they (i.e. two different images) are trying to occupy the same plane no matter that any of them is just an image entity or a texture image on a face geometry entity. This "Z value" thing is used in other apps as well but in some you can dictate what is on top and what is in the back (like in LO for instance)

What's more, sometimes nudging it off by 1 cm (or any other small distance) does not help either since it all depends on the "distance" your camera is from the target. If this (in real world physical) distance - by moving farther - becomes less than a pixel on screen, Z fighting starts (or edges behind a face will "see through").

So either make it part of that face or move it even further than 1 cm (and maybe turn off "cast shadow" for the entity so that it won't be that visible).

Richard

I am interested in your tutorial.

Thanks

agrazdi

Creating a clipping mask works if you want something partially obscured.

Thanks, Gaieus and CHARLIE__V for the help. now nothing stops me from diving into the use of Layout! 😍

@unknownuser said:

There are a lot of requests however for dimensioning in LO

Actually that was the first thing I was looking for myself. I was also disapointed that it wasnt included.

@remus said:

Nice work baz.
Unfortunately your right in saying layout doesnt have an image export, does seem like a rather glaring omission really.

LO 2 has image export.

@linea said:

I really hope Google sort Layout out, it is so near. The lack of vector output is IMHO the biggest problem.

Done

Thanks for the reply Anssi,

I actually just resolved the issue. Apparently it's an issue with the particualr template that I was using. Default/Template/Titleblocks/Rounded/letter/right. When I choose the same template but in a "block" rather than the "rounded" version, it works just fine.

Why not make a "screen capture" of the SU LO screen animation and make a video?
Result can be a Flash, or any video format!
Try Proper animation by Morisdov for animate Objects separately of the Camera's movement!

bump

Layout 2 is indeed worthy 😄