Smart way to have alternative plans?
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Aloha Red
Perhaps this freezing problem deserves it's own thread. I shall try your suggestion in any case.
I am sure i didn't use to get this when I first got SU and only had 1gb. Could the later versions of SU have become that much more demanding?cheers John
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I am going back to the "bar" today. And will update you as to their perspectives as how it (Mac with SU) currently works is unacceptable.
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red
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I am in the middle of modeling a residential remodel, and I gotta say, group, group, and the Outliner, and be cautious of Layers. -
Ok mycoplasma infection completely recovered, back in action and I happily now own the apartment we're trying to draw here and raring to go. We now have the swimming pool rebuilt with great lighting and salt water just below the condo balcony, it looks marvellous, this and the great mountain view west of Chiangmai is why I want to increase visibility to outside and downwards which you will see as I go along.
Just to refresh I'm trying to make three SU layers of a condo. One the permanent immovable features, one as is we might call current, and one (or more) prospective future layout or layouts, perhaps future 1, future 2 etc.
At the end of Page 1 Gaieus you said (and this is probably very simple so welcome anyone to answer ASAP
@unknownuser said:First of all,forget about floorplans. Floorplans (in a 3D software) are only the basis of the 3D structure so make your No. 1 (permanent) things into 3D first. Keep everything on Layer 0 at this time.
When you are done, make a group of what you've made, create a new layer (say "Permanent") and move the group onto this layer. Note that the geometry inside will still be on Layer 0 and leave it there. This is important. Leave the visibility of this layer on (since it will be included in both/all versions)
I did everything until the my bolding in your quote. To move the group I tried dragging it into the layer box, no go, then I tried copying, going to layer "permanent" and pasting. When I pasted it didn't paste in position, it gave me the move icon presumably asking where I wanted to stick it. So I clicked, but when I made layer 0 and layer permanent both visible there were two intersecting copies of the same thing each centred differently not coincident.
So there's my first problem. Is it possible to make them coincident?
Now i come to think of it does it matter? Hmmm....I guess so since you tell me to leave the layer 0 visibility on.nice to be back and I'll be cracking on with this non-stop now
cheers
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How about using the "paste in place" command (in the Edit menu) after you copied the geometry? It willput anything that you copied/cut into the exact same location and orientation. You can even assign a shortcut to this function (as it doesn't have a separate toolbar button).
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