OTB Idea #1: Draw to model scale in LayOut.
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Chuck: Drawing in paper space versus model space is very counter intuitive and frustrating. If I am generating a full set of 1/4"=1' drawings, it serves me no purpose that any lines I draw in Layout have a paper space length as opposed to model space. We can set the scale of the dimension tool and it would be quite helpful if we could do the same for general drawing. This makes a seemingly easy task such as generating a construction grid very time consuming and difficult. I have made grids in Sketchup and tried to use them to get the grid lines to snap to it, but it seems that the inference engine has difficulties with orthographic views and there is a constant inability to snap where I need to.
Barry: Are you trying to highlight a SketchUp model or actually draw 2D plans in LayOut? Yes, drawing in LayOut to do 2D plans could be frustrating, but you're supposed to do that in SketchUp, then set dimensions, take offs, highlighting, etc… in LayOut. We have a feature request to draw to a scale, e.g. - my view of my model on the page is 1/4" = 1', so when I draw a line, if I type 4 feet, it should draw a 1 inch line on my paper. Is that what you want?
Chuck: No, I am not drawing 2D plans in Layout and yes, I am using SU for all of my drawings. But, for the construction grid, I need dashed lines and control over line weights. I have a grid that I drew in Sketchup that I could just draw over with the new, Layout lines, and this is probably the best way to accomplish what I need. I had tried to draw a grid dashed line, with the number bubbles, as a group that I could move around and snap to the SU grid, but I was having the issues I discussed with grouping and snapping. If I could use Layout to draw a line (at the correct scale) from a SU snap point, then that would save me the time spent drawing a line, attaching a dimension string to it, and then manually scaling the line until the dimension is correct and then using that line end point to snap my grid line to. So long story long, what you described (type in 4' and get 1" line) is exactly what I would like.
Barry: I filed a feature request for this.
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+1 vote.
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