Problems with Sketchup 8
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OK..here's what's happening...I just created the drawer pull in a tutorial I'm working thru and "made a component" and "saved". When I went back after saving and went to do something, it didn't do anything. I could pick the box tool, but when I made a box shape, nothing appeared. I then grabbed the circle tool and made a circle, but nothing appeared. I could click on a different layer and that layer button would get a "on" botton black dot, but nothing on that layer could be seen. So I hit the "X" to close Sketchup and it asked if I wanted to save...I said yes, and it quit out. When I opened sketchup again, the box and circle I made but didn't see were there and the layer I clicked on was now on and I could see what is on that layer. What's goin' on???
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I am not sure what was going on there (unless it is also combined with some graphic display issue) but you should carefully follow a very important rule in Sketchup: never put raw ("primitive" or ungrouped) geometry on any other layer than Layer0. What's more (especially while you are getting familiar with the program), never even change the default layer to anything else than Layer0.
Layers in SU do not separate geometry just control visibility. This also means that while drawing on one layer, you constantly merge with geometry on another layer or when you move something, "sticky" geometry will also me moved with it. Here is a good video demonstrating it:
YouTube - Google SketchUp Technique Series: Layers
[flash=480,385:15bruc50]http://www.youtube.com/v/fBdP499iw0Y?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash:15bruc50]As the video also demonstrates, use group/components to separate geometry.
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