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    • O Offline
      orchard collie
      last edited by

      Hi Guys Greetings from Darwin Australia
      Being a real newbie to the Forums world I hope this is in the right place.
      Currently using SKU8 Pro on Mac.
      I want to label a 3D aerial view of an Island with buildings located all over it. I want to use the Google Terrain, not the 2D snapshot layer. Every time I try and label an individual building the arrow snaps to Origin and not the building under the cursor.
      I've tried unlocking, exploding and moving to a different layer - still no success.
      Frustrating
      Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
      Orchard Collie

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        It doesn't appear to be you. I think I remember this being reported a long time ago. Maybe it's a feature and not a bug. It still happens in SU2013, too.

        I get around it by giving the text tool something else to snap to. I use a couple of intersecting guidelines as shown in the attached. After I've finished placing the text the guides can be deleted.

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        FWIW, it's probably too late to be reporting bugs in SketchUp 8 since Trimble has moved on to SU2013.

        Etaoin Shrdlu

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        • O Offline
          orchard collie
          last edited by

          Thanks Dave
          I don't care if it's a bug or a feature, I just wanted a solution, and you gave me one that works!
          Thanks heaps.
          BTW how did you get your leader line and arrow in white to match the text colour?
          Regards
          Orchard

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            orchard collie
            last edited by

            Hi Dave
            Don't bother replying to such an insulting question. As soon as I pressed send I realised that the Font colour could be linked to the line colour and when I tried it, it was!
            Dumb Dumb Me
            Thanks again
            Orchard

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              It wasn't insulting. Since I already made a screen shot, I'm attaching it in case someone else is interested.

              In this case I selected the text and, in Entity Info, clicked on the color swatch to change it.

              text.png

              Etaoin Shrdlu

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              • O Offline
                orchard collie
                last edited by

                Thanks Dave
                Best regards
                Orchard

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