SimLab SketchUp 3D PDF Exporter

MALAISE

HI everybody

Question: has anyone encounterred the illustrated following problem ?

When exporting over SimLab3D Pdf, i lose all labels present in the SketchUp file
(see attached file)

Hints or advices welcome

MALAISE

Labels desappeared

driven

the 3dPDF is vectors and the text is rastor, so you may need to use 3dText, unless there a hybrid mode setting...
john

MALAISE

Thanks John for your answer. It really helps me to understaand and find an other way.

MALAISE

matteo

Hello Malaise,

I tried to test if there is a workaround.

A label's text is a kind of "face camera" object.
If you use the 3D Text tool, you can make a component and choose "always face camera" in the Component Window.

Sadly Simlab can't transfer this function to a PDF. You can animate every single object, but you can't constrain it to face the camera.

I suggest you to draw a vectorial number near every group/component of your model and add a fixed text area (with the PDF template window of Simlab) with a corresponding numbered legend.
As alternative you can use a coloured legend, if your components are painted with an unuque colour.

MALAISE

@matteo said:

Hello Malaise,

I tried to test if there is a workaround.

A label's text is a kind of "face camera" object.
If you use the 3D Text tool, you can make a component and choose "always face camera" in the Component Window.

Sadly Simlab can't transfer this function to a PDF. You can animate every single object, but you can't constrain it to face the camera.

I suggest you to draw a vectorial number near every group/component of your model and add a fixed text area (with the PDF template window of Simlab) with a corresponding numbered legend.
As alternative you can use a coloured legend, if your components are painted with an unuque colour.

Hello Matteo

I almost have the same idea, "Numbers" and a side list. Thanks for this confirmation.
I go further.

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