Styles & Lineweights

lesourdsville

In setting up SketchUp styles to transfer over to LayOut viewports, I've been trying to arrange the "lineweights" (actually the style multiplier values) in a way that minimizes the use of stacking viewports. Am I correct in my assumptions that

these multiplier values can only be whole numbers?,

and 2) the Edge weight is automatically considered a multiplier of one?

The problem I am trying to work around is that the lineweights I am trying to match have some relative weights for edges and profile that aren't whole number multipliers unless the edge value can be defined for a factor other than 1. (For example, if I try to set the profile to 1.5, it automatically changes it to 2, so I would need to be able to set the edge value to 2 and the profile to 3.) Is this possible without resorting to stacking viewports and applying different line weights in LayOut?

Dave R

In SketchUp the Profiles weight can only be set to whole integer values. In LayOut, the Line Weight can be set to 2 places beyond the decimal. The Line Weight in LayOut is a multiplier for the Edges (always 1 in SketchUp) and Profiles.

lesourdsville

Thanks! I guess it'll just have to be viewport stacking.

Dave R

Another approach that I sometimes use is to explode the viewport and ungroup the edges. Then it's possible to adjust the line weight as if they were drawn in LO to begin with. Render as Vector first.

This method is good when you want to convert edges you've drawn in SketchUp into dashed or dotted lines or otherwise change their appearance. The downside, of course, is that they are no longer linked to the model. If you make changes to the model that affect those lines, you'd have to replace the old ones with the new. When I do use this method, I make sure to put the viewport to be exploded on its own layer in LO.

lesourdsville

Yeah, that's the only option I can see for things as far as a hidden line style could be applied. For the rest I'm trying to configure a method with the most automated work since there's a lot of revision involved.

Dave R

If you have to make a lot of revisions, it's generally best to keep the line styles as simple as you can.