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    • M Offline
      millerjx
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      I am working on stairs. I have 3d version in SU. Took to LO, retraced to get 2d linework, that I can put break lines in.
      Can't seem to get a copy of 2d linework back into SU. Tried saving as autocad and reimporting, fails. Copy/ Paste doesn't work either. Any suggestions?

      If there is another workflow to create 2d version with break lines, I am open to it.
      Thanks

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        pbacot
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        When you tried dwg. Did you check the box in the LayOut export options that says "export for SketchUp"?

        Regarding 2d version with breaklines, I'm not sure. I thought that you should be able to do this in LayOut. Why do you export it back to SketchUp? I don't understand your workflow. Tracing things over in LayOut doesn't seem to be the way it's intended to be used (extra work).

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          millerjx
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          Thanks pbacot, the Export for SU button worked.

          Workflow answer. I am an architect. Stairs show in the floor plans that they connect, so need to be able to print on a plan, showing stair from floor above, the other from the floor below. I model stairs in 3d, so I know they work, use components for treads so I can add/ adjust details... As landing on it, and a stair above going to the next floor as a section cut through a wall yields good results. A cut through a stair is not good, one riser is in section others light linework, and hard to get stairs from two floors to show at the same time. So I have two layers for a stair, one that is 3d for model shots, perspectives, and or elevations. The other, for plan view, is a 2d graphic that represents the stair, with a break line. The 2d graphic shows stairs coming from above, and from below.

          Is there a better way to show a stair in plan?

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