Hi ,

I have been using sketchup and layout for a while , making section cuts from sketchup models using the 'section cut face' plugin and then importing into layout, a raster and vector version of a scene so that I can have good cut lines overlayed as vectors over a raster scene/image. I have had no issues in the past but now suddenly when I alter the properties of the section lines from a raster to a vector in order to overlay, the image resizes and becomes huge so that it is much larger than the raster version of the scene below , I cannot see why this is happening. I have tried deleting the scenes and cut face and starting again and it still happens, what's more it only occurs on one axis, when I take sections perpendicular I have no issue.

Hi,

Please could someone help. I have a handy tool called a Leica S910 that will point to a surface and then a second surface and tell me the elevational height difference which I use for surveys. I am as usuall making a sketchup model of a new proposal for a barn conversion and need to coordinate floor levels. It has just occured to me that althoug there is long winded versions of finding the height difference between two points, I know of no simple way akin two what I have described that my Leica measure will do in a real world scenario.

My question is, does anyone know of a plugin or a method within the existing program that will achieve this with such ease?

Hi,

Does anyone know a good plugin for size and position of window opening for daylight. Also any plugins dealing with passive solar design would be great.

Hi,

I have two queries:

First is I can't install sketchup on my laptop with windows 7 os. The Net framework 4 starts installing but the progress bar reaches the end and goes back to beginning and never finishes. I've tried skp 2015, 16 and 17 and have tried deleting net framework from my computer and clean reinstalling and tried the standalone installer online but that one does nothing at all(progress bar doesn't move at all when left on all day).

Secondly, anyone know of a plugin to export 2d cad lines from the section tool, it would save me making a rectangle, intersecting face with model etc everytime I want to export.

Thanks

Please ignore that last bit I am viewing this on my phone and just realised the lines have been added by yourself.

Hi TIG,

For some reason I am able to edit the cutface properly today and therefore there is no issue, also I do not get the yellow lines so maybe I have an old version of cutface?

I've tried it on all the auto update settings and played around with the others settings and makes no difference. Front room and back room? I'll screen grab later when I'm at my computer thanks for your help.

I am very sorry , what do you mean by cut mode? (I used the sketchup standard section tool then right clicked, chose makesection cut face)

Hi,

I am having trouble with the section cut face plugin; works well cutting horizontally to create floor plans but seems to work intermittedly cutting a model vertically that is composed of multiple groups for floor, walls and roof etc. I end up with many rooms completely blacked out. Does anyone have any tips, is it the groups causing me problems? If so is there a way around it?

Does anyone have any idea why section cutface works so badly on my model. I have imported it into a designated skp file especially for taking sections to export to layout and many of the walls of the house are not being recognised leaving solid black faces throughout the rooms. Is it because the different elements (walls, floors etc) are grouped? If so is there a way around this without exploding the model.