@mike amos said:

Extremely nice illustrations, earned your money and then some.

Thanks. Early on I think I made wages at best...

@sketch007 said:

I watched you Timber Framing at basecamp video. You used two plugins that look really helpful. The color coded one and the "white out." Are these not available to the public? They were only given out to people attending base camp? Are they available for purchase anywhere?

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Thanks.
TIG wrote WhiteOut for me.
SDMitch wrote the Color by Face plugin.

Both are members here - I'm sure they would share if asked!

You can change the line thickness that LO uses to render the window, and you may see exults change if you render in vector or raster. This also can be affected by the style Edge settings in SU.

When I first started doing shop drawings in LO I did a few sheets of typical joinery and changed rendering type, line weights, etc. and built a template with what I liked.

Have you tried starting a new file and dropping in the correctly sized components from a collection or copy / paste?

Consider bringing the image in as a watermark / style... here are 2 samples, both with terrain / land images turned on. 1 is using Streetview that I screen captured, the other a photo from someone who stood on the site. After placing the image as a watermark, use the camera tools to adjust the model to match - orbit, zoom, adjust field of view, etc.

Streetview + terrain / image:

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Combining site photos with terrain and terrain image:

@dave r said:

You can select all the dimensions and right click on one to reconnect them en masse if you want.

Better still, for larger projects and a smooth workflow - have a 'Dimensions' Layer, Right click on the layer name, select everything in that layer,

then right click on one of the dimensions...

@utiler said:

Hi fellas, are any of you experiencing this with LO2017?

I noticed it first when updating from 2016 to the latest version when opening an old file. clicking on the dimension text doesn't show text as having a fill or profile at all....

Right click on them to reconnect them to model.
In 2017 dimensions and leaders can be 'connected to model'
They turn red if you open a drawing from an older version, or if the model (component, group, etc.) changes.

generate report? or is that pro only?

@pbacot said:

What's really good for quick studies is the geo located aerial imagery. That way one can quickly locate new work relative to existing features, good enough for initial planning and presentation. The actual "terrain" model (that I've seen) is only so useful at the site scale. Topo maps might be better, lacking a survey.

Agreed that the usefulness of the imported 3d data isn't always as useful, but its usually close enough for early stage work, until a survey is done or can be found / imported / created.

That looks great...

Couldn't you create the drop shadows in LO? Copy all the arrows to the side, shift them all, then force them behind the arrows, shade in a transparent color? Or use layers?

I know that they aren't as pretty and fuzzy, but with layers its pretty easy.

I use a relatively cheap (and easy to use) app for hiking / adventure / bike routing - is uses various servers for aerial images, as well as topo maps, etc... as far as I know access to many of these is free or relatively cheap. I know there are pros that use this for trail mapping, etc.

http://topofusion.com

Can SketchUp integrate with the maps / topo in a similar way?
Here are all the map sets / imagery that is available in TF:

http://topofusion.com/features.php#imagery

@tig said:

Can we keep the posts on this in the one place - here...
Having other posts at SketchUp.com is confusing - although their team's comments on your BugSplats might be helpful...

Can you provide a simple model with Styles etc that shows this behavior...
ZIP it and PM if you don't want it 'public'...
If it's too big to attach use a file sharing site and PM me a link...
Also some step by step instructions on how to make the splats would be most helpful...

I can... later today.

2 issues that I have posted about -

1. • Is the layer behavior a bug or feature?

Video:
https://youtu.be/v9GZJrM7Jvo

I am getting the layer turned on in the scene I start from, when I believe it should only be on in the new scene that SCF creates.

2. the crashes - it crashes just with 2 boxes on the screen, and I believe this is connected to having a new scene created that is using a style that has been altered, but not refreshed.

@rich o brien said:

A guaranteed way to Splat is to Remake Section when you section is hiding all content.

I'm trying to make new...

See below - I think I have isolated what is happening - its related to styles...

OK - I think I have isolated the issue, am testing now.

If I run the plugin to create a new scene from a scene that uses a style where 'Section Planes' has not been updated or refreshed - SU crashes.

Done this twice now in a row. Will test more.

If I run the plugin in a scene with a style that I have not altered (like turned the section planes on so I can see them, to create the new cut) - then it works consistently.

OK - This appears to be the case - if any change is made to the style of the current scene (like turn section planes on or off) - if you don't refresh the style when SectionCutFace tries to make a new scene it crashes.

I have tested this by altering edges, not refreshing and getting a crash, as well as only toggling the Section Plane on and off (for visibility) - and it crashes if I do not update the style before running the plugin.

OK - I think I have isolated the issue, am testing now.

If I run the plugin to create a new scene from a scene that uses a style where 'Section Planes' has not been updated or refreshed - SU crashes.

Done this twice now in a row. Will test more.

If I run the plugin in a scene with a style that I have not altered (like turned the section planes on so I can see them, to create the new cut) - then it works consistently.

Crash Report #7935

Submitted multiple more bug splats, the latest was Crash Report #7933

Video of layer activating on existing scene:

https://youtu.be/v9GZJrM7Jvo

TIG -

When I create a scene with the SCF plugin the layer I have added the section to is now on in the current scene as well as the new scene... is this a bug or a feature? I would expect that the current scene would not be affected by anything happening when I choose 'New Scene'

I'm also getting bug splats every couple of times I run the plugin. I have sent off the bug slats, not sure where I can access them to show you what is going on.

Last bugs plat submitted was Crash Report #7925