thanks Jean. lots of great advice. every time i think ive come to the end of sketchup's capability another door opens

Hi Everyone

thanks for your advice on this. i didnt get notified of these replies so i went with the tube technique using components but i still cant seem to cut through them. i will work on the intersect right click a bit more but im not having much luck with it. i might try the faces technique as proposed in an earlier reply.

the only problem with not using tubes is that the trellis doesnt cast a shadow.

thanks for the advice. i will give it a try with the tubes.

thanks for your reply. i did try that but sketchup said that one of the objects was not a solid. i made the trellis just using the arc tool, so its just lines. ive then made the trellis a group.

@mitcorb said:

Make a vertical profile of the shape of your door. Extrude the profile into a "solid", group it and position it where you want the hole, making sure that it protrudes through the wire mesh. Select the solid and enough of the mesh, right click intersect selection, move the solid out of the way, erase inside the area where the solid left an outline, or formed new lines. You should have a hole of the desired profile. Did I understand your question?

HI

ive made a trellis and i want to cut a circular hole through it to show where we want a doorway through the trellis. cant work out how to do this easily.

can anyone advise me?

thanks

Hi

Im using sketchup up for landscape design. I used to use vectorworks. Im trying to work out how to create a planting plan that shows my massed plants with a callout text leader showing the component name and the count of the components in the massed group. Like the image attached.

is this possible in layout or sketchup?