So - I'm really digging the new Section Fill tool.

I am wondering if any of you know a way to only fill certain groups but, not others.

For Instance:

I want my walls shaded but not the masonry. I create a group for walls and a separate group for masonry. I was thinking that I could place the section inside the walls group and select it to be filled and simply not fill the masonry layer (that would keep it white). In my drawings - you have to be able to differentiate the difference between the frame wall and the masonry.

I am trying to upgrade to 18 (through the Help Menu and through the SU website) and it says I'm currently using the latest version (2017).

What's up with that??

@dave r said:

Is it possible the model axes have been moved in the destination file?

I haven't moved the original model axis.

I just looked at the Building Model and the Axis id different on every scene. ARGH!

When designing houses, I use several models (Building Model, Sections Model, Site Model and Interior Elevations Model).

When I have to make a change to the design, I make the change in the Building model and the just reload the other models.

For some reason, when I reload the other, models - they jump to a different location. I have set the Axis to the same location (in all the models). Why is this happening? Am I missing something simple?

I am working on a complex house design and it messes up all my scenes in Layout.

Very Frustrating.

Every time I uncheck a layer, it automatically moves itself to the bottom of the layers list. This has happened before (several years ago) and I don't know how I fixed it. It is quite frustrating because, the layers keep jumping around and it have to hunt for them. I'm sure there is a simple fix, just don't know what it is. Is it some setting I've screwed up? Ideas?

Does anyone know if there's a way to download an entire collection from the 3D Warehouse into one single file?

I have found a guy the models accurate cabinets and I have been downloading each model - one at a time. The real headache is that I've "liked" his collection but, it isn't showing up in my "Liked Models."

This would only save a single step though.

Here's my process thus far:

1. Open 3D Warehouse
2. Type in search query (IE: Shaker Cabinets)
3. Find the modeler I like.
4. Go to his poage and click "collections."
5. Download 1 single model (warehouse window closes).
6. Place model into my file.
7. Repaet, Repeat, Repeat, ad finitum!!!!

There has GOT to be an easier way. Someone please advise. I'm about getting bruises on my forehead from banging it on the keyboard!

Charley

So, you can see that the extensions are going far past the hash mark. I have tried to decrease the size of the Hash Mark but, nothing seems to work.

Thanks for telling me how to copy that - I've always wondered and now I know for the future.

CM

@dave r said:

Can you show an example?

Hi Dave,

I would love to but I'm not sure how. I don't have a program that lets me do screen grabs.

Do you know of a way. i see people doing it on here all the time.

CM

I am dimensioning a set of plans and whenever I create a new string - it creates extra long legs (going the opposite direction). Does anyone know what might be causing this. I've checked my shape style and dimension settings.

Stumped and frustrated.

@cwmunro said:

I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me how to delete templates from the master file in Layout. I have done it before but, have long forgotten how I did it.

Also, is there a way to edit your templates (something similar to editing a scrapbook) instead of saving over the old template?

Many thanks!

I think I have figured out the answer to my own question.

First, to delete a template, you have to go into the C:/Program Data/sketchup/Layout/Templates and delete it from there.

If you want to edit a template, go through the same directory as listed above and open it from there. Once you finish editing, click save and it will just save it (sometimes, it will ask you to overwrite the existing file).

CM