Hi Thom,

is ther a free updates for the vertex tools
ive been trying to download the new version and intalling it , and it replaces the licensed version and and such that it doesnt work anymore.

please advice
thank you sir,

And you know there is no need for calling us Sir. We might be Madams and some of us like being kids.

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lol , i like it that way, i also like being kids

What English would you like me to prefer sir ,, move tool that act exactly like the Skp move tool. Yes sir , I think that would be it , I appreciate that , thank you:)

looks like this sir.

@pbacot said:

Once again, please PLEASE just eliminate the double-click to edit SketchUp model reference in LayOut. Just bury that command somewhere. What a pain. Thank you.

its really painfull sir, . hopefully it goes away in the next ver. it does'nt help at all sir. only it changes is the view. but not a considerable aid in documents prep. i just hope it goes away in lo. its already good in scene selection to achieve the change in view of the model..

may the bright minds realize that sir. thank you very much..

@buildermax said:

'Change in one of components, the rests all follow.'

Add 'Component Tray' Contain: thumbnails, Schedule Labels alphabetically, drag and drop multiples to paper space.

I think these will help indexing, scheduling, and drawing referencing a lot.

hellow sir,

this is a good one. i think it should be added to the lo capabilities. nice one..

hellow sketchucation,

sir this is some of the work ive been on utilizing su/lo.

residential project out of su/lo

@kyeric said:

Hello!

I have been reflecting lately (as I have a lot since turning 40) on the idea of architecture as design and implementation. I have been using SketchUp for about 13(!) years in some form or fashion and in my growth as a practicing architect and designer I have always fallen back on the trusty, intuitive tools that SketchUp has to offer. My nature is to continue to investigate many a new whiz-bang technology that preaches BIM capability, but I continually find those types of methods too cumbersome and...well, let's face it: not fun.

As I have circled back around again to a more concise SketchUp and LayOut lifestyle thanks heavily in part to Nick Sonder, Mike Donley and Mike Brightman (you all rock!) I am wanting to ask not what would be the next great feature release of SketchUp and LayOut, but what experience does this community have with moving away from the traditional CAD plans/elevations/sections/details and into a more inclusive 3D representation of a design?

I still think this is such an interesting subject as plans and sections tend to rely heavily on being diagrammatic and representative, where elevations land more on becoming pictorial. Utilizing some of the methods of Nick and Mike in SketchUp and LayOut, I have found that making all of the 3D information becomes bogged back down in translation back into a more standard graphic standard format. I am hoping to hear some of this community's experience dealing with breaking away form an architect's conception of graphic standards to how an owner or contractor relate directly to visual communication in 3D? How do you all make a new standard?

No wrong answers here, just appreciation of not only this wonderful software, but the users that make it sing.

Cheers!

interesting sir,

i find su/lo good,fast,exactly fun and doing great for my job. been 6 years riding with skp/lo to reach the project completion. i see it not braking away from architecture, rather engineering graphics standard while it is adopted and acceptable by the concerned trades and professions, owner and contractors alike, with some blocking issues,
i have to create and export another raw 2d plans exerpted from the 3d model for the allied proffesion use, more exactly ,structural designer, plumbing, elec engr. so on.to do their thing using their beloved 2d software.

cumbersome sir, yes it is but it can do the job. but when u master the workflow. it gets better and better, and faster.

interoperation is the big thing to conquer in there. the call for the software developer integrate some of it capability to work together, and make it faster,

i make new standards by pursuing this creative endeavor and sharing and encouraging others the expirience and benifits of this new technical instruments of society development.

greetings sketchucation,

 wander where we can quickly grab the layout group control point while moving big groups in order to snap it in place. moving bigger groups in layout by the time you select it makes the lonely snap points in the middle while you are all zoomed in 9000 % or so. is there any techniques on how to summon it directly. its like zooming out and back in again just to get that single control points. its kinda slow process when your working with your construction documents. i do a lots of snaps such as group of grid lines, groups of dimensions  and specially the plans in view ports.  i see it too important to use when arranging the drawings. kindly please lend some advice sir. thank you very much. :smile:

or is it the so called snap leader ?? the one that is always showed in the middle of the group ounce it is selected. kindly someone. fixable is it??

great great job sir,
hoping for a control points after subdividing like spline modeling tools