Posts made by fouronethirty

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

greetings sketchucation,

      i was hoping of a different orientation of paper in one layout document, like page 1 is in portrait orientation and page 2 is in landscape orientation, if could that be convinient, hopefully it would come on next layout update or version, thank you .

@jql said:

@frederik said:

Ruby implementation...

I'm quite certain that some of the very talented ruby programmers will be able to take LO to another level...

Ruby would be key to the success of LO as it was for the success of SU.

Pasted from other thread:

*The idea of having more computational efforts on SU for such heavy tasks such as layout's is not easy on me.

Besides that I like the fact that:

• You can insert multiple SU files in LO;
• You can work on a 2D workflow;
• You have very high graphical output and, nowadays you go towards making a SU model only model, with all dims, texts, and leaders inside LO.
• PDF export is beautiful

I don't like the fact that:

• All commands are different in LO than they are from SU (we are so used to SU why reinvent the wheel in LO?);
• Selecting has no CTRL or CTRL+SHIFT modifier keys;
• Drawing commands are less effective;
• Lines don't break nor faces get generated, nor can we paint a shape like in SU wich is much better than filling and stroking stuff;
• No components, only groups;
• Layers are confusing to work with. In SU you CAN'T change active layer, In Layout you MUST change active layer... awkward and opposite workflows.
• Drag methodology for moving stuff around is awfull. Move should be "M" or Icon.;
• Drag+CTRL for copying is terrible;
• Double click for editing viewports is Dangerous as double clicking is also used to edit objects wich are always on top of viewports...
• Scale? SU is better;
• Rotate? SU is better;
• Inference? SU is WAY better;
• That dongle for inference, scale and rotate... OMG...
• Offset tool... where is it?
• Guide Lines?
• Ruby?
• DWG export is flawed;
• Auto text is good but limited;
• Auto tags are good but VERY limited.

I still love Layout and because of it I ditched CAD... so why am I complaining? Because I work with it a lot!*

YES. i like this one JQL. a lot... i hope things get fixed on next SU.and LO. i mean, NExt LO. SU is better now a days and doing extremely brilliant production. , all we can do now is wait for the next development.. . .. i also use SU and LO. a lot, tools for my job, i complain a lot when using it, i can only try managing utilizing the best out of it for now.. LONG LIVE SU and LO. thanks.

thank you sir, dreaming i am to have that kind of capabilities in sketchup, yes sir
, it'll be so sweet to have that in the future sketchup. for now , i think i'll rely on rhino tspline and paneling tools.

youre so right about that sir, , i only hope it could be , considering that the bezier surface can actualy, or can possibly work on parametererizing its quads

Hellow Sketchucation,

Sketchup is gettin better and better, with its all improved tools, and plugins, 

specially the thomthoms bezier surface.i like it very much , im working on organic modeling,
car body, . yeah, thanks a lot man, , i wish, ther could have paneling tools in the futre
to complement the bezier surface tools, that would be awesome sir, thank you very much, for the tools, helps a lot, awesom awesome awesone. .

goodmorning sketchucation,

Thanks a lot for the guides. i appreciate it a lot, thank you,

Subject: Layout 2014 Wishes

         Hi, Greetings Sketchucation, . As layout had a very excellent  improvements on drawing documents managing for the users, it was indeed a better and greater tools for us, as an aspiring architect. . and so i would want it to have again an enhancement , again and again.:smile: 1 thing i noticed is the. 

1. Selection inside groups to edit while you zoom in using the zoom drag zooming,which is faster and its "great" than the mouse wheel zooming, it instantly exit the selection when u select and use zooming simultaneously, this does not hapen inside sketchup, how come it does in layout, , its a helpfull and efficient command so i would want layout to have it too.
2. Layers name right click selection, and layers, lines, styles entity in right click selection manner,
   I wish layout could have that, thank you sketchucation,

layer names of components and groups should be highlighted automatically at layers tab by the time we select it to facilitate easier and faster layer hiding, checking and unchecking or showing its visibility .. it only worked in outliner tab but it does'nt in layer tab.. please advice ladies and gentleman, thank you, ,

@cotty said:

One way without plugins:

• select object
• see layer in Entity Info window
• search layer

yes sir, thank you very much, but i was hoping it could go to its layer name by the time you select the object, without looking into its entity info name, i think it would be a faster selection to hide layer visibility

greetings sketchucation,

      im having a hardtime hiding groups or components on a layer manager, i was hoping that it can highlight automatically on the layer manager tab, simultaneously as you click on to an specific groups or components,i was wishing it could highlight on the layer  tab so you can uncheck its layer visibility faster,is ther a way we can do that sir, anyone sir