Even more specifically, What if my scenes are completed and I discover that I want to show one of the scenes with a component moved 1 foot away from a wall to show the details of installation?

I create a new layer called "Moved Component"

I add the scene called "Moved Component"

And now the new component position shows up in every scene, including the "later" scenes when the component was supposedly already installed (2 components showing). This can't be the way this program was intended can it?

-Jeff

@sorgesu said:

I don't think it is reasonable to expect SketchUp to understand that you want a layer that didn't exist when the scene was originally created to be anything other than the default "visible".

I don't think it is an unreasonable expectation sorgesu.

If I have created a model with many layers and scenes and have to add a new layer and scene in he middle, why does the new layer "default" to visible for every scene? That is a major inconvenience to go back and "hide" that layer on every scene beforehand and afterward.

Maybe I am just not using the tools properly? (I hope)