Thanks for the replies. I am going now without relinking after having worked home and return to office and see if they sync back up. It is good to understand the 'absolute path' and will match that path in the future. Still beats pushing lead and burning sepias...

Also,for more control, try using grey for some lines in skp. Just make sure that the style you use has lines set to by material and try painting faces, instead of groups/components.

On Mac I can insert PDF OK, I can manual resize OK, but can't check box to Preserve Scale on Resize once I've got it right. Or uncheck Ortho. Is there a workaround that does not involve getting PDF scaled to suit before insert?