Hi everyone,
I wanted to share how I have solved the issue:

• I drew symbols presenting various lights on top of my floor plan (in Layout).
• I drew continious lines between each light fixture to the location of each light switch (in Layout).
• I then used a paint bucket sampling a dotted line (I found it in Scrapbook, I think. However if you draw one dotted line by yourself and then sample it with paint droplet (the same as we paint any surface) and apply it to each continious line, you will turn your solid lines into dotte lines within a minute.
• I created a table in Word (a table and the description).
• I then dragged a jpg image of the table into Layout.
• I then copied and dragged a symbol of each light switch into the corresponding tab of the table (I might have used it different layers in Layout for the table and for the symbols but I do not think it is neccessary).

Tha is it. I spent quite a bit of time searching for the solution of creating a RFC and combining it with the description, but I could not find it. I am an interior decorator, not a designer or an architect.
For the final school project, I had to use several software to make a final package:

• SketchUp - to draw the model
• Layout to organize RCP and the description of the lights.
• Word - to create the table and the description.
• InDesign - to put all renderings, pictures, RCP, etc together into a 55-page document.
• PDf: I think I addes some arrows at the end here.

I have attached two pages of my Reflected Ceiling Plan submission. These two pages a part of a 55-page document that I then prepared in Indesign.

That is it!

Lena

Hi everyone,

The problem got solved magically. My friend has managed to open the file somehow. I do not know what has worked.
Thank you!

Lena

HI,

Unfortunately, my friend cannot open my SketchupPro2021 with her SketchUpPro2022.
L

Hi everyone,

I have figured out the issue - I did run out of space and had to move files to another hard disk before I could continue working on my Sketchup model without moving the file.
Thank you everyone for your help!

L

Hi lovely community,

I have drawn a file using my SketchUpPro2021. I have sent it to my friend who is using SketchUPPro2022. She cannot open my file. What is the solution? When I try to save my file using "Save as", I do not have options to save the file as 2022 version.

Thank you very much!

Lena

Hi buddy,

Thank you for your help. I see that you answered a few of my questions in the past. Thank you!

I do get ID number for the crash every time but I do not know what to do with it:(

Hm, it looks as I am not able to attached my SketchUp model to this messaage...Thanks for the offer to look into it.

Yesterday, I also cleaned a little bit my PC disk memory. The disk I am currently using still has almost 30 GB left. I also have another empty disk. So it should not be memory disk issue.
I will start working on my model today and see if it will get better. The issue started about a week ago and it slows me down a lot:(

Thank you for me so wonderful and helpful, buddy:)

Elena

Hi,
Does anyone know why my model keeps crashing? It is not a big model and it keeps crashing several times per hour. It happens almost every time I click "save" button, even after an updating a 2D object in my model.
In the past, I had models much bigger and I did not have this issue. My computer is gamer's PC computer. It should be good to handle my SketchUp model. However, I do not know what to check to make sure it is not a computer-related issue.
I will appreciate any help from the lovely community of SketchUp lovers:)

Gracias,

Elena

Hey dear community,

I am trying to figure out how to prepare a reflective ceiling plan for lights in Layout (I will be looking downword onto my floor plan, no flipping of the plan).
I am taking a design course where the instructor has told us to do that. So the students are hand drawing or drawining in Sketchup. We do not study any softwares in the class - we just need to produce the product. I have some experience with Sketchup and know a little bit about Layout. However, I have never learned about the ceiling plan.

So, my main questions how to do a reflective ceiling plan (for lights) in Layout:

• Do I just use my Sketchup floor plan model and insert symbols from Scrapebook to show the lights?
• How do I create a squiggly line to link the location of every light fixture to its light switch?
• Do I need to do it in Layout or it is easier to do in SketchUp?

I only have couple of days to create this plan. So I need a quick and easy approach to tackle this task.

Thank you very much!!!!

Elena

Hi dear Sketchup community member,

Yes, I have done exactly the same: I created three helper rectangular objects facing x,y,z. I then projected the texture on them. All worked well until... I started applying those textures on my sofa. I then because three sides of the sofa do not have definite separation in sides, the texture from each x,y,z kept bleeding onto each other.
Your advice works well on geometric shapes and figures. But what about organic shapes, like a sofa?

Thank you,

E

Hi the lovely SketchUp community,
I am trying to project leather texture on 3 sides of my sofa. I am projecting the texture downwards and it is working. However when I apply the same texture on the other sides of the sofa, it keeps screwing up the textures that I had just applied to the other sides. I have tried to rotate the sofa to have each surface at 90 degree angle for the downwards application. I have tried a helper object at the desired angle. Every time, the projection works but it interferes with the textures on the surfaces located at different angles. Can I keep the desired textures on all three surfaces (x,y,z)? Or I have to pick only one?
Thank you very much!
Lena