@dave r said:

I did miss that. What happens if you turn off Auto Render in LO?

Auto Render in LayOut isn't really the right answer to the problem. If you simply switch to a different style in SketchUp, or "reload" the style you're on, the temporary style changes are forgotten and you're good to go.

It's just that if you make temporary changes to the style, and save your model as-is, you'll get into trouble. It's a good trap for people who don't know what's happening. Because once you open SketchUp again to check your model, your first instinct is to go click on the style to make sure the settings are correct, and sure enough, they will be. So it's confusing.

Here's my method.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40%26amp;t=56847

Yes! I think this is the exact post I was thinking of. Thanks for the link.

thanks Jim, I learnt another thing about this amazing program, hopefully 2015-16 will bring about a revamp of DCs

After crippling LO with large custom hatch pattern files I have spent some time reducing the file size with moderate success, they print well enough but the screen presentation when exported to PDF leaves a lot to be desired until you zoom right in to about 600% ! I may yet return to local vector hatch patching 😞