I have a white line that is appearing around the roofline (see attached images). These lines are currently hidden. Under System Preferences < OpenGL Settings I am using maximum texturte size, fast feedback.

Could it be a problem with my computer itself? I am running Windows 7 with a Pentium Dual Core E2180 (2.00 GHz, 2.00 GB RAM) and my graphics cards is a NVDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

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That seemed to work. However when I save it back to the original file location on the network, Sketchup tacks on an underscore and a number at the end of the file name so I have to override this. In the layers box, I can create a new layer in the new sketchup file, delete the old layers (from the imported components) that I don't want and it will merge those items onto the new layer.

However, I came across a few other issues. Is there a rubyscript or batch file to quickly change the definition on components? Do I have to do this manually? When I import several components into one sketchup file, the library shows the old definition names even after I rename them. Even if I reimport the components into a differetnt sketchup file, the definition name in the library is still the older name, even though the entity info for the individual component shows the revised name. Any ideas?

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I created several dozen components at my last job. The employer had a very specific standard for layer names. Now I am working at a different company which has a different standard for layer names. I still have the components from the last job. Is there a way to quickly rename the layers according to the current company's standard? Perhaps a batch utility or rubyscript?

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Is there any way to do this? I heard it has something to do with the push/pull feature. I even tried using the cut-out option for compoenents, but it still doesn't work.

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I found a code online. I am not sure how to save this. Do I save it as a text file? I tried doing this and then saving it with an .rb instead of .txt in the plugins folder. It won't work. What am I doing wrong?

Code is located at:
http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_ruby/Docs/index.html

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I have already separated out the landscape plan from the site plan. In the landscape plan, I simplified all plant symbols so that they are just a simple cross-hatch. I also deleted out all the foundation landscaping for 280 of the 300 single-family units. These 280 units are model homes (I have about 25 models, so these will be separate sketchup files to be created and then inserted into the main sketchup file).

Do I just split up the AutoCAD file even more? I can probably divide the file by the matchlines in AutoCAD so that each CAD file is just what appears between the matchlines on a given sheet in paper space. This way I might have 8-10 smaller CAD files, which equal 8-10 smaller sketchup files. But they will still need to be inserted into one larger document. The other concern I had with this was with layers. I have about 30 layers in both the overall site plan and the overall landscape plan combined. If I divide this combo file into 8-10 smaller CAD files, I could rename each of these layers within a smaller file. For example, the overall layer "curb cuts" would now be "curb cuts, file 1", or "curb cuts, file 2". I could do it this way so that when I am showing aerial views, I could turn off whole sections of the drawing that will barely be viewable without turning off ALL of the curb cuts, for instance. However, now I have 240 layers instead of just 30, so I don't know if that will really be helping anything.

If I have all of this data, would a different program such as Revit or 3Ds max be any quicker? I could probably e-mail the CAD document and you can judge for yourselves.

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I created a pretty large CAD file. It's a 100 acre planned unit development, and I have drawn everything down to the nearest curb cut. All of which I want to show in Sketchup. I have done everything I can think of to simplify the CAD file: binding xrefs, exploding blocks, deleting unnecessary layers, changing all lines to continuous, as well as removing blocks from the CAD file that can be turned into separate sketchup components and added later.

I have a brand new computer with a Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor and a NVIDIA 8500 GT graphics card. However, it is still taking FOREVER to work with this sketchup file. I was hoping it would be faster to move around the file, and I have not even created anything yet except for a few polygons. Any ideas?

Moving everything to the same layer and grouping seemed to work. Can I still draw over a group, or will I still have conflicts with the same lines? Can I isolate layers, or do I have to go into the layers box and manually select all layers and turn off all but the current?

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The original CAD file had wayyyyyyyyyy too many layers. I purged layers in both CAD and sketchup, but there are still a bunch. Right now, there are too many layers and too many lines that are parts of components, groups, polygons, etc. Bascially, I just want to draw a polygon. Why should this be so friggin' difficult.

In Image #1, I am trying to connect the two segments. In Image #2, the edge is located on a hidden layer. Why can't I just draw over this?