Might the navy blue color obscuring the status icon in my layers/ tags panel have anything to do with the color scheme of my windows PC?
Posts made by pipingguy
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Cannot read tag symbol
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RE: Viewport has no reaction to mouse clicks
I turned LO off and on again and the VP remains functional. Is that what you meant, Box?
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RE: Viewport has no reaction to mouse clicks
I cannot publish this company file. However, i restarted the PC and updated the reference and now the VP is NORMAL.
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Viewport has no reaction to mouse clicks
My viewport has no reaction to mouse clicks, despite the fact that other layout files linked to the same skp model work fine. Viewport layer is not locked. This particular LO file has been annotated in the past successfully and a PDF was generated. But it will not work now, even on a different PC. I can click the cursor all day on the VP with no reaction. Auto render box in properties is ticked. If I add a new VP to the page, linked to the same model, it works fine (the new VP). It must be something simple that I am overlooking, as usual.
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Global re-coloring of tags [layers]
Can all tags listed in the Tags panel be selected and a common color be applied in one click....or must each tag be handled one at a time?
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RE: Object's description in a text label
Rich - thank you for re-creating and posting your file. However, it gives me the same result that I am trying to resolve. I want to drag a text label off any of the groups within the parent and that text label must display the name of the parent, not the name of the group within the parent from which the text label is anchored to. I suppose the only solution is to have an unobtrusive unnamed object, such as a guide point, within the parent to attach my text label to.
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RE: Object's description in a text label
Dave - I'm talking strictly SU - not LO.
Rich - can you publish your SU file please? -
Object's description in a text label
Let's say I create 3 groups and assign a unique instance name to each ie. A, B and C. And then I create a parent group from those 3 groups and assign it an instance name of D. Now I attach a text label to the parent group - but instead of seeing "D" in the text, I see whatever sub-group the text leader is attached to. Would it not be more logical to see "D"?
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Warning before a component is edited
We should be given a pop-up warning if we are about to edit a component - especially in a large model. Glancing at the Entity info inspector panel does not work well because the top of the panel is sometimes obscured and would therefore take an action to reveal it. And even if it's un-obscured, just glancing takes time when you are focused on the work at hand. If I edit a component without knowing it has copies elsewhere in the model, it creates a huge problem.
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Inferencing on a thin slab
If i have a thin slab, and I begin using the circle, rectangle, line etc tool to draw on its face, the inferencing engine will pick up any object that may be in contact with the bottom of the slab. It will not restrict itself to the plane of the face. Same goes for the query tool. This happens when the camera is at some distance only. Actually, I believe this same reaction happens with the move command - i think I am grabbing the top edge of a thin slab - when in reality, I am grabbing the bottom edge. Again - only when the camera is at some distance. This came to light as i was maneuvering some wide flange beams so they were all flush with eachother on top. The beam's top flanges are relatively thin. And as I was checking the elevations of the beam's tops with the query tool, I was getting unexpected results.
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RE: Vanishing scenes
I reached out to Trimble. They are working on it.
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Vanishing scenes
As I toggle between scenes, regardless of order, the screen turns blank just as the transition is complete and the scene is supposed to appear in its saved position. If I nudge the orbit tool, the scene appears - although out of alignment - obviously - which would throw off the established annotations in already created in the LO file. If I pan or zoom, nothing happens. If I double-click the scene tab it appears momentarily, then vanishes. Same if I double-click the scene name where it's listed in the Scenes inspector panel. Issue only occurs with some scenes and, for what it's worth, never happens with those set up in plan view. Scenes that properly appear share the same style with those which vanish. If I open the LO file created when everything worked fine, the problematic scenes appear - but in wireframe style. If I start a new LO file, the problematic scenes appear blank. My scenes in SU and LO worked fine for months. Now this. It must have something to do with recent version upgrade from '21 to '22.
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RE: 3D text
When I launch Thomas Thomassen's editable text tool, it pops up on the left monitor instead of the right one where I typically run SU. Can this be remedied? I have TT's library version 2.12.3.
And can it be improved so we can immediately start typing into it without first having to deal with the default string of text that reads "Enter text"? (Or have said text pre-selected like the native tool does?)
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RE: Line style override is weak for solid line thickening
Sweet!! I wonder what else I have been overlooking.
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RE: Line style override is weak for solid line thickening
Well, when I zoom into my LO screen, I do see a change. However, it is inadequate. The choice for heavier line types beyond 2 pts in the LO tag palette should be offered. Thickening the line scale in the viewport palette defeats the purpose of trying to make, say, one of a dozen rectangles stand out from the rest.
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Line style override is weak for solid line thickening
I follow this routine, but the results yielded show little change when I want to thicken a solid line. Am I doing something wrong?
SELECT THE EDGES IN SKP AND ASSIGN THEM A SPECIFIC TAG [LAYER] BUT MAKE SURE THE LINESTYLE IS SET TO DEFAULT ....THEN IN LO, SELECT THE VP, GO TO THE SKETCHUP MODEL PANEL, OPEN THE TAGS MENU, FIND THE THE TAG [LAYER] THAT NEEDS THE OVERRIDE, CLICK ON THE LINE DESCRIPTION, CHOOSE THE SOLID LINE, SET TO 2 PTS, CLICK OK.
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RE: Rotated Dimension
I use version 21. Thank you for the solutions. All that's left to do is adjust the left side extension line's end point to provide a gap.