If you change a camera position in a model's scene, and then update model reference in the associated LO file, you would expect the viewport linked to that scene to automatically update. However, it rarely seems to work for me. But then I tried re-check-marking the scene in the viewport's context menu and got success.
Posts made by pipingguy
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LayOut VP refresh tip
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Nudge stuff in LayOut el-rapido
I never knew you could ''hyper-nudge'' selected objects by holding down the the shift key while using the arrow keys. Is this an improvement in 2018, or has it been around for a while?
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RE: Hidden lines not visible in Layout
OK Dave....now I understand what's going on. At first, I thought the foreground object had a style that shows both solid and dashed lines, and the other one had a style with dashed lines only - although I am not aware of any such style. But your opaque screen is what gives the effect to the latter - not a separate style. This post piqued my interest because it just so happens I had to generate a CD for a steel angle iron frame a few days ago. But I became frustrated at not being able to find a style/render combo to clearly display dashed line back edges. Raster/back edges works, but gives a fuzzy result. And as was mentioned in the post, dashed lines need to be manually traced onto the canvas with LO's line tool. Not something I care to do since several modifications to the object's design often take place which requires time-consuming manual re-tracing updates in LO.
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RE: Hidden lines not visible in Layout
I agree. So how are two different styles being displayed? What am I not comprehending?
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RE: Hidden lines not visible in Layout
I'm a little confused. How can two different styles exist on one skp screen? Or is it a LO screencap with two overlapping VP's with each having different styles? The axis lines makes me think the former.
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RE: Zoom speed in LayOut
Try using Logitech's M705 mouse. The scroll wheel click action can be disabled by an adjacent button to speed zoom action. It still won't match AutoCAD's zoom speed - at least not in its wireframe visual style.
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RE: Half-round rope molding
i tried it without benefit of a left hand plus a right hand rope. close enough. a little sanding and touch-up paint and no one will notice unless they are a basketball player.
some funny stuff in this link........
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Half-round rope molding
before i physically mutilate the pre-finished poplar subject item that's supposed to adorn a cabinet-top crowne molding with an outside corner, i tried doing it with skp....but with no luck. maybe if the two workpieces had opposite hands, but they don't.
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RE: HYPHEN
Now I remember why I switched to Arial - it's because certain subsequent Tahoma characters, such as RA and TT, touch each other.
So when I convert the 3D text component into a group, those faces get left behind. I wish Trimble would separate the letters or allow 3D text to form a group vs. component.
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RE: Overlapping dimension extension lines in LO
For any AutoCAD users out there....I found a LISP routine that identifies these little buggers.
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Overlapping dimension extension lines in LO
It's easy to accidentally cause dimensions in LO (and AutoCAD) to display erroneous results. This happens when you go back over previous dimension objects and fiddle with them, for whatever reason, and cause their extension lines to overlap. I doubt there is a solution, other than just being vigilant. But such a mistake could be costly in the field or fab shop. Sample attached.
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RE: 2015 Can't anchor crossing Tape Measures
to answer my own question in a topic now locked......tap the ctrl key when you stretch the tape measure across a group or component to avoid having to erase the guideline that remains after you resize.
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HYPHEN
I wish the hyphen and chevron characters would line-up in LayOut's text like in Sketchup's 3D text. I use them as flow arrows. --->
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RE: Wish list for Sketchup 2018
Wish for fully functional native editable 3D text. I use 3d text to make notes that I later refer to when generating the shop drawing on LayOut. I then erase them to cut down on memory usage. A plugin / extension exists, but it lacks text wrap and the dialogue box always pops up on a different monitor. Also, its text strings exist as a components rather than groups, which are perhaps beneficial to some users, does not work well for me.
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RE: Wish list for Sketchup 2018
Wish for a search utility in the tray's components panel. (like the search box found in window's file explorer)
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RE: Wish list for Sketchup 2018
Wish to nudge objects - like in LayOut.