As TIG says, welding edges will result in a curve but even welding a succession of straight lines into a longer 'straight' line will still have Entity Info report said line as a 'curve'. It seems that SU will report any welded lines as curves no matter that each original segment was in the same plane/angle/alignment.

A good example of the differences in layering from 2d to 3d. A 2d layer can be used to obscure something because it will always be 2d.

I found the solution. Sign in with the google sign-in method vs. the email address method. The email address method is the 'default' method since the field has the blinking cursor in it.

Keyboard shortcuts are set in Preferences in both SketchUp and LayOut.

There's no option to add fill in a label in SketchUp.

What is the question? To get rid of junk lines use make faces plus delete coplanar plugins. Matter of cecond.

OK - Thanks. DISCOVERED: If I leave LO's VP's as raster, the export process generates a .dwg file PLUS a folder containing the png image files. When the .dwg file is opened with AutoCAD, it xrefs the images - but you can freeze the images layer to have a wireframe visual style, if desired.

@memaridrue81 said: hi , i really dont now what happned but my curviloft settinngs is so diffrent from the ususal settings I see in you tube. The video may be old. Anyway, could you be more explicit et advise whether there is a problem. Thanks.

If it didn't update the viewport after clicking Update Model Reference or updating the reference in Document Setup>References, you've most likely modified the viewport so it is no longer connected to the scene. It would show the word 'modified' preceding the scene name in the SketchUp Model window. Modifying the scene in LO disconnects it from the original scene in SketchUp so a change to the SU scene shouldn't be expected to show in the viewport. This is one reason why I always harp on avoiding modifying scenes in LO.

Thanks for the explanation. Good to know.

@dave r said: The trick is to join both pieces of molding so either the high points or the low points on the edges meet. [attachment=1:x8ufdlau]<!-- ia1 -->Screenshot - 12_5_2017 , 6_43_26 AM.png<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:x8ufdlau] Then miter them. [attachment=0:x8ufdlau]<!-- ia0 -->Screenshot - 12_5_2017 , 6_49_16 AM.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:x8ufdlau] Flip one of the lengths of molding end for end and adjust the position so it looks more like a continuous run of rope. around the corner. The "real" trick is to do it in situ. When a number of inside and outside corners have to match. Get the Douzukinoko saw out! For numerous 1/32 inch cuts to adjust the length.

For any AutoCAD users out there....I found a LISP routine that identifies these little buggers.

@pipingguy said: wonderful Most applications that use fonts use the system fonts. SketchUp and LayOut aren't unique in that. There are a few that add some fonts but for the most part, they all come with the operating system unless you install them yourself. As I said, if you really must stick with the font you've chosen, you can edit it. A great tool for that is FontCreator which will let you create your own fonts as well as edit existing ones. And it really isn't all that difficult to do.

@pipingguy said: Thanks! And it seems to be permanent....vs. lasting only for one session. Yes - provided you save the model. Page behavior is a property of each Layer and is saved within the model.

Update version #, I assume? Done. (And guaranteed not to remember to do it again that when 2019 comes out.)

28secs ain't too bad. I remember >2mins startups with SU7 when 1001bits was installed.

Mystery to me. So far when I use SU everything I select goes into a group. Otherwise I think I'd go mad. I especially like "Group and delete" to clean up drawings and usually the edges are contacting non-selected geometry.

that works.