Differences between LayOut 3 and LayOut 2017? Wow! There's a lot of differences. Some of the most noticeable are: The ability to create tables directly in LO. Import XLS/XLSX spreadsheet files and retain a dynamic link form the original file. Similar to the link with inserted SketchUp files. Auto-text for things like page number, page name. Auto text in labels can display component definition names and/or description. Dimensions linked to the SketchUp file so changes to dimensions in the SketchUp model will be reflected in the dimensions displayed in LO. Smart handling of small dimensions. Arrows outside extension lines, text placed outside the extension lines when the text won't fit between. Automatic leader inserted. In general more stable and a whole lot faster rendering in Vector and Hybrid. There are other things as well. And in SketchUp there are many improvements over SU8.

Thanks a ton Charlie ! This is working fine for me. Best regards PRSS

I use DIBAC for laying out my walls in plan (2D). What is attractive about DIBAC is that it is very fast for editing layouts before the walls are lifted up, either with its own internal tools, or simply with the push pull tool itself. To be able to edit quickly in plan is the key - as I imagine you can agree. DIBAC allows me to do so. Good luck.

@unknownuser said: Be patient the 2014 is for soon! Have they announced the new bugs that will be added?

Thank you jenujacob and TIG. This has really solved my problem - that is by welding - though I knew all the other techniques which TIG has kindly narrated. Thanks again to both of you. jenujacob ! Nice to hear from you after a long, long, time! With best regards PRSS

Thanks everybody. The Xline tool works fine for this job. I have attached a screen shot of the pic. with best regards PRSS [image: B3eZ_xlinefountain.jpg]

It's a typical "scope of use" clause - you can literally take the title at it's word - "USE OF THE PRODUCTS; CONTENT IN THE PRODUCTS". In other words, what you draw with "your" version of SketchUp, and what you do with said drawings, is your business. You just can't take SketchUp apart and modify it, sell it, bundle it... yada, yada... It's like renting a car and pimping it out, or letting someone else drive it - you just don't do it, but you can drive it wherever the heck you want, and in most cases, use it for your business, "but" it's still "their" car. SketchUp belongs to Trimble - works created with the software belong to you.

Thanks TIG. I understan that SU still doesn't support thumbnail viewing in Explorer for 64 bit. I shall install Xnview. With best regards PRSS

Thank you kwistenbiebel for throwing light on this. It is a great pity that SU team has not yet solved this. With best regards PRSS

Thank you Remus and Thomthom, I copied the model and pasted it in another new file in SU6. But this has not solved the problem. This is happening only with this particular file. Anyway, I shall manage with SU6 for this file. Because of my slow internet connection I am unable to upload the file. With best regards PRSS

Yes Anssi, you are 100 percent correct. With best regards PRSS

I am using Windows XP-SP2. Yes, the toolbars are in the correct position when I launch SU. The other application will be either AutoCAD or an image file using the Windows Picture and Fax viewer. There are no desktop enhancers. With best regards PRSS

Thank you very much richcat! It was exactly that. I have been searching for this intermittently for the last two hours or so. With best regards PRSS

OOPS!! Sorry for the post! I found out myself that you have to select the entire box. It is already mentioned about this in another long thread. I saw it just now. Sorry for the trouble. With best regards PRSS

Thank you very much Voder With best regards PRSS

@brooksl said: I don't understand why the Rectangle and Rotate tools should not respond to the arrow keys being used to force an inference similar to how they do for the Line tool, Move tool, or Tape Measure tool: Locking an inference http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=70142 ...I think the Rectange tool and Rotate tool SHOULD respond similarly to the arrow keys by settign the inferred plane Perhaps the reason the rectangle tool doesn't work with the standard inferences is that it requires two directions rather than just one, so any single inference is not enough. They work for a line (an edge), as it may be defined in one direction, not so a face (a rectangle) which has two dimensions and thus two directions.

Lapx, that is great. That is what I want. By the way I just bought today the subdivide & smooth script. Haven't had the time to experiment with it yet. With best regards PRSS

Just tried it and no problem, http://smustard.com/ Mike

Thank you very much for the link. With best regards PRSS

Now-a-days I am not having much problem from autoCAD files imported to SU. Things are quite fine. There is also another trick which came from one of the forums - scale the AutoCAD model - say a 100 times. After importing into SU scale down by 100. You may even scale up to 1000 and then scale down in SU. This sorts out quite a lot of problems in curved surfaces. Also i have tried scaling up by 500 and then export as 3ds with Autosmooth turned off. Then import it in SU and scale down. Use the smoothing option in SU . This way it will be possible to pick the entire surface to apply texture. With best regards PRSS