Posts made by sundad

Much food for thought in your reply. I will keep those points in mind as I practice with the file in the next few days.
Thanks for responding!

I think I just figured out the answers to questions 1 and 2, but still can't answer questions 3 and 4...

Title_Block_w_Hydronic_Diagram.pdfTitle_Block_w_Hydronic_Diagram.pdfPlease excuse my simple questions, but I just started with Layout this morning,and I've reached a brick wall.

I'm trying to import a sketchup drawing into Layout. Attached are the sketchup drawing, and the title block with the same drawing inserted into it. Here are my Q:

1. Why is the top portion of the dwg cutoff?
2. How can I redefine the viewport size so as to exclude the "dead air" on the left hand side?
3. Why does the text get "scrunched up" as I resize the image (both in Sketchup, and in Layout)?
4. Can I call up Layout from within Sketchup, or do they have to run separately?

I will try and search out video tutorials, but in the meantime, thought someone could help out with at least one or two of the above questions.

Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I just started using a few weeks ago, and realized that I need to upgrade to Pro (in order to get professional dwg formats, and import Acad dwg formats). I will then play around with text in Layout (which I hadn't heard of until you mentioned it). Thanks again!

I just finshed a diagram, and I'm proud of myself!(?)

Probelm is that the test fonts are screwy when I export an image to another pc. Is there any way to repair this (higher resolution tried already), or do I have to re-do all of my text?

Note, I had to reduce the resolution from 4800 to 1600 pixels to attach. Even at 4800 pixels, the font looks terrible.

See attached dwg.

THanks

Thanks to all for your answers, I will try some of your suggestions, and then get back to you with results.

I'm a noob. Having a bit of trouble creating "face" for a complex roof shape. I'm sure that it's somehow not "coplanar", but it looks to be (from all angles and zoom levels). I've changed color scheme to show red/blue/green on all lines, but some are not along those axes, the house has an irregular shape, and the roof section is not "rectangular". Can't created a surface. Here are some questions:

I like using guidlines, but it seems like it would be better in this case to use "guideplanes". Is there such a thing in SU? I suppose I could create several guidlines, and somehow make them resident in the same plane, but this is complicated. There must be some tip on making coplanar faces easily (?).

Thanks