![]() ![]() (this is a 3d model of several apartments/townhouses viewed from above) Just for kicks I’ve uploaded my current SU window. (and grouping/re-ordering layers would be amazingly useful and so simple to implement!) So this is becoming a much larger feature discussion…īut for now I’d be happy with simply being able to select all the objects on a layer just by using the layers panel. Vectorworks DWG importer/reference manager or any ESRI product are exmaples of useful conversion systems. Trimble surely know this (imported survey data is probably most challenging thing for SketchUp to try to manage). These options become very important in a complex workflow where information is being imported from numerous software packages (often using DWG as the go-between format). when you import a DWG you have no options to place certain line colours into groups, or convert layers to components, or convert blocks to layers, or change lineweights into materials. SketchUp Pro’s poor excuse for a schema import/export manager leads to a lot of these frustrations.Įg. Numerous features could be added to help us organise imported data much more effectively. (Layer Organizer does this but it’s fatally flawed). It can’t group layers or organize them within the stack. It lacks very simple functions such as “select all objects on this layer and convert them to a component”. SketchUp Pro’s layer manager doesn’t help. Crushing everything onto layer 0 just creates more problems with data interoperability and selectability. ![]() Since they don’t use layer 0 for modelling, the only way to understand imported information is to enable Color Edges by Material style and Colour by Layer. I’m talking about imported DWGs, etc, which can have 300+ layers for all types of pipes, survey points, site boundaries, walls, annotations, etc, etc. Now, what I’m about to say is possibly going to upset you (lol)…Ī lot of geometry in my models is NOT on Layer 0. Sidenote: Selection Toys isn’t in the SketchUp Pro default extension set but I think it should be, or at least some of the basic tools… You can quickly and easily select them (theyre not buried within 20 levels of nested components).You know about and can see the objects you wish to lock (theyre not hidden within other components) - and.You are starting with a component or components, or wish to create one (locking doesnt work with groups or loose geometry, or points), and.Locking the component is obvious but only works IF: (I liked the suggestion of renaming "Layers"into a different term like “categories”) Being able to lock numerous types of groups & components that belong to a layer (as well as loose geometry, annotations, etc).Not being able to delete or rename that layer, or make it current.Not allowing information to be added to or removed from that layer.Locking layers was just a little extra function which isnt important to my feature request. ![]()
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