Mar 09, 2014 Simply move this file into your LayOut Scrapbook folder. My LayOut Scrapbook for Architectural Drawings. By Krisidious » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:00 am. My LayOut Scrapbook for Architectural Drawings. By Ben Ritter » Wed Jan. SketchUp to LayOut is a beginner’s book that focuses on LayOut specific tools, and its relationship with SketchUp. It’s a universal guide that can be applied to any type of 3D modeling. This book is more of a step-by-step approach for custom architecture. It specifically focuses on a proven workflow for architects.
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Connecting SketchUp Scenes to LayOut templates An article from the official SketchUp blog.
Construction Drawings in SketchUp Pro/ LayOut with some photos of finished projects.LayOut presentation and construction drawings from Paul Lee at Viewsion Virtual Environments Ltd
Construction Documents using SketchUp Pro & LayoutPaul Lee - Step-by-step instructions. SketchUcation book MP25. Fee
Construction Documents with SketchUp and LayOut Videos on the YouTube SketchUp Channel, featuring architect Nick Sonder.
Construction & Working Drawings - Discussion A notable SketchUcation discussion thread about LayOut.
Nick Sonders: Truckee, California architect using SketchUp and LayOut for construction documents.
Nick Sonder Workflow for Construction Documentation Video series introducing upcoming book, SketchUp & LayOut for Architecture, by Matt Donley and Nick Sonder.
Process 1 - Overview and clean line work. video
Process 2 - Generating different drawing types from a single model.
Process 3 - Using Scrapbooks in LayOut
Process 4 - Detailing
Process 5 - LayOut tips
Process 6 - SketchUp model tips
Quick and dirty poché for sectional viewsAidan Chopra - How to show pochéd section cut in SketchUp and LayOut.
Scaling imported raster images in LayOutChris Dizon
Section line weight in LayOut forum tips...
Segmented Label leader in LayOutGaieus - Simply use the line tool to 'add' segments to the end of a Label leader.
Why is it so hard to draw a simple electric symbol in Layout Download some electric symbols.
My LayOut Scrapbook for Architectural DrawingsKristoff Rand(Join SketchUcation for free to download.)
It's not easy to find, but here's how you can control the length of the extension overrun (from the SketchUp developers):
With the Select tool, double-click on the dimension to enter the dimension 'manipulator'.
Select one of the extension lines.
In the Shape Style panel, click on the End Arrow dropdown, and select a smaller point size. The extension's overrun should get smaller.
Select the other extension line.
Repeat step 3.
To create dimensions like this every time you use the dimension tool:
Pick the Style tool.
Click on the dimension you just modified. This will sample the dimension's style.
Pick the Dimension tool and create a dimension. It will use the sampled dimension style.
It's possible to change the dimension line style so it's different from the extension lines:
With the Select tool, double-click on the dimension to enter the dimension 'manipulator'.
Select one of the extension lines.
In the Shape Style panel, choose a new stroke color, dashed pattern, etc. The extension line will show the new settings.
With the extension line still selected, go to Edit -> Copy Style.
Select the other extension line.
Edit -> Paste Style. The two extension lines should match now.
To create dimensions like this every time you use the dimension tool:
Pick the Style tool.
Click on the dimension you just modified. This will sample the dimension's style.
Pick the Dimension tool and create a dimension. It will use the sampled dimension style.
The picture frame cannot be used for cropping, LayOut is a bit limited that way. But there is a way to do it: draw a rectangle (or any shape) to define your cropped area over the image, select that and the image you want to crop, right-click and select 'Create clipping mask' from the context menu. SketchUp Sage Anssi
Tip2: To get proper dimensioning on scaled pages, set the scale in two places in LayOut:
To change the dimension scale, select the dimension tool, open the Dimension Style panel, and set the scale nest to the 'Auto Scale' button.
To change the SketchUp scale, select the skp model, open the SketchUp Model panel, and set the scale next to the 'Ortho' button.
More dimensioning tips from MasterSketchUp author, Matt Donley.
Tip3: Many of the plugins listed here on the Sage's CAD page, developed to replicate the 'CAD' look, can be very helpful in setting up SketchUp Scenes for LayOut export.
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Most hardcore LayOut users make their own scrapbooks of scale figures, cars, trees, drafting symbols, typography — anything they need to use again and again.
Like templates, scrapbooks are just LayOut files that have been saved in a special folder on your system. When you open the program, it checks that folder and displays the files it finds in the Scrapbooks panel.
Follow these steps to build your own LayOut scrapbook:
Build a LayOut file with the elements you want to include in your scrapbook.
Choose File → Save As Scrapbook.
Type a name for your scrapbook.
In the Save As Scrapbook dialog box, the Scrapbook Folder list shows the location of the folder where your new scrapbook will be saved. If you prefer to use another folder, you can add one using the Folder panel of the Preferences dialog box.
Click OK (Save on a Mac).
The next time you restart LayOut, your scrapbook appears at the top of the Scrapbooks panel.
A few notes about making your own scrapbooks:
A good size is 6 x 6 inches. You can choose any paper size for the file you plan to save as a scrapbook, but smaller sheets work better. The scrapbooks that come with LayOut are 6 inches square.
Scrapbooks can have multiple pages. In fact, just about all the default scrapbooks in LayOut do. The first page in your document becomes the cover page for the scrapbook; all subsequent pages appear below it in the list. Pay attention to your page names, which appear in the Scrapbooks panel, too.
Use locked layers. Anything you put on a locked layer can’t be dragged out of the scrapbook. Take a look at the People scrapbook that comes with LayOut — the word People and the information next to it are on a locked layer. Notice how you can’t drag them into your drawing?
You can put model viewports into scrapbooks. Open the Arrows → 3D → Curved scrapbook. Drag one of the arrows onto your page. Now double-click it — it’s a model! You can put anything into a scrapbook: graphics, images, viewports, and text.