Hi Guys. Sorry for the confusing post title, but this is my problem. I often create a set of drawings in Layout from a single SketchUp model that usually include 50-100 scenes and sometimes more. Some of those scenes are simply sections views which I usually create using the ‘Create View from Slic…

[image] kevin58: Create View from Slice’ command. There is no such command. There is “create group from slice” that creates a string of edges at the section plane but that has nothing to do with views. You don’t have to create the group. Just make a scene with your section cut active.

Yes - sorry I meant ‘Create Group from Slice’ :smile: I create tons of Scenes from the resulting Groups.

[image] Anssi: ust make a scene with your section cut active. I don’t think that gives the pure section cut I am looking for. I want the section only and not the geometry behind the section.

[image] kevin58: I then have to create a new scene in SketchUp using a new ‘Create View from Slice’ group which then appears in any scene previously create where its visible. I then have to go through every previous scene - check if the new group appears - hide the group and update the scene be…

Thanks Simon. I will have a look at that plugin?

[image] New elements automatically show in all scenes Pro Beside what @DaveR suggested… You can hide the Tags by desired Scenes without extension like on the animation below: Actually when the “Scene Update” popup appears it is “enough” if the Visible Tags tick-box mar…

Being a lazy person, I would take all the section slices, place them side by side somewhere outside the actual model area and save a single scene that shows them all. Then, in LayOut, I would make a single view showing the scene, and then make copies of it and crop it to show just one section per co…

Thanks - I hadn’t spotted that thread. So it seems from the video, the process of updating scenes where tags are used to control visibilty, is pretty much the same as using the outliner to hide groups then update each scene. I guess there is no simple solution.

I hate being a perfectionist, but I just cannot bring myself to do that :grinning:

The trick is that you can update the visibility of the tag (or in your case - use component on outliner) on a selected scenes without needing to go one by one each scene. You have to select the scenes where you want to hide and update at once… check again the animation… :slight_smile:

Can I add a SketchUp Group without changing existing Scenes

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dezmo November 23, 2021, 8:04pm 7

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