HI Guys this might sound like a silly question and i hope it is an easy thing to solve. So i created a model in SU and now i want to create a flat ‘cutting’ plan (this is for a timber item) is there a simple way to automatically create the flat 2d drawings from a SU model ?? Adrian

You can get cross-sections of your models using the ‘Section Plane’ Tool. Here’s a sample of what’s possible… [SketchUp: Cutting plans and sections]

Hi Adrian, Just go to Camera>standard views and this will give you the correct view to print. Phil

[image] milesrrs62: is there a simple way to automatically create the flat 2d drawings from a SU model ? You can print orthogonal views of the model to scale using SketchUp’s native print function. Printing to Scale — SketchUp Sage Tutorials SketchUp Pro includes the LayOut application whic…

Creating 2D drawings

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Guy February 9, 2015, 8:16am 5

Adrian,

We created a plugin to create 2d drawings from you SketchUp models. Take a look at Skalp for SketchUp (www.skalp4sketchup.com)

regards,

Guy

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