Hello all, New user who would appreciate some advice before they throw their laptop out the window! I am drawing house plans for a renovation project. I had drawn the floor plan (external and internal wall outline) in Top view. I then started extruding the walls up and floor faces down (the floor…

Perhaps simpler, it is also possible to group all the elements of the reference level, to draw on the same level but in another group and then to move it to the desired altitude. The notion of group allows to separate the different geometries and with the tag system to display them or not.

Without a support face, sketchup draws according to the position of the axes. By moving the axes up to the desired height (right-click on the axis and choose move) you will be able to draw at the right height. Another solution is to draw a large rectangle at the desired height which will serve as a…

Hi Jerome, thanks for you response. Mixed result, following your suggestions I can now move the axis are draw objects at an level above, and I can also draw the large rectangle>x-ray mode and draw on that. I probably should have mentioned that when tracing from the initial floor plan to create the…

Hi Annker, It seems to me you would greatly benefit from SketchUp’s Campus: learn.sketchup.com Also take a look at Sketchup’s youtube channel. Pay special attention to the “square one” series which is for beginners. Line Tool - Square One - YouTube

[image] Annker: New user who would appreciate some advice First… basics of SketchUp at learn.sketchup.com Then, if you ever need to draw 2D at a certain Z level, with an extension

Thanks mihai. I should really have said I’m at an intermediate level. I don’t need to learn the basics and this issue I’m having isn’t covered in an basic lessons. Thanks for the video, although I am having trouble following it. What actually occurring in it? Can you tell me the source of the vid…

the extension used in the example is 2D Tool by TIG

Hi Jerome, I figured out what you were suggesting here and I think it will work! Thank you!

^ Hi Jerome, above I was response to your post about grouping the refernce level and then tagging it so it can be turned off. I think that will work for me!

Right! That’s exactly what I usually do because there are normally things on each level that need to align vertically.

Drawing on a higher plane

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I have uploaded my model below.
I dont believe my issue is a complicated one, just more so hard to explain!
GF outline plan backup.skp (191.8 KB)

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Drawing on a higher plane

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