Geometry not showing up in layout when I update the model reference

LayOut
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Good afternoon all,

My pantry door is not showing up in LayOut. (Updated 2019 PRO today). The scene has been updated, the model has been saved. I closed both SU and LO and restarted and the pantry door was showing in LO until I saved LO then it disappeared again.

What could be the issue?

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How about sharing the LayOut file so we can see exactly what you’ve got?

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Trying to. Nothing is happening.

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The file is probably too large. Upload it to Drop Box and share the link.

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Your LO project is stumping me. I can make a new LayOut file from your model and have the door show up. When I copy it to your document and render it, the door disappears. I even tried creating a new scene with the door shown but I get the same results in your file. I’ve tried saving out the SKP file and then relinking it to have a new reference. No luck.

How are you creating the model, the layers, and the section cuts?

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Well, I’m not sure how to answer that exactly. I am just over a year using SU so I have been taught to make everything on layer 0, then assign layers to components, groups and so on to control their visibility in scenes. I make scenes from there. However, this particular model was made by one of the partners, and this door is just a solid group. I exploded it to make it a component. Then I grouped it with the push/pull plates that are on it. It’s weird that the only the plates show up in LO, and not the door. Shoot. Maybe I should make a whole different model for just that door, and then paste in place. This is a thinker, huh? LOL.

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did you move the geometry ‘back’ to layer0 after exploding?

john

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@john_drivenupthewall I don’t think so, but I’ll check. Just opened it up now to work on. Will respond back with any new info.

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I didn’t see any issues with the door geometry being on the wrong layer. That was an early consideration in my investigation.

There’s no need to explode a group to make it a component. You can just right click on the group and choose Make group…

I was wondering if you are using some extension to create the layers and sections cuts and such.

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Oh I see. No, just native tools.