Hi, I am a student know the basics of SketchUp, a friend has asked for some help and I now need your help if possible.
I have been given a SKP file and asked to supply them at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100. The elevations need a scale so these can be measured. At present there is no scale.
I would’ve used AutoCAD but the files available are SketchUP only. How would I find out what scale the existing files are, and how would i demonstrate them as 1:50? There was mention of a Scale Bar but I couldn’t fathom this, since I didn’t know what size I am starting from.
Any help would be appreciated.
everything in sketchup is scale 1:1
some softwares like autocad manage the paper output internally, in sketchup it’s external, in a tool named layout (automatically installed with SU pro)
the basic steps are :
- in sketchup, prepare your desired view and make a scene of it. Maybe it’s a top view, parallel, with a minimalist style to have black lines and white background.
- in layout, you can insert your sketchup file. upon selecting it, in the sketchup panel on your right you’ll be able to change things. scale, line thickness, vector / raster output…
- from there, you can scale the design at 1:50, adjust the size on paper, add dimensions and elements if needed, and export as pdf.
non basic steps can be found here
https://learn.sketchup.com/
there are a couple of free courses about layout 
Thank you for your detailed response. I will give it a go!
This is the file I was sent, so I’ll open layout and go from there.
Hollies proposed.skp (853.8 KB)
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