Hello, everyone! I am very new to Sketchup/Layout, and I am new to 3d designing in general. I use Sketchup to create 3D models of portable buildings sold by the company I work for. Therefore, I use Layout to turn those 3D models into blueprints. I know and understand how to export my Sketchup model into Layout, as I have done it before, but now when I export the file it changes all of my tags into Swedish… then deletes the entities within those tags. I have no idea what is happening, so I need someone’s help. Is it because I am getting items from the 3D Warehouse? Or is there something else that I am doing wrong.
It’s possible that objects you got from the 3D Warehouse came with tags in Swedish. Download ing things from the 3D Warehouse will not change the language for tags you created. Share the LayOut file so we can see what you have going on.
Here is the Layout file for a 14x40 Lofted Cabin. I downloaded the door from the 3D Warehouse, but I cannot remember if I downloaded anything else from there. 14x40 Lofted Cabin.skb.layout Let me know if this does not work, and I’ll try my best to fix it. Thank you!
You have a weirtd file name but I’ll see what I can see.
There are tag names in other languages, too. Looks like they all came in with objects from the 3D Warehouse.
I fixed incorrect tag usage. ALL edges and faces should be untagged. Only groups and components should be given tags.
Then I purged unused stuff. Tat eliminated a lot of components, materials and all of the weirdly named tags.
It’s a good idea to stay on top of keeping your model cleaned up as you go.
Here’s your LayOut file after cleaning up the SketchUp file. You can get the .skp file out by right clicking on the viewport and choosing Open with SketchUp. Then use File>Save as … to save a copy of it to your profect folder.
14x40 Lofted Cabin PURGED.layout (13.8 MB)
BTW, going forward, you should also sort out the tags that come in with objects you get from the 3D Warehouse. In many cases you probably won’t need the tags that come with the objects and will need to give tags to the objects themselves. You can delete the unneeded tags and create your own.
Thank you so much! Thank you for fixing the issue and also giving me advice. I greatly appreciate it.