I’ve just downloaded version 2024 though am wondering whether I regret that now.
I need to print in a position of my choosing on a piece of A4 models as per the attached. They’re deliberately 2D since they are going to be printed on white glossy labels to attach to 3D-printed mounting plates the same size as the models.
Try as I might I cannot get these to be printed the size they’re actually modelled. I’ve tried to follow instructions online but I wonder if version 2024 has changed things since nothing seems to work. The images have no background. I now have a ‘Document setup’ option in the ‘File’ menu but none of the settings (a) gives me what I want and (b) appear to be able to be changed in any case: they all default back to what they were.
The images need to sit in one corner of the page, not in the middle.
This seems to me like such a fundamentally easy thing to expect it to do.
OK. Here’s the LayOut file with four pages, each showing a different sign in the same location on the page. Warning Signs.layout (324.0 KB)
I guess I would suggest going through the LayOut tutorials at learn.sketchup.com In a nutshell I set up a scene in your SketchUp model with the Camera set to Parallel Projection and the standard Front view. I also modified the style to eliminate the gray background although that’s not strictly required. Then I saved the changes and sent the file to LayOut where I selected an A4 portrait-oriented paper template. With the viewport selected in LO I set the scale to 1:1. Then I dragged the edges of the viewport to show only one sign and moved it up to the left corner.
I duplicated the page three times and for each page I dragged the edges of the viewport to show a different sign.
If I were doing this project myself I would give each sign a different tag in the SketchUp model and put them all at the origin. The management in LayOut would then be easier because the page could be duplicated the a different sign displayed in the viewport simply by selecting a different tag to be visible.
Many thanks for that explanation; I am most grateful. I will experiment with your advice and also watch some LO tutorials to gain an understanding of how it is intended to work.
