Reproducing this effect in layout

[JQL]

This is the kind of workflow we could hugely simplify if we could have a style per object per scene system instead of the current style per scene.

Anyway you see it, either in Layout, or Photoshop, or similar software, to create this effect you need at least two scenes, or a great control of Layers and Layer colors (which sometimes is impossible) to get what you need.

If we could control the style of single objects like groups and components, so that they detach from the global scene and store these styles in the scene, anything could be achieved in a single scene.

Otherwise we can keep finding clever ways or workarounds to do stuff. Which are sometimes just stupid if projects are too complex, as they take too long and lead us to just quit.

Take a look at this post:

[REQ] Styles by Object by Scene, instead of exclusively Global Style by Scene

It would be very useful that Sketchup styles could be assigned by object rather than globally to all objects in a scene. Sketchup styles are very powerful and, in combination with layers, they can do a lot, however the complexity of what we could achieve is limited as you cannot mix styles easily and, to achieve special presentations you have to rely on compositing scenes in either Layout (stacking viewports), Image Editors like Photoshop (exporting images), Illustrator or similar software (exp…