Scene remains the same after deleting, quitting, etc, etc when pasting into Layout

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I created a section at the wrong height. I had already pasted it into a Layout drawing. I deleted that viewport out of that drawing (in hindsight perhaps I could just have changed the position of the section plane but I’m a VERY occasional user of Layout so forget ‘best practice’). I tried changing the section plane, going back to the Scenee, saving, sending to Layout, copying the viewport out of the ‘Untitled’ window, pasting it into the Layout dwg and it still showed the original section cut.
I’ve tried EVERYTHING I can think of as far as deleting the original section plane completely and redrawing, quitting out of everything and starting again (but with the original Layout dwg/file) and STILL I get the original section view posting…
What am I not getting? Thanks

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Pasting from SketchUp to LayOut is not a good work flow because it creates a new embedded reference. That reference is not connected to the original SketchUp file.

This is really not good work flow either.

First, you only send the SketchUp file to LayOut ONCE. After the initial viewport is created, you can copy it within LayOut and paste it to another page and then select the appropriate scene. DO NOT send the SketchUp file to a new LayOut file and then copy the viewport to paste into your project file.That also creates a reference that is not your original SketchUp file.

If you need to change the location of a section plane for a specific scene, go back to the SketchUp model, make the edit, update the affected scene(s) and save the changes. In the LayOut file, right click on a viewport and choose Update Model Reference. As long as you haven’t overriden any of the scene properties for the viewport, the viewport should update with any changes you made to the scene.

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Aha! That makes sense! I got some guidance on this last year and I clearly misunderstood a detail. It worked for what I was doing then so had no reason to think it was wrong apart from having to copy/paste from the ‘Untitled’ window for each Elevation view in the drawing.

Thought there was still a problem but then realised I’d just missed the Update Model Ref step. All good now. Thanks so much

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Who gave you the guidance?

Good deal.

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I’m pretty sure it was yourself - that cat/monkey/wtfisthat? looks familiar!

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Maybe I did give you some guidance before althoughI would never have told you to do the copy and paste thing or to send a SketchUp file to create a new LayOut file.

:smiley: It’s a prairie dog with a bowler. :wink:

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It WAS you! - this thread:

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OK. Now I remember that. thanks for the reminder.

So in a nutshell:

  • Create scenes in your SketchUp model for the views you’ll need in your LayOut document.
  • Save the file.
  • Send it to LayOut selecting your template for the document.
  • After you have the first viewport in the LayOut file, you can copy it and paste it or use Move/Copy if you’re creating multiple views on a single page.
  • With the viewport selected, choose the desired scene for it.
  • Copy the viewports within the LayOut file and change the scene as needed.
  • If you need to make updates to the SketchUp file, edit the model file. Update scenes as required.
  • Save the changes to the SketchUp file.
  • In LayOut, right click on a viewport and choose Update Model Reference. Alternatively you can go to File>Document Setup>References, select the reference SketchUp file, and click on Update.

I hope that helps.

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Perfectly. It took a while to get there but now it’s 100% clear and working perfectly. I’m going to copy that workflow and note it somewhere for future reference so I don’t have to bother you next year when I try to draw up another scheme!

Thanks again sir

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No worries. Come back and ask if you need to.

And you’re welcome.

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