# Scenes not retaining layer settings

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [October 30, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952 "2015-10-30T17:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![drds1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@drds1111](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/drds1111)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952/1 "2015-10-30T17:36:02Z")

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When I am working I am constantly setting up new scenes and making sure certain layers are on/off. After i set one up several of the scenes I will go back through them and for some reason it is not retaining the layers I have set on or off and I have to redo them and re-update the scene. It is getting very frustrating especially when I then go to Layout and inject the model in and the views are messed up and I have to go back to sketchup to redo them again and update the scene and save the file and then go back to Layout and re-update the model file.

Is there a variable I can modify that will keep my layers per scene up to date and not change?

FRUSTRATING!!!

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952/2 "2015-10-30T17:43:27Z")

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You should check that the tick boxes for saving the scene features are checked in the Scenes dialog:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/2X/1/1ed65c938ee8659eb3174583fc245b35e09b6498.png)  
If they are hidden, the dialog expands by clicking on the little black and white icon with a plus sign and an arrow (the second from the right). Some SketchUp templates have most of these unchecked by default.

Anssi

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**Author:** ![jvleearchitects](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jvleearchitects/32/149_2.png) [@jvleearchitects](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jvleearchitects)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952/3 "2015-10-31T03:41:33Z")

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Another thing to check:  
Make sure you update your scene and save the file after editing…

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**Author:** ![drds1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@drds1111](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/drds1111)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952/4 "2015-11-05T15:32:39Z")

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I have done all of the suggestions and the scenes still do not retain the settings I have set. Anyone have any suggestions? I never used to have this problem and it is getting to be a pain in the butt…

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/scenes-not-retaining-layer-settings/16952/5 "2015-11-05T16:26:03Z")

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Is this happening with all your models, or just certain ones? If just some, I wonder if it is something peculiar about those. Could you upload an example so we can look it over?