I love the direction things are going with LayOut. We are gaining more control over the model viewport, which is obviously a good thing. I like that we can now have different edge thicknesses based on tag, but I don’t like how it was implemented.
Since this feature was implemented inside of the same panel where tag visibility is controlled, you are forced to disconnect tag visibility from the scene assigned to the viewport. I don’t understand why it was implemented this way.
So what is the recommended workflow, assuming you want the same line style overrides applied to all the viewports?
- Insert your viewports, assign the scenes (in order to retrieve the correct tag visibility for each viewport), then manually override the line style for every single viewport one by one? That’s pretty redundant.
- Insert a single viewport, configure the line style overrides, then copy those overrides to all the other viewports. Then manually toggle tag visibility for every viewport?
- Abandon scenes altogether and just manually configure everything in LayOut?
Scenes are still so much more powerful than just configuring viewports in LayOut. Especially with the recently added ability to save hidden objects to scenes.
I just don’t understand why the line style overrides had to be in the same panel as tag visibility. It forces you to detach tag visibility from the scene, even if all you’re trying to do is override a style. I wish the line style overrides were placed in a separate panel. Something like this:
Not to mention, this is the first time we’re ever seeing an “override” that can only be done in LayOut, and not SketchUp. You can’t change edge thickness per tag from in SketchUp, only in LayOut.
If you’d like to hear my full opinion on this, I just published a video going into depth on the subject SketchUp 2020.2 Line Style Override in LayOut Feature Review | Change dash, color, width by tag - YouTube