I never edit the color of lines. Dimension properties are set and forget based on my LayOut template. I’ve done it once. Maybe I have to tweak something - I have a tool palette for that.
SketchUp is for modeling in 3d. ‘Remembering’ to press a key to lock axis is so ingrained in my muscle memory I never think about it. How much do you really model?
No. Just no. SketchUp should stay light and lean. But by all means improve LayOut. One is for 3d. The other is for presenting 3d as documentation - be it construction documents, schematic design, or a poster advertising dog sitting…
Tell me you haven’t used LayOut without telling me you haven’t used LayOut.
Baseline dimensions would be a nice improvement. I currently do it on timber frame shop drawings and framing drawings by hand - it’s not horrible. There are other big fish to fix with LayOut before I need this.
Not everyone needs this. I use it occasionally. And I have a plugin.
It’s not. And muscle memory and repetitive use solves this. By the third or fourth day of classes when I’m teaching most students get it. Hover over where you want to zoom or orbit and off you go…
Would be nice. Not everyone designs houses with multiple layers though. I do, and want this. But SketchUp is a generalist program. Plugins allow it to be specific.
Plugin.
I am with you that being able to toggle snaps is useful. Have you tried hitting CTRL when moving something? But you lost me at ‘look at AutoCAD’. I don’t want to go back.
Layout is for annotating SketchUp 3D model views, and not intended to be a full drafting software. AutoCAD and other drafting CAD software exist for that task. I use Layout for all sorts of design documents but I use AutoCAD (LT) daily for actual Architectural documentation. There’s really no comparison between the two.
You like SketchUp “for the price” and you are getting appropriate capabilities…for that price. It’s like using a flathead screwdriver on a Philips head. It’ll work, but there is a different tool that should be used.
Why, in your opinion, can’t the best features of Layout be brought into Pro. It’s just a matter of imaging. You’re making an excellent point about AutoCAD, so why should it be the same for SketchUp. There is no logical reason for users to switch back and forth between separate programs. Separate programs translates directly into bloat.
I’ll admit I was pretty critical, always expressing dissatisfaction with some features I’d been waiting for so long.
But SketchUp 25, baby, you’re doing great!
I look forward to the other options shown in the 3D Basecamp video
And please, please think hard if the items don’t make perfect sense. I love SketchUp, and just want to be able to model as fast as I can.
Also, when I have to present plans for a customer, I simply use parallel projection and either top or elevation view. No need for 2D.
The gist of Justins post goes back some years looking at other replies.
The new Environments & Photoreal Materials doesn’t appear to be a top wish-list item, given one can now use the far more superior Twinmotion for free with your SU models.
I would recommend heading over to the Feature Request section of the forum and creating a post about the issues you are having. As much as I appreciate a little back and forth and exchanging workflow ideas, trying to convince each other of different ways to use SketchUp is in danger of getting flagged as Off Topic!
I know and have seen you do fabulous stuff. For every one of you, I sense there are a dozen frustrated like James and I, and then a further 100 who would never even consider using sketchup ever because of these failings.
So your excellent work aside, I think it should be a priority for the good of sketchup if they put some energy there.
I can’t see anywhere in the release notes that the issue of Snaps moving in relation to scaled components has been addressed! Does anyone know if this has been address?
