I’m trying to export to PDF but I’m unsure why the title page shows up with an overlay. The scene in Sketchup is just a regular perspective view of my model, which I have imported into Layout. None of my other pages have this problem. Also, the quality of the image seems to be rendered, as there’s no line work within the model to show the separation of panels or studs. How can I fix this so that I can remove the overlay and only have the one model show up on the title page?
What you show is a typical thing when the model is placed at a long distance from the origin.
Share the LayOut file so we can see exactly what you’ve got set up.
Okay, here you go.
TESTSHACK.layout (10.8 MB)
As I said, your model of the shed is located at a great distance from the origin.
You also have the rest of the model strung out over a vast area.
That creates graphical issues. Really there should be no need to spread things out like you have. If you absolutely must leave the shed where it is, disable Output Override in Document Setup>Rendering and leave the viewport rendered as Raster.
I also notice in LayOut you have modified the Camera properties for the scene which can lead to problems when you try to update the model reference. It can also result in issues with dimensions and labels if the viewport gets reset.
I’m pretty new to using Layout, and I realize that having my model stretched out that much isn’t ideal or efficient. Can I ask you a better way to set up my file? I’m working on shop drawings where individual panels must be dimensioned and annotated. Would you break up the model into different sections and save them into separate files, then insert them into Layout?
No. i would use tags and tag folders to be able to control the visibility of the different groups and components in the model. Use utilize the tags in scenes to show what you need to show and use those scenes for the viewports in LayOut. For the majority of your scenes you should be able to work with the shed model at the origin with no need to string out copies of the parts all over the countryside.
Using the model of the shed for those views will make your workflow simpler and reduce the possibility of inducing errors if/when changes are required.