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About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

About the Cover ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter 1: Introduction to LayOutFirst LayOut Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Second LayOut Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Changing the SketchUp Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Showing the Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Exporting the Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Document Setup and Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Document Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 2: SketchUp Setup, LayOut ViewportsCover Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Creating SketchUp Layers and Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

First Inside Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting up the View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Overall Yard Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Interior Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Text Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Second Inside Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Up the First Elevation View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Viewport Rectangles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Rotated Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Complete the Remaining Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Third (and Last) Inside Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Section View and Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Section View in LayOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing the Cover Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Chapter 3: Templates: Title Blocks, Pages, LayersExploring an Existing Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Auto-Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Layers and Unique Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating a New Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Company Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Page Detail Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Saving and Using the Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Creating a Custom-Sized Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Creating a Set of Custom Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Templates to Set Default Tool Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using Layers and Pages for Working Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using Templates for Streamlined Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Set Up SketchUp Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Create the LayOut Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Relink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Replace the SketchUp Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Chapter 4: Rendering SketchUp ViewsModifying and Tracing a View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Isometric View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Vector vs. Raster vs. Hybrid Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Page 1: Raster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Page 2: Hybrid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Page 3: Vector, Modify Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Page 4: Vector, Modify Edges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Page 5: Vector with Translucency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Chapter 5: Clipping Masks and Clipping PlanesClipping an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Clipping a SketchUp Model View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Freehand Clipping Shape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Clipping Shape Using the Line Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Cutaways and Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Cutaway View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Highlighted View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Clipping Planes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Organize the SketchUp Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Two Front View Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Smokestacks Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Vents Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Scene Clean-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

LayOut Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Chapter 6: Labels, Dimensions, Smart LabelsBasic Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Labels with Straight Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Labels with Curved Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Dimensions in 3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Smart Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148Dynamic and non-Dynamic Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Group and Component Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Dynamic Component Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Classifier Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Easy Working Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

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Intro to Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using Patterns in SketchUp Model Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Using Pre-Installed Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Using Custom Graphic Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using Custom Linework Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Easy Poche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

“Fake” Hatching in SketchUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Painting the Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Creating Hatched “End Cap” Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Chapter 8: Scrapbooks and ShapesIntro to Scrapbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

How Scrapbooks are Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Creating a 2D Scrapbook Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Creating a 3D Scrapbook Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Adding a Scrapbook Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Scrapbooks and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Custom Styles: Labels and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Custom Styles: Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Using Scrapbooks for Clipping Shapes (or Any Shapes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Creating the Clipping Shape in LayOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Creating the Clipping Shape in SketchUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Complex Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Joining, Splitting, Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Rotating, Moving Reference Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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29. We want to select only the rectangle and not the

chair, so click the rectangle on or near an edge, away

from the chair itself. Drag the right vertical edge until

the rectangle includes the text.

30. The last task is to center all of the objects (model,rectangle, and text) on the page. Objects in LayOut

can be selected like in SketchUp: either use

Ctrl/Cmd+A, or press Shift and click objects one by

one, or drag a right-to-left selection window like this:

 NOTE: Just like in SketchUp, a left-to-right selection

window selects all objects completely within the selection

rectangle. A right-to-left window selects everything inside

and partially inside the selection window.

31. Right-click on any selected object and choose

Center / Horizontally on Page.

32. Click in blank space. Now the first page of the

LayOut presentation is perfect (for now).

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5. Change the lower-left viewport to a Left view.

6. To change the top-left viewport, double-click and

orbit the chair to face toward the right, as it appeared

 before.

7. In addition to text, the other type of annotation you

can add is a label. Click the Label icon, or choose

Tools / Label.

8. Set the font, size, etc. in the Text Style tray or the

Font window, and click a point on the isometric chair

where you want the label to start.

9. Double-click where you want the text to start.

10. LayOut provides a few options for the label text.

Because this object is a component in SketchUp, you

can choose to use the component’s definition (its

name) as the label. The component definition in this

case is “LayOut Chair” - the name of the model you

imported from the 3D Warehouse into the blankSketchUp model, at the start of this chapter.

TIP: You can check (or edit) a component’s definition in

SketchUp by right-clicking on it and choosing Entity Info.

If an object being labelled has no name or other properties

defined, there will be no default text option. Label text

options will be covered in “Smart Labels” on page 148.

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. . . so click where shown, to get the 62 degree angle.

30. The angular dimension has its own default style, so

to match its style to the ones already there, activate

the Style tool, click one of the linear dimensions . . .

31. . . . then click the angular dimension.

32. If you want to adjust this dimension’s extension

lines, use the same Select tool / double-click method

to edit its control points. (Angular dimensions also

have several control points, each of which performs a

different function. Try dragging around various

control points to see what they do. You can always

use Ctrl/Cmd+Z to undo.)

 NOTE: Later in this book you’ll see two other ways to set

tool styles. These will be shown in “Using Templates to

Set Default Tool Styles” on page 73 and “Scrapbooks and

Styles” on page 198.

Here’s what we have so far for the yard’s overalldimensions:

33. Linear LayOut dimensions (not angular ones) remain

attached to points in the model. So if you move the

model view around, the text of each linear dimension

stays in place, while the dimensions lines move

around to accommodate. Give it a try and see! This

works on isometric views as well.

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5. For each of the three copied viewports, switch to a

different standard view (Left, Right, Back).

6. To edit one of the copied text strings, activate Select and double-click it. Its orientation switches

temporarily bank to horizontal (it’s easier to edit this

way).

7. Change “North” to “East.”

8. Click away from the text, and the orientation returns

to vertical.

9. Fix the other two text strings the same way.

Third (and Last) Inside PageThe last inside page of our LayOut presentation will show

an interior plan of the first floor of the house. Sectioning

a model can’t be done directly in LayOut, so we need to

add a sectioned view to the SketchUp model.

Section View and Scene1. Return to the SketchUp model and display the

“House Only” scene.

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15. Make a copy of the text box straight down, so that

there are two empty grid squares between the text

 boxes.

16. Select should still be the active tool. Double-click the

copied text to edit it, and it switches back to

horizontal for editing.

17. Replace the address text with two lines describing

what Acme does.

18. Click outside the text to complete it, and it goes back

to vertical.

19. Select the lower text box again, and click Align

Right.

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15. Open the Pages tray and create “Cover Page.” Move

this page above Page 1.

The cover page is now the open page, and it contains

everything from the three layers that are shared

across all pages. (To verify this, you can turn off and

on these layers.) But we want these objects to be on

the “Cover Page” layer instead.

16. Select all objects on the cover page. These objects

should be found on the two shared layers.

17. Press Ctrl / Cmd + C to copy all of these objects.

18. Turn off the visibility of the two shared layers. This

should make the “Cover Page” layer active.

19. Press Ctrl / Cmd + V to paste the copied elements

 back in, and now they are on the “Cover Page” layer

20. Adjust the objects on this page to look more like a

cover page. In my example, I rotated the logo to be

horizontal, and moved it to the bottom of the page.

The large rectangle at the top was widened to meet

the page borders, the “Project” box was widened, and

the other rectangles at the bottom were erased.

21. To finalize this template before saving it, make

“Default” the active layer. Also lock the “Cover

Page” and “Title Block” layers so that their contents

cannot be erased or edited.

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7. Choose File / Send to LayOut. Look in “My

Templates” and find the template you saved.

8. Check all pages, which should all display the correct

scenes, styles, and scales.

In this example, even the dimensions should seem

more or less OK.

9. To check to see whether the dimensions are attached

to their views, move one of the views around, to

verify that the dimension lines follow.

10. Changes to dimensions are pretty easy. In the Top 

view, the vertical dimension can be changed to

extend to the front of the wine fridge. Activate Select

and double-click this dimension to edit its control

 points. The point that will control the dimension’s

reference is indicated below.

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8. Move the image back by the same distance (negative

this time), and now you have a view with modified

edges as well as the original background and

textures.

Page 3: Vector, Modify FacesThis view uses a neat trick: starting with no SketchUpedges, and re-creating the edges in LayOut.

1. Open Page 3. For this view, switch the style to “No

Edges.”

2. Set the rendering to Vector.

There are no background or edge changes to note

here, but the green roof faces lose their texture

image, and become solid green. (Hybrid rendering

would have preserved this texture, but all faces

would be part of an image that could not be edited

within LayOut.) Because no edges are included with

this view, hybrid rendering would be no differentthan raster.

3. With vector rendering, both faces and edges can be

edited. Explode and ungroup until each face is a

separate object. (I had to ungroup twice.)

4. Select all of the faces, which are now LayOut shapes

with solid fill and no stroke. Turn on Stroke and set

the edge color and thickness.

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13. We want to erase the first line, (the jagged one), but

that line is “under” the new line. So activate Select,

right-click on the new spline or on the shape inside it,

and use Arrange / Send Backward to move it down

“behind” the jagged lines.

14. Now you can erase the jagged line.

15. To edit this smooth curve, display its control points.

You can see one at each point you clicked.

16. Move, add, or drag control points to improve the

curve.

17. Copy the kitchen view and the new clipping shape to

the lower right corner of the page.

18. Clip this view, and increase its size. If you remember

the scale you used when resizing the oven view, you

can use that same scale here. Then set the shape’s

 border.

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2. The other style is “Monochrome.” Make sure this

style is active, then send to LayOut.

3. In LayOut, create a “Shaded” and “Monochrome”

layer. “Shaded” should be on top. Move the current

view to “Monochrome.”

4. Copy the view, and blank and lock the“Monochrome” layer.

5. WIth the “Shaded” layer active, paste in the view.

Then create a clipping shape with no fill, using

whatever drawing tool you like.

6. Clip the view, display the “Shaded with Textures”

style, and give the clipped view a border.

7. Turn the “Monochrome” layer back on.

Clipping PlanesUntil now, the exercises in this chapter have focused on

how to use clipping shapes in LayOut to control what

 portion of a SketchUp model appears in LayOut. This

section shows how to use clipping planes to set views and

create scenes in SketchUp, in order to control what

 portions of the model will appear in LayOut.

We’ve already done a bit of this in Chapter 2, where we

set up layers to control object visibility. This section will

go much more in-depth, demonstrating different

techniques for hiding and showing specific objects. These

techniques involve:

• Fog

• Section planes

• Rectangles for hiding

• Position Camera tool

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Smokestacks SceneThe smokestacks will be viewed from the left, from the

 perspective of a camera located on Building B facing

toward Building C. There’s a lot to hide in this view -

everything behind, in front, and to the right of the

smokestacks.

1. Go back to the “Parallel Projection” scene. The

section plane from the previous scene appears -

either ignore it or hide it, just don’t erase it.

2. First, we’ll hide what’s in front of the smokestacks.

Place a section plane along the left wall of Building

C.

As before, this shows what we don’t  want to see.

3. So Reverse the section cut.

4. Now we want to create the camera view by

 positioning the camera along the right edge of

Building B’s roof, facing toward the smokestacks.This is easiest to do in Top view.

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13. Press Ctrl / Option and drag the new control point, to

make the line into a smooth curve.

14. Click away from the leader line, to complete the

leader line changes and go back to general label

editing (as opposed to control point editing).

15. When you create a label, the text and its leader are

connected. To verify this, move the text around - the

leader should follow.

16. There are several points around the text where the

leader can be attached. By default, the anchor point is

at the center of the right or left side of the text (the

right side in this case, since the arrow points to the

right). To change the anchor point, move the cursor

to the end of the leader line where it meets the text.

The cursor symbol should include a small blue dot.

17. Drag this point to the top right green anchor point.

18. Now if you move the text, the leader goes with it,

connected to the top right corner of the text box.

19. This move makes for a strange looking curvy leader,

so double-click to edit the leader’s control points.

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5. When you click away from the window once, you

can see that the “itemcode” attribute is listed, and the

corresponding text is listed below that.

6. When you click away a second time, the label is

complete.

7. Now start a new label on the cabinet whose

 properties we looked at in SketchUp. Because the

 previous label used the “itemcode” attribute, LayOut

assumes you want to use that attribute this time as

well.

8. But instead, choose the “Model” attribute (for this

component, it’s the closest text we have to a model

number).

Here’s the completed cabinet label:

9. Since none of the refrigerator text options was ideal,

we can go back to SketchUp and fix one of theattributes. In SketchUp, open the Component 

Attributes window for the refrigerator and find the

attribute for the text currently being used in its

LayOut label: “ItemCode.”

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6. For the patterns to align with one another, use the

Style tool to sample the pattern in one room . . .

. . . and apply it to the other.

7. Now we’ll make a rectangle for the plot of land the

house will sit on. Create a rectangle surrounding the

floor plan, which has the same pattern and fill as the

room you just sampled. Use Arrange / Send to Back 

to place this new rectangle “under” the house.

8. Find a grass pattern from the “Site Patterns” category

and apply it to this new rectangle. Because these

 patterns are based on graphics, and not simple black

or white linework, changing the fill color or

translucency has no effect on the pattern.

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8. There are a couple of ways to make changes to a

material. For this material, click the House icon in

the Materials window, to open the list of in-model

materials. Then find the swatch for the wavy line

 pattern, and double-click on it.

9. This opens the material editing window. Change the

image size to make it 3 or 4 times larger. You can also

change the base color - light blue is used here.

The material updates as you’re editing it.

10. When you’re finished editing, go back to the Select 

tab of the Materials window (PC) or click the Close

 button at the bottom of the Edit Material window

(Mac).11. Close the group.

12. Create a scene for this plan view, which is what

you’d use in LayOut.

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15. This works the same way: change the text, then edit

the line’s control points to touch both the model and

the text.

16. Remember, you can add or delete control points. To

change this to a two-segment leader, drag one of the

middle control points onto another one.

 NOTE: As we’ve seen, you can also use the Ctrl / Option

key while editing control points, to make curved leader

lines.

17. Now insert the bounded text . . .

. . . and place it here.

18. Edit the text and start typing, without line breaks.

Because the text is bounded, the line breaks are

inserted automatically.

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Chapter 8: Scrapbooks and Shapes

6. To make the shape easier to use in LayOut, erase its

face, leaving just the edges. (To do this, right-click

on the face and choose Erase.)

7. Save the SketchUp model.

8. In LayOut, edit the clouds scrapbook you created

 before. Use File / Insert to bring in the SketchUp

cloud model you just saved. Move it into blank space

on the scrapbook page. Because it has no face, it is

not filled.

9. So that scrapbook users will be able to differentiate

this cloud from the other ones we created directly in

LayOut, add some text indicating that this cloud is

3D. (Meaning its position and orientation can be

changed, since it comes from SketchUp.)

10. Save and close the cloud scrapbook file.

11. In a new LayOut file, insert one of the models used

earlier, such as the Hopkins campus. Bring in the 3D

cloud from the scrapbook.

12. This cloud is a SketchUp model, so orbit the cloud to

an isometric view. The bits of the cloud “closer” to

you will appear larger, which can make for an

interesting looking clipping shape.

13. Adjust the orientation of the SketchUp model of the

campus as well, if needed.