It’s not like we are asking for a full parametric BIM functionallity. This time they nailed it with Dimensions and dwg exports, I hope next time they will fill all these gaps. What really annoys me is that Layout is always almost there but these simple finishes are never done, release after release. I find these kind of Feature requests are easilly lost in these forums, but this kind of discussion is key for implementing a simple yet robust architectural system of accuratelly representing standard info from a model that already has it all in it’s geometry. I also have FRs somewhere about pavement/roof gradient tags, about area tags and Layout+Sketchup teams should pair up and find ways of implementing all kind of standard architectural tags that can be directly retrieved from a Sketchup model. The current topic is about a height tool for elevations, but if Z coordinates of a point would be retriavable and related to a datum that is valid per model, then elevation tags could be created for elevations and also plans. Isolating X, or Y or Z would serve us well for many things, but in architecture Z info is key. I don’t think that it was in this forum though… I’ve also asked for this feature before, when the Auto text label feature was implemented. Z coordinates are therefore already retrievable from the model even if, right now, they can’t be isolated automatically from X and Y. This model information is a XYZ coordinate system. We are now able to retrieve point information from a Sketchup model already. It just seemed that seting up dimensions that would use some kind of Sketchup model 3D datum, would be a clever aproach that would derive directly from the 3D model. Well, I wasn’t aware of how that ordinate system worked. I mean current LO interface is so simple and easy to use/learn so is it really necessary to introduce some deeper level of abstraction like UCS etc?Īs for me I like the initial idea of linear tool enhancement and/or new tool creation. You can understand this process better with the image below: (I used to do this workflow in cad too, but cad isn’t 3D but a CAD elevation isn’t aware of it’s space coordinates… a sketchup model is so something should adress this issue properly.) I use the dimensions values for heights.I then manually change text for every one of this sets so I create my standard height leaders.Then I place 2 elements in each level, at the right spot in the drawing, a triangle pointing down and a text (I used to group them but editing the text was harder).I usually establish a set of dimensions that go from level 0 into the several levels of my projects.I couldn’t but I’ll show my results in the hope you might adapt them: So I was thinking on adapting my standard workflow to a dimension leader that would graphically emulate what I do. I just need the height value from a vertex but that’s impossible to get automatically from auto text leaders. I’m figuring out workflows for extracting height leaders from sketchup drawings.
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