I also just realized that the layer behavior isn't consistent between Trimble Connect Desktop and Trimble Connect for Web.
#Sketchup layers not working professional#
It almost seems like Trimble doesn't want SketchUp to be a tool for professional documentation. Controlling Visibility with Tags SketchUp Help. Read up on layers here, and note that the pencil is the radio button on the left that has been moved in 2019. Wanting to use Trimble connect since its release but every time I give it a try (once a year) it turns out in a disappointment. Basically you should never need to touch it. I totally recognize myself in Matt's story. almost two years later and still SketchUp tags are useless. I've been wanting to do a review video of Trimble Connect w/SketchUp on my YouTube channel for years, but keep holding off because it's so incompatible and buggy.Īnd here we are. When you work with IBM Garage, you bring customer pain points into focus. These bugs have existed for years, and I continually check back every so often hoping that they've been fixed, but it never happens. Potentially one of the best options for beginners to consider, SketchUp offers. That's incredibly disappointing, especially considering Connect and SketchUp are both Trimble products! You'd think it would be a top priority to have two Trimble products work together. I will look into this and get back to you. The inconsistencies between Sketchup and Connect is unfortunately a known issue and unfortunately I am not too familiar with where we are on having fixes available. In SketchUp, I can hide the trusses by hiding the TRUSS tag, and I can hide the walls by hiding the WALLS tag, or I can hide everything by hiding the FIRST FLOOR tag. For example, in the image below, I have a group called FIRST FLOOR and it has a corresponding tag, FIRST FLOOR. Trimble Connect ignores tags/layers that are assigned to SketchUp groups/components if they do not contain any loose geometry in them.
#Sketchup layers not working download#
If you download the files linked above, try them in both the desktop version and the web versionĭownload the two sample files to see for yourself: Instead, it only reacts to tags/layers assigned directly to the child group/component. When importing as architectural objects, faces which are not part of a group or a component. If you do not want to import a certain layer, highlight it and clear this. SketchUp layers are imported as classes in Vectorworks. It appears the TCWeb is even worse because it won't inherit any visibility from parent containers. WYSIWYG supports SKP files from SketchUp version 2019 format and earlier at.
When I click on ‘Layer Manager’ a box pops up and all my layers are gone, absaloutely nothing is in the box not even a layer 0. It has been working perfectly up until now. I also just realized that the layer behavior isn't consistent between Trimble Connect Desktop and Trimble Connect for Web. Hi all, I have been using layers and sorting out some scenes for my sketchup model.
Subject: Trimble Connect ignores tags/layers assigned to SketchUp groups/components
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