Our developers programmed a neat little time-saving trick into LayOut; it has to do with how you create text boxes with the Text tool. Basically, you can set a text box’s justification (left, center, right) and alignment (top, middle, bottom) by delibe…
Lots of people ask me how I keep my SketchUp models organized; there seems to be plenty of confusion about when to use Layers and when to use the Outliner. Both devices let you control the visibility of different parts of your model, but each has its o…
As tips & tricks go, this is a pretty darn simple one: You can individually hide the buildings on the default 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. This is helpful when a model you’re trying to show conflicts with a building that already exists. When…
The following is part of an email we received from our friend Gary Smith at Green Mountain Geographics:”Hurricane season runs from 1 June through November 30. That means that in alittle over 4 months a great many earthquake victims could be at seriousr…
CustomMade is a community of artisans who build (you guessed it) custom furniture and other items. It serves as a meeting place for people who make things and the people who want things made. I’ve always thought buildings should be site-specific — thi…
Over on the SketchUp Community Forums at SketchUcation, there’s a long and interesting thread about using LayOut for construction and working drawings. In some ways, it’s become a philosophical discussion about what constitutes a “construction…
Both SketchUp and LayOut include Templates: pre-designed files which you can use as a starting point for your own work. There’s a way to use custom Templates in both applications to simplify your printing and presentation workflow. Basically, you can s…