It’s a pretty flexible system that allows for an infinite number of combinations.Īlmost all of the patterns we included in LayOut have transparent backgrounds. This allows you to use any background color just pick one from the Fill color well in the Shape Style panel. Most of the patterns we’ve included are single-colored lines with transparent backgrounds. Patterns in LayOut are simple raster images-usually PNGs-that can be any color, and can include an alpha channel for incorporating transparency. Notice the dot screen patterns used to indicate the ground cover and to poché the walls.
#Sketchup make 2013 tutorial pro#
This drawing is 100% LayOut in SketchUp Pro 2013. Simply building a Hatch tool with a limited library of symbols would have satisfied the request, but it would have been a single-purpose answer to the problem. In response to our pro users’ (vehement) requests for the ability to add areas of hatching to their plans, sections and elevations, we built a feature that does that-and more. Glance at LayOut’s updated Shape Style panel and you’ll notice a major addition: Pattern Fill. Pattern Fill: Hatching for materials, poché and other applications Some of our users began to use LayOut to do complete sets of construction drawings.įor SketchUp Pro 2013, the improvements we made fall into three categories: a big, new feature, annotation refinements, and usability upgrades that make LayOut faster, smoother and even more pleasurable to use. We made LayOut even faster, made it easier to move elements around precisely, and made lines editable-our Line tool may be the most intuitive vector drawing instrument around. We added DWG and DXF export, and configurable dashed lines. We added dimensions, vector rendering, and the ability to snap to points in your model viewports. The live link between SketchUp models and LayOut model viewports has always been perfect for developing construction drawings that can evolve along with your designs.Ī couple of versions ago, we decided to fully commit to making LayOut into the application that so many of you have been asking for. Our users liked it, but they wanted it to do more-they wanted it to replace their bloated, complicated CAD systems, too. When we first released LayOut several years ago, its features put it firmly in the “presentation drawings” category of tools it was equal parts layout, illustration, and slide software.
LayOut in SketchUp Pro has always existed to help you quickly and easily turn SketchUp models into compelling, communicative drawings.
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