Can you change line weights in SketchUp?
In LayOut, you can customize the color, width, style, and end points for lines, arcs, and freehand lines as well as strokes on shapes, text boxes, dimensions, labels, inserted images, and SketchUp model entities. You find all these options in the Stroke settings on the Shape Style panel.
What is a line weight?
Line quality is also called line weight and simply put, refers to the thickness or thinness of the line. Lines may become wider or thicker in areas where the object itself is thicker. Or lines may become thicker to help indicate a light source. Lines in areas of shadow may be thicker.
How do I change line weight in LayOut?
Click the layout tab for which you want to scale lineweights. In the Page Setup Manager, Page Setups area, select the page setup that you want to modify. Click Modify. In the Page Setup dialog box, under Plot Scale, select Scale Lineweights.
How do you change line size in SketchUp?
Here’s how to edit a line:
- Select the Move tool ( ).
- Hover the Move tool cursor over one of the line’s end points.
- Click and drag the end point to change the line’s length.
How do I resize a line in SketchUp?
Stretching or squishing geometry to scale
- With the Select tool ( ), select the geometry you want to scale.
- Select the Scale tool ( ) or press the S key.
- Click an edge or face grip (not a corner grip).
- Move the cursor to scale the entity.
- Click to set your selection’s new scale.
How do you change line size in Sketchup?
How do I resize a rectangle in SketchUp?
To resize a rectangle, a component, or a model, is essentially the same process. You can use the Scale tool or the Measurement tool to resize anything in Sketchup. Both tools can resize components while keeping its proportions intact. The Scale tool is best when you want to distort the proportions.
Where do I find line weight in SketchUp?
There’s a line weight value box in the Layout Program… >SketchUp Models (panel) >Styles (tab) I am trying to add new styles and even tried the above but can’t get anywhere at all – soooooo frustrating . help me !
How to adjust line thickness in SketchUp Pro?
Click [x] Profiles and adjust the value to get different line thicknesses. Then, in Layers, assign different colours to your layers and put the lines that have different colours in different layers. Finally in the options list on the top-right of the Layers box, select Colour by layer.
Is there a way to nest sections in SketchUp?
A bit of an old thread, but in 2018 SketchUp introduced section fill colors, and the ability to place nested sections within groups which gives some options. Theoretically, sections should give thicker line weights for exterior walls, and thinner lines for edges.
Are there lines at the edges of SketchUp?
Basically, no. Lines are called edges in SketchUp and they are basically 1 screen pixel wide. In you style settings you can set the width of profiles (edges that are unconnected or connected to only one visible face) separately, as well as the profile created by a section cut.