Card #3456 · SketchUp Extension Warehouse
Visual styles and scene settings not persisting when exporting to Layout
Merchants are struggling to maintain specific visual styles, such as hidden line or black and white views, when moving models from SketchUp to Layout. The views often revert to rendered, shaded, or X-ray modes, or introduce unexpected colors and line tints.
Pain score
0.58/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.63distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.33upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 5 verified quotes
When I export the top (plan) view into Layout the lines are light grey instead of black.
When I go to that scene in Layout, it shows up as xray.
when I try to edit the drawing Layout reverts to its generic shaded mode.
I copy and paste into LAYOUT file I want it in and the scene characteristics do not stick Instead I get the colored version
When I copy and paste into LAYOUT the plan reverts back to it’s rendered version, instead of the black and white version in the scene.
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