Rendering in SketchUp: From Modeling to Presentation for Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design

Toggling Layers

There are specific times when scenes should be toggled off and on. Follow these general guidelines to help maintain your model performance, create specific camera views, and generate renderings.

Off

When you’re modeling forms, adding or adjusting geometry, keep the component detail layers turned off, particularly vegetation layers. This will help maintain performance and allow you easy access to model geometry. Turn on specific component detail layers as needed.

Keep the layers off when you’re panning, orbiting, zooming, and generally moving around detailed models.

In general, keep the vegetation layers turned off. Turn specific vegetation layers on when you’re editing specific model areas.

Off or On as Needed

On/Off scenes provide efficiency when you’re working with vegetation. Because of the large potential number of plant layers you might need, using scenes will allow all of the vegetation to be turned off or on with a single click.

Navigate around the model and generate specific camera view scenes. Pan around with Layers off. When you’re trying to find a specific view, turn on Layers, save the scene, and turn the layers off again. Use the Scene tabs to quickly hide and reveal layers. Ensure the Position Camera property is checked prior to creating a saved camera scene.

On

When you’re exporting an image from SketchUp or prior to rendering a scene, turn the desired layers on. Create specific camera scenes as mentioned previously to increase efficiency. ...