How do I remove points in SketchUp?

How do I remove points in SketchUp?

You can drag and drop the “endpoints in between” to/on the corner endpoint, one after the other. Do so with only the ‘Move’ tool selected, nothing else. @ecati that removes the endpoint markers but doesn’t remove the actual endpoints.

How do you hide vertices in SketchUp?

Select the geometry you want to hide. Context-click the selection and choose Hide from the context menu that appears, as shown in the figure. Or choose Edit > Hide. The selected geometry disappears from view, although it is still there, like a ghost in the machine.

How do I hide ruler lines in SketchUp?

In SketchUp, go to Styles > Edit > Modeling > Uncheck Guides. Don’t forget to click the update button or save it as a new style. Then make sure that style is saved in your scenes as well. This way, you can model with guides, not worry about having to delete them, but know they will not appear in LayOut.

What is this dotted line in SketchUp?

In SketchUp, the Tags Panel has dash patterns so you can change entity lines on a tag from solid to dashed. Any geometry on the tag inherits the tag’s dash pattern. Dashed lines appear in the model view at any screen scale.

How do I hide edges in SketchUp for free?

As I wrote, there are any options for editing the style with SketchUp Free. You can hide the edges, though, by selecting them, then context clicking on one and choosing Hide or going over them with the Eraser tool while holding Shift.

How do I hide axis in SketchUp?

SketchUp enables you to hide the drawing axes in two ways:

1. Context-click an open area on an axis and select Hide from the menu that appears.
2. Select View > Axes from the menu bar. When a check mark appears next to the Axes menu item, selecting this option clears the Axes menu item and the axes are hidden from view.

How do you hide unselected objects in SketchUp?

Hide all unselected is from smusterd.com. And it’s free. FWIW, SketchUp 2020 has an Invert Selection option that could obviate the need for an extension. Select what you want to show, choose Invert Selection or use its keyboard shortcut and then hide.

What does Weld edges do in SketchUp?

Weld Edges in SketchUp Now, we’ve added ‘Weld Edges’ to SketchUp’s native tools. This means you can join edges and arcs into a single polyline without installing an extension. If you haven’t used a weld extension, we recommend starting to weld edges for any face where you’d like a smooth push/pull extrusion.

How do you hide red green and blue lines in SketchUp?

How to turn off red/green/blue lines in Sketchup drawings

1. open your model.
2. choose the window menu option.
3. choose the styles menu.
4. choose edit.
5. change the ‘color’ drop down (at the bottom of the popup) from ‘by axis’ to ‘all same’.

How do I change axis components?

You can right click on the component and choose Change Axes. Then set them with the desired alignment. Share the SKP file so we can take a look at it. Where did you get the window component?

How do you show a dotted line in Sketchup?

To choose a dash pattern for a tag, follow these steps:

1. In the Tags panel, click Default in the Dashes column for the tag to which you want to add dashed lines.
2. Select the dashed line style from the menu that appears. Any geometry on the tag now has dashed lines.

What are dashed lines called?

1. Correct. The red line is called a “dotted line” (. . . . .) and unshown is a “dashed line” (- – – – -) because one uses dots and the other uses dashes. Blue line would have an unfamiliar name to a layman, technically called a dash-dotted line (. – . – .

How do you join points in SketchUp?

Select the Join tool ( ), which you find on the default toolbar or by selecting Tools > Join. Click an edge in each piece with the Join tool cursor. A blue outline flashes as you click, and the shape begins to inherit the fill color of the first shape that you click.

How do you hide the blue lines in SketchUp?

SketchUp enables you to hide the drawing axes in two ways: Context-click an open area on an axis and select Hide from the menu that appears. Select View > Axes from the menu bar.

How do I remove grid lines in SketchUp layout?

Re: Help: Getting rid of grid lines. In SketchUp, go to the Edit menu and select Delete Guides. Then you should be able to update the viewports in the LO file. You really ought to delete guides once they’ve served their purpose.

How to hide lines in SketchUp?

The Soften Edges feature hides the line, but also creates a surface entity, which means you can apply only one material to any face in the surface entity. If you want to hide an unsightly line without creating a surface entity, seek out the Hide feature. You can hide lines, faces, and any SketchUp entity.

How to show hidden geometry in SketchUp?

In SketchUp, any geometry that’s hidden is still there. You just can’t see or select it. To see the hidden geometry or objects but keep them hidden, choose View > Hidden Geometry or View > Hidden Objects. All hidden entities appear in a ghosted pattern (as shown in the figure), allowing you to select them.

How to unhide a hidden entity in SketchUp?

All hidden entities appear in a ghosted pattern (as shown in the figure), allowing you to select them. Choose View > Hidden Geometry again to clear the option and make the ghost pattern disappear. To change geometry from hidden to visible, you need to unhide it. Select the hidden geometry, context-click the selection, and choose Unhide.

How do I smooth out edges in SketchUp?

(Edge 3 in the figure is a hidden edge.) In SketchUp, softening and smoothing edges typically go hand-in-hand. That’s why both the Eraser tool and the Soften Edges dialog box apply these properties together. Tip: Use the Eraser tool to quickly smooth and soften your edges. Open the Soften Edges dialog box when you need more fine-tuned control.