brettsichellodesign wrote:I have actually been using the click though viewport feature recently, here is why:
So I have a load of internal elevations of a building set up in parallel projection so I can dimension etc... However, I want to also have a 3D view of the elevations. I therefore, just make a copy of the viewport change it to ortho, and line it up as I want.
This means I don't have to go back to SU and make another scene. Saves time and scene space.
That makes you loose link to sketchup scene. You get a model update, a camera update, but you have to manually update styles...I never do it as I also setup perspective scenes in su. I will try it again though as it has a lot of advantages.
utiler wrote:brettsichellodesign wrote:It is really annoying. I try and get round it by having all sketchup 'viewports' in a locked layer. This means you can't double click into them.
That's exactly what you should do. I import any Su reference on a layer called 'SketchUp Imports' and lock it unless I need to manipulate the viewport. That way working over the top of it is a breeze...
That's what all of us MUST do, but locking a layer locks everything about a viewport. You can't scale it, rotate it, change scenes, not even reload it manually. It's not the solution.
Disabling the double click edit under preferences or specifically locking certain/all viewports edition, would be a fundamental change.
