
Bonnie runs 3DVinci, which features a wide variety of SketchUp books and projects for all ages. Daniel is a landscape architect and masterful SketchUp trainer and author. Daniel Tal and Bonnie Roskes have teamed up to create a blog on SketchUp and all things related to 3D. Click the Eye icon to toggle the layer’s visibility. SketchUp Layers: Part Three Layers & Scenes. IMG The Eye icon next to a layer name indicates that the layer is visible. Click the Layers icon (), and the Layers tab appears, as shown in the following figure. This system for color coding layers lets you clearly see which layer an object belongs to. In SketchUpViewer, you access a model’s layers as follows: Click the Main Menu icon (). For example, if the "Layers" window shows a red color swatch for "Layer0" and a blue swatch for "Layer1," the "Layer0" object you drew will appear as red, while the "Layer1" object will appears in blue. Each one appears with the same color as the swatch indicated for the object's layer in the "Layers" window. Click the arrow icon at the top right of the "Layers" window, and then click "Color by Layer." The objects you drew have now changed color.New objects you create will appear on that layer. SketchUp will highlight the new layer, which indicates it's now the active layer. Create another layer with another object using the instructions from steps 2 through 4.So how can it have layers How can objects in three-dimensional space be layered on. Click the checkbox to restore your object's visibility. SketchUp isn't a 2D program it's a 3D program.The shape you drew will disappear, which tells you that the checkbox control changes the visibility of the layer. Click the checkbox in the "Layers" window for the currently selected layer.The shape you create will help you see how layers work For example, click the "Rectangle" tool and drag to create a rectangle. Most developers I’ve worked with find it annoying having to hide and show lots of (often poorly named) layers to learn how a screen looks and behaves.

Click any of SketchUp's drawing tools, and then drag in the drawing window to draw something.

For example, if you're designing a door, you could write "door" for the layer's name. You may want to name the layer based on an object you'll create on it. Any new objects you create go on the current layer. SketchUp will highlight the new layer to show that it's now the current layer.

