Groups, Components, and Layers
SketchUp groups and components show up as nodes in the scene graph of the exported model. In Inspector or Vizard it's possible to get a handle to these nodes and manipulate them as individual objects.
SketchUp groups and components show up as nodes in the scene graph of the exported model. In Inspector or Vizard it's possible to get a handle to these nodes and manipulate them as individual objects.
Groups have an associated transform node (gear icon) in the model scenegraph with a name that matches the group name assigned in SketchUp. In Inspector and Vizard, a transform has position, orientation, and scale information and can contain child objects.
Groups have an associated transform node (gear icon) in the model scenegraph with a name that matches the group name assigned in SketchUp. In Inspector and Vizard, a transform has position, orientation, and scale information and can contain child objects.
In addition to the transform node, components have an associated group node (3 colored squares icon) in the model scenegraph with the name of the SketchUp component. In Vizard models, group nodes are used to group child objects together. Certain commands in Vizard (e.g. changing alpha, visibility) will work on group nodes but not on transform nodes.
In addition to the transform node, components have an associated group node (3 colored squares icon) in the model scenegraph with the name of the SketchUp component. In Vizard models, group nodes are used to group child objects together. Certain commands in Vizard (e.g. changing alpha, visibility) will work on group nodes but not on transform nodes.
Note: The group node in the Inspector scenegraph should not be confused with a SketchUp group.
Note: The group node in the Inspector scenegraph should not be confused with a SketchUp group.
The following image is from the SketchUp model and shows the car component, which contains groups within it:
The following image is from the SketchUp model and shows the car component, which contains groups within it:
The following image is from Inspector and shows the scengraph of the exported model. The SU component is represented by a Vizard group node and each of the SU groups are represented by Vizard transform nodes:
The following image is from Inspector and shows the scengraph of the exported model. The SU component is represented by a Vizard group node and each of the SU groups are represented by Vizard transform nodes:
SketchUp layers are not represented in the exported model. To show different layers of a model in Vizard, one solution would be to export a separate model for each layer. Then load these models in the same scene and toggle the visibility of each one independently of the others.
SketchUp layers are not represented in the exported model. To show different layers of a model in Vizard, one solution would be to export a separate model for each layer. Then load these models in the same scene and toggle the visibility of each one independently of the others.