SketchUp20.2.171

Weld Edges

In 2020.1, we introduced API functionality to weld edges in SketchUp. If you aren't aware, extension developers previously had to do some wacky stuff to perform a weld operation. Looking forward, we hope to see this improve the performance for individual extensions. In 2020.2, Weld Edges is a native capability for SketchUp users as well. The new command is contextual to a selection of edges, available in the right-click context menu, from within the Edit menu, and available as a shortcut as well. Learn more about the new Weld functionality.

Linear inference toggle for the Line Tool

You can now turn off linear inferencing while using the Line tool. To give it a go: activate the Line tool, start drawing a line, and hit the Alt (Windows) / Command (Mac) modifier key to toggle off directional inferencing. SketchUp will now ignore all linear—red, blue, green, magenta—inferences. Hit the toggle again and the only inference you'll snap to is Parallel/Perpendicular (magenta). One more tap, and you are back to standard inferencing. Without changing toggles, arrow key inference locks are still available, so you can jump from no inferences to a specific one pretty quickly. Learn more about the new Line Tool inference toggling.

Line style 'overrides' for Tags in LayOut

You can now control the edge width, scale, color, and stipple pattern for SketchUp tags in LayOut. This means that by applying tags in SketchUp, you can control the style of your linework in LayOut… without stacking multiple viewports. To get going: select a viewport in LayOut, open the SketchUp Model inspector dialog, and expand the Tags panel. Now, click on the line style of a tag to pull up styling options. For tags without a line style applied, click 'Default' to pull up the styling options.

We call these changes to the styling of tags 'overrides' because they persist across model reference updates. Once you set line styles for various tags in a model viewport, you shouldn't have to repeat the exercise. Click 'Reset' to return to the viewport to its default styling. Learn more about the new Line Style override behavior in LayOut.

• Complete list of changes can be found here