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"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 03/30/2016 at 08:41 • Filed to: None

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right now i’m working on a 40 unit condo complex. (above was my previous project a beach house) i have the 5 different building types in 5 different sketchup files. does anyone know how if I can open a new file and insert them (like an AutoCAD XREF) so that I can have the neighborhood but use the original 5 files ot update the buildings as the design progresses?

pjhusa > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 08:56

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 09:03

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Can’t help you on the insertion, sadly. I just be does the AutoCADs ‘round here.

deprecated account > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 09:07

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You should be able to copy/paste between two files.

Party-vi > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 09:12

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I’m sure you do fine work, but seeing an Allroad in a house design would have me running for the hills.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Party-vi 03/30/2016 at 09:18

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lol thats wasnt there for the client

OPPOsaurus WRX > deprecated account 03/30/2016 at 09:19

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yea but i’d like it to be so that if I change the windows in the individual model it just updates the neighborhood model.

Bengal55 > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 10:25

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Heh working in SketchUp model myself right now. Sadly I don’t know if it’s possible to use reference files in a SketchUp file. There may be a plug-in which allows this, but I don’t know of any built in feature that lets you do that.

As others have said a copy/paste is the quickest option, but not ideal.
Depending on your situation and needs I’d go with a massing block representing the other strutures; when all are finished, copy and paste them into the final model.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bengal55 03/30/2016 at 10:33

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yea the blocks might be a good way to go. I just didn;t want ot have to copy and paste 5 models in. I just had a phone call with the guy and all 5 buildings are changing, so if I already had the neighborhood set up, I’d have to go re-copy/paste all of them in.

what are you doing in sketchup?

Bengal55 > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 11:03

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Working on a design model/future rendering for a church client, he is replacing his mid-century church with a much larger and much more traditional building.

I’ll eventually have to model the entire campus as well as the full interior, but for now it’s just the exterior and the main sanctuary.

deprecated account > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/30/2016 at 22:07

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Vectorworks can do that but idk about sketchup.