The LayOut User's Guide contains step-by-step instructions on how to perform most all basic LayOut tasks. The content in this guide answers your 'How Do I...?' questions.
- User Interface
- The LayOut User Interface
- Toolbars (Microsoft Windows)
- Toolbars (Mac OSX)
- Invoking Context Menus
- Opening a Dialog Box
- Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Creating a New Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Deleting a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Manipulating Dialog Boxes in a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Renaming a Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Resizing The Dialog Box Tray (Microsoft Windows)
- Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
- Manipulating Dialog Boxes in a Dialog Box Stack (Mac OS X)
- Minimizing Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
- Resizing Dialog Boxes (Mac OS X)
- Snapping Dialog Boxes to Other User Interface Components (Mac OS X)
- Encouraging an Inference
- Tools
- Tools
- Select Tool
- Moving Entities
- Selecting Multiple Entities
- Rotating Entities
- Scaling Entities
- Selecting a Single Entity
- Editing a Path
- Moving Points on a Path
- Adding Points to a Path
- Removing Points from a Path
- Adjusting Curvature on a Path
- Moving, Scaling, and Rotating Precisely
- Split Tool
- Erasing Entities
- Sampling and Applying Styles
- Joining Two Shapes
- Line Tools
- Drawing a Straight Line
- Drawing a Closed Shape
- Ending Line Drawing
- Drawing a Curve
- Creating Precise Lines
- Drawing Lines by Inference
- Arc Tools
- Creating an Arc About a Center Point
- Creating a Pie
- Creating a 3 Point Arc
- Creating an Arc From a Chord and Bulge
- Creating Precise Arcs
- Rectangle Tools
- Drawing a Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Lozenge, or Bulged Rectangle
- Specifying Exact Rectangular Values
- Drawing Rectangles by Inference
- Circle Tools
- Polygon Tool
- Text Tool
- Creating Text
- Creating a Bounded Text Box
- Creating an Unbounded Text Box
- Creating Aligned Text
- Creating Anchored Text
- Editing Text
- Label Tool
- Drawing Irregular Shapes
- Dimension Tools
- View Tools
- Model Settings and Managers
- Preferences
- Adding a Custom Scale (Microsoft Windows)
- Adding a Custom Scale (Mac OS X)
- Adding a Keyboard Shortcut (Microsoft Windows)
- Adding Keyboard Shortcut (Mac OS X)
- Deleting a Scale
- Shape Style
- Layers Dialog Box
- Creating a Layer
- Creating a Master (Shared) Layer
- Moving Entities Between Layers
- Changing a Layer to a Shared Layer
- Changing a Shared Layer to an Unshared Layer
- Text Style Dialog Box
- Font Dialog Box
- Scrapbook Dialog Box
- Using Entities in the Scrapbook
- Applying Styles From the Scrapbook
- Adding Items to the Scrapbook
- Opening a Scrapbook
- Editing a Scrapbook
- Saving a Scrapbook
- Colors
- Selecting a Color
- Loading and Selecting a Color from an Image (Microsoft Windows)
- Loading and Selecting a Color from an Image (Mac OS X)
- Adding a Page
- Viewing SketchUp Models at a Specific Scale
- Entities
- Input and Output
- Import and Export
- Importing SketchUp Model Files
- Importing Image Files
- Importing Text Files
- DWG/DXF Export
- Exporting DWG or DXF Files in LayOut (Microsoft Windows)
- Exporting DWG or DXF Files in LayOut (Mac OS X)
- PDF Export
- Image Export
- Presentations
- Printings
- Technical Reference
- Common Tasks