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The new enhancements in SketchUp are mostly centered around LayOut 2D drawings, but there are some nice changes and upgrades in SketchUp main as well. All of these rose out of requests the users have been making for a long time now. We will discuss the new features in SketchUp 2020.2 first, then we will take on bigger LayOut 2020.2 updates.
New features in SketchUp 2020.2: In this update, SketchUp has gotten quite a few bug fixes and minor improvements ? but the two most important updates are focused on drawing tools. Let?s see which they are.
Line tool ? linear inference toggles: Inferencing in SketchUp ? the way how your cursor snaps to something when you draw ? is an extremely useful tool. Indeed, it is present in many modern CAD software, it?s so handy. In SketchUp, there?s a lot of inferencing options ? you could choose which axis to snap to using the arrow keys.
However, sometimes it can and does prove to be rather a problem than an assistance. For example, when you are tracing an image, or making small contour changes in an organic model, you would rather not take help about where your cursor should be. So far, SketchUp had no option to turn inferencing off.
Well, now it does! This much-needed feature, called linear inferencing toggle, has been requested for too long and is now available just at one keystroke. Now you can just press ALT (CMD in mac systems) and that will cycle between inferencing options. You can let the cursor lock to the parallel, or just to the perpendicular inference (available since SketchUp 2017), or turn it off altogether.
Published By
Arka Roy
www.sketchup4architect.com
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