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[Skill Builder] Visual Display Problems Due to Distance

February 23, 2016

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Have you ever had display issues after importing third party models? Well you're in luck! In this video Chris drops some knowledge about a common issue with imported models (such as IFC or DWG files) that are far from the origin as well as ThomThom's extension that will streamline your workflow with them. The extension can be found here: http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/axes-tools And, if you don't already have it, you'll need TT_Lib2 to run the extension: http://extensions.sketchup.com/content/tt_lib%C2%B2

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