In this chapter, you have briefly experienced the capabilities of the LayOut application, which comes with SketchUp Pro. You can use it to set up drawings from a SketchUp model or compose a 2D collage out of various source images.

You've learned how to create custom drawing borders to give your documents a professional appearance and how to use SketchUp scenes and styles to show your 3D model on paper. You set the viewport scale of your SketchUp model to an accurate value and added text and dimensions. You also looked at the preparation of slideshows for output on a projector and how to arrange a mix of SketchUp views, renders, and other images.

I hope this chapter has given you a feel for LayOut and that you will continue to use it for your future projects. You are now fully equipped to ride on the crest of SketchUp's wave and produce and present powerful images on the screen and on paper.

In the next chapter, we will go beyond SketchUp and look at some current technologies to create...