Skalp Hiddenline Mode

What is the Skalp Hiddenline Mode?

A new and + finally fully automated + way to show you model in white (SketchUp hiddenline render mode) yet still show all these nice patterns and textures on the section.

*This totally replaces what used to be very complicated and was called Styling ‘Skalp Pattern Layer’ + SketchUp ‘Color by Layer’ (advanced use) in Skalp 1.x

The Skalp Hiddenline Mode still relies on the same special trick: Combining the SketchUp hidden line render mode with the use of the Color by Layer mode while placing the section result on special layers (Skalp Pattern Layers). We attach the section material to this special layer.

Assignment and updating of Skalp patterns to the layers is now a fully automatic features, identical on both Windows and OSX.

If you want to use the Skalp Hiddenline Mode just click on the Skalp Hiddenline Mode button in the Skalp dialog box and your model will be shown in white while the section will be still show all its assigned textures.

Skalp Hiddenline Mode is inactive. You can click this icon to activate the Skalp Hiddenline Mode.

Skalp Hiddenline Mode is active. You can click this icon to de-activate the Skalp Hiddenline Mode and to return to the render mode before you activated the Skalp Hiddenline Mode.

!If your active SketchUp Style is set to Color by Layer and Hidden Line Rendermode, turning off the Skalp Hiddenline Mode will have no visible effect.

If you want to save this mode in you scene. You can use the save settings to scene icon.

!Saving these settings to scene will result in changing the SketchUp Style and you will be prompted to update the existing Style or create a new one.

*If you choose for creating a new Style, the new Style will have the same name like the original style but with an index nummer at the end.

!Important notes:

- Please do not interfere with the ‘Skalp Pattern Layer – ….’ layer, these layers are now fully controlled by Skalp.

- Skalp Pattern Layer will automatically be updated when you change Skalp material definitions or create new Skalp materials

- Skalp Hiddenline Mode only works with Skalp materials. Skalp Hiddenline Mode does not work with normal SketchUp materials.