One thing I'd like to show you that's not really a big deal in Cinema, but will really help your workflow in Sketchup is how to work with layers there. Layers are a very handy way to work within Sketchup and also Cinema 4D. I can hide all these different elements in here and easily navigate my file, isolate different elements, and modify those accordingly. Because not only do layers help you in the viewport, but they can also help you in your Object Manager. But when you get a really complex model with lots of elements, windows, doors, walls, structure if you're talking architecture, something with a lot of layers, this becomes really handy. Also, if I choose to render to the viewport, I can hide the different layers that are rendering here. You can see that I can hide from the viewport my different layers. Now, I'm using my quick keys Option and then 2 to zoom in, and Option to rotate the camera. I'm going to go ahead and drag this on top so we have Base Layer 1, 2, and then 3. I'm going to flip over from my Attributes to my Layer tab, and you can see that I have my base layer, Type Layer 1, 3, and 2. This is critical if you want your objects to come in, in a layered file. I'm going to just highlight "Split objects by layer". I'm going to drag this into Cinema and release, and this time you'll see we have the dialog box. So let's go ahead and pull this into Cinema 4D. Also, per our previous section on grouping, I have each one of these elements grouped independently, meaning that these will pull in as single objects from Sketchup into Cinema 4D. The top layer, Layer 3, is the red type, Layer 2 is the orange type, Layer 1 is the yellow, and then the base layer. You can see here in the spllied file, "01 Layers" that I have this broken down into numerous layers. Like an architectural rendering or a product rendering might have lots of layers with elements that you need to isolate. It will also help for when you bring this into Cinema make this much, much cleaner, particularly when your model has become large and complex. Utilizing layers effectively will help you isolate and work with your model elements efficiently and in an organized manner. Like groups, layers help keep your files clean and easy to work with, not only in Sketchup but also within Cinema 4D.
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