A Window Installation - Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating - page 94

Step 8: Creating Scenes
Goal : To create the steps of the document using scenes.
Tools : SketchUp, Page Layers, and Add Hidden Layer.
There are two important reasons to create scenes. One is to set the viewpoint,
and the other is to capture which layers are visible. The first scene represents
the first step in the step-by-step document, and the final scene represents the
last step in the document.
Tip
Try to make all the necessary layers before creating scenes. This is
important because there is a default setting in SketchUp where any
new layers automatically appear on all current scenes. You then have to
uncheck the new layers and update the scenes. Plug-ins like Page Layers
and Add Hidden Layer can help with this problem.
Label scenes using a naming convention that works for you. It is best to use
short names that allow for more scene tabs to fit across the top of the screen.
Before creating a scene, select the type of viewpoint and aspect that work
best for the document. Typically, 3D construction drawings are isometric, par-
allel projections. Most of the drawings in our window installation step-by-step
document are isometric, parallel projections; at times, other viewpoints and
aspects were used in order to successfully convey information to the trade.
FiG 5.11 Scene tabs.