Tags Panel and Tool
Tags help organize the objects in a model and help to control their visibility. The Tag tool (
) and Tags panel offer several options to help you make the most out of the Tags in your model.
What Happened to Layers? SketchUp’s Tags are an updated form of what was called Layers in older versions. Tags provide the same functionality that Layers provided and more.
Tags Panel
With the Tags panel you can create and manage tags in a model with the following options:
– Toggle the visibility of your tagged entities. Toggling the icon next to each tag changes the visibility of entities with that tag.
– Adds a new tag that can then be used in the model.
– Create a folder in the Tags panel to help organize your tags.
– Sort all tags alphabetically.
– After selecting a tag, use the Color by Tag icon to Change the color of all objects sharing the selected Tag to that Tag's assigned color.
– Purge unused Tags.
A context menu appears next to each Tag containing options to Edit, Delete, or Apply the selected Tag.
Tag Tool
The Tag tool ()in SketchUp for iPad has 3 optional tool modes:
- Sample (
) - Allows you to sample a tag assigned to another entity, changing your selected tag to the sampled one. Once you've sampled a tag, the Tag tool reverts to normal mode. - Replace Matching (
) - Using this tool mode replaces the tag assigned to an entity, and all other entities it shares a tag with, with the selected tag. - Tag All Instances (
) - Applies the selected tag to an entity and any copies of that entity.
The Tag tool works with all available iPad input methods. For more information on how to use tags in your model, see Controlling Visibility with Tags.
