Condoc Configurator Overview

Condoc Configurator Overview

The ConDoc Configurator is where you can customize or create your own drawing sets. A drawing set defines which drawings are available in the ConDoc tools, what tags are used, and how scenes are generated in SketchUp for LayOut. While you don’t need to dive into the Configurator to use ConDoc, it’s a powerful tool for advanced users looking to tailor their documentation workflow.


Main Controls

Across the top of the Configurator, you’ll find four key controls:

  ConDoc Tags Editor

This button opens the ConDoc Tags editor, where you can create custom tags for your drawing set. You can add new tags, delete existing ones, and drag to rearrange their order. The order of tags here determines how they appear in other dialogs throughout the ConDoc System.


  Load Drawing Set

Opens an existing drawing set file (.condoc). This is the same functionality as the “Load Drawing Set” button on the ConDoc System heads-up display.

  Save Drawing Set

Saves the current drawing set. This allows you to share your custom drawing sets with others or load them into future projects.

  ConDoc System Configuration

This settings panel defines system-wide behaviors:

  • Assign Condition Tags
    Choose which tags represent Existing, New, and Demo conditions. These settings control how the Condition Tag State toggle behaves in the ConDoc System.
  • Control Tag Visibility Behavior
    • Hide tags not defined in the drawing set
      The default ConDoc behavior. Tags not listed in the drawing set will be turned off for every generated scene.
    • Ignore tags not defined in the drawing set
      Allows you to use ConDoc tools on any SketchUp model without setting up tags in advance. Scene creation honors existing tag visibility.
    • Show tags not defined in the drawing set
      Tags not listed in the drawing set will be forced ON in each scene. This is helpful for hybrid workflows, such as those involving plugins like Framer that create unpredictable tag names, so that you can control visibility using ConDoc tags.
  • Set Grid Shifts
    These are the angles used by the Grid Shift toggle in the ConDoc System. Defaults are 0°, 15°, 22.5°, and 45°, but you can define your own.
  • Set Tag Prefixes
    Customize the prefixes for Level, Element, Location, Condition, and ConDoc tags. This is helpful when building drawing sets for different disciplines or personal workflows.

Adding and Editing Drawings

  Click the red plus sign to add a new drawing. Each drawing defines a type of architectural view, such as a plan, section, elevation, perspective, or detail.

Plan drawing properties shown on the left; section, elevation, and perspective drawing properties shown on the right.

When adding a drawing, you can define:

  • Drawing Type: Choose from Plan, Section, Elevation, Perspective, or Detail.
    Note: Detail is legacy functionality that is no longer in active use and may be phased out in future versions.
  • Drawing Name: A label that will be used to name scenes in SketchUp and viewports in LayOut.
  • Plan View Type: Choose Normal or Reflected. (This option only appears when the drawing type is set to Plan.)
    • Normal: A traditional top-down view of your model.
    • Reflected: A bottom-up view of your model, used for ceiling plans. This view is automatically flipped horizontally during the ConDoc drawing export process so that it visually aligns with other plan drawings in LayOut.
  • Used Levels: (Only shown for Plan drawings.)
    • None: Ideal for overhead views like site plans. This looks down on the full model without filtering by level and essentially creates one plan with all levels visible.
    • All: Creates a drawing for each level defined in your project setup. Used for traditional construction documentation.
    • Ground: Best for foundation plans. If your project includes a basement, this will create a plan for both Level 00 and Level 01.
  • Sequence Option: (Shown when the drawing type is set to Section, Elevation, or Perspective.) Determines how drawings of the same name are numbered.  Options include alphabetical (AA, BB, CC) or numeric (01, 02, 03) sequences.

Once you've created drawings, you can click and drag to rearrange them. This defines the order in which they appear in the drawing set. A common approach is to group drawings by style, such as placing all CAD drawings together, followed by color and sketch variations.

Adding and Editing Viewports

  Click the red plus sign within a drawing to add a viewport. Viewports are stacked together to create a complete drawing. These stacks translate directly to LayOut, giving you layered control over line weights, styles, and visibility.

Plan viewport properties shown on the left; a typical section viewport properties dialog shown on the right.
  • Viewport Name: A label to help you identify the viewport.
  • Style: Choose from ConDoc-provided styles or load your own SketchUp style.
  • Line Weight: Controls how thick lines appear in LayOut.
  • Render Mode: Choose from Raster, Vector, or Hybrid. This setting directly maps to LayOut's rendering modes.
  • Shadow Preset:
    • For plans: Choose from Hard, Flat, or Off.
    • For sections, elevations, and perspectives: Choose Interior, Exterior, or Off.
  • Camera:
    • Plans are always drawn in Parallel Projection.
    • For sections, elevations, and perspectives, choose between Parallel Projection or Perspective.
  • Section Plane: Toggle whether this viewport includes a section cut.
  • Section Plane Offset:
    • Controls how far the section plane is placed from your click.
    • Use 0' for precise sectional cuts.
    • Use 5' typically for exterior elevations.
    • Use 3' typically for interior elevations.
    • For plans, this field is called Section Plane Height, which defines how high above the finished floor (as defined in Project Settings) the cut occurs.
  • Tag Visibility: Choose which tags are visible in this specific viewport.






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