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  • G Offline
    geh4evr
    last edited by 8 Aug 2008, 10:34

    twharvey, I've thought about Google Earth Plugin, But I'd like to try to keep it all on the stick, without internet.

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    • T Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 8 Aug 2008, 14:01

      @geh4evr said:

      Hello Folks!

      I've been working on setting up my whole portfolio(Pictures,Models,Graphic Design Work, etc...) on a memory stick, so that when I go for meetings and interviews, I can plug it into any PC and show examples.

      So I was thinking, Is there anyway I could get SketchUp(Even the free one if I have to) running off a Memory Stick?

      Don't forget there is still the [free] SketchUp Viewer that you can have on your stick without needing a license etc, Then you'd drop the model skp onto its icon and it'd open in view-only format...

      TIG

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        geh4evr
        last edited by 8 Aug 2008, 14:36

        Well I've been fidling around with Google SketchUp 6(Free Version) for a while today, And I've managed to get it working on a USB 2.0 512MB PNY Attache Memory Stick I've had to remove most of the Materials, and all the Ruby Scripts that aren't needed. What I've also done is remove all the pre-loaded components, and put my models in Place. I will have a look at that idea of twharvey's though, I might be able to use that on my site...

        Also, While I'm at it, Does anyone know where I can get the MAC version of SketchUp 6(Free) that would be ready to run(i.e. not in .dmg format)?

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        • B Offline
          Baker518
          last edited by 8 Aug 2008, 22:30

          I have a 2gb USB stick that I have SU loaded onto. I have several large drawings on it as well. It works fine for me, just a tad slow, but its far better than nothing.

          Don't worry about things you have no control over. Worry is a lack of Faith!

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          • C Offline
            cdubea
            last edited by 11 Aug 2008, 17:56

            I've been running SketchUp free off of a USB drive for some time now. As long as DOTNET is installed on the machine you want to run SketchUp on it will run without being installed.

            But, SketchUp will write a plethora of stuff to the registry. The good news is that it's pretty much all written in two hives so...

            Before we start, this involves digging around in your registry with regedit. You CAN do major damage to your Windows setup if you don't know what you are doing. Don't do any of this if it's the first time you have ever heard the word registry!!!!!

            Then, I got my SketchUp configured like I wanted on my home desktop. Menus, settings, etc, etc, etc. After you are done, run regedit and export all the settings contained in:

            [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google].

            Save it as iSketchup.reg

            Create a registry entry called dSketchup.reg with the following:

            [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google]
            [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bugsplat]

            This will delete MOST of the entries created in your registry by SketchUp. There are some other minor traces left, but for the sake of portability we will leave the registry cleansing to these to keys.

            Create a batch file with the following:

            echo off
            regedit.exe /s %CD%\iSketchup.reg
            %CD%\bin\sketchup.exe
            regedit.exe /s %CD%\dSketchup.reg

            Unfortunately, this will leave a DOS box showing while you are running SketchUp. I use Bat_To_Exe_Converter.exe to make an executable and assign it the SketchUP icon which alleviates this issue. I honestly don't remember where I got Bat_To_Exe_Converter.exe

            This works just fine for me with a slew of add-ins loaded, but there are two main issues:

            1. Any configuration changes WILL be deleted by the registry cleansing part of the batch file.
            2. SketchUp files must be opened from within SketchUp. This also means there is no preview capability in Windows Explorer which is a major downside, but I don't think it can be avoided.

            I run this configuration from both a USB hard drive and a USB thumb drive with no problems. I've got a slew of components and add-ins loaded and it takes up about 300 mb of drive space. Not too bad.

            Questions?

            chris

            http:www.dubea.orgchris_small.jpg

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              cdubea
              last edited by 22 Sept 2008, 17:08

              I've modified my batch files to enable saving changes made to the registry while using SketchUp:

              rem -------------------start file-----------
              echo off
              regedit.exe /s %CD%\iSketchup.reg
              %CD%\bin\sketchup.exe
              reg.exe export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google %CD%\isketchup.reg
              regedit.exe /s %CD%\dSketchup.reg
              rem ------------------end file--------------

              This batch file does the following

              first line: Inserts the file "iSketchup.reg" into your registry (this contains all your settings). Make it a blank file for the first startup. It will be updated when you leave Sketchup.

              second line: Runs Sketchup

              third line: Exports the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google key to a file "iSketchup.reg". This key contains all the information that Sketchup saves to the registry. File locations, previous files, etc.

              fourth line: Deletes most of the stuff left behind by Sketchup.

              Work well on multiple machines!

              chris

              http:www.dubea.orgchris_small.jpg

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                C.S.Cameron
                last edited by 22 Sept 2008, 18:49

                SketchUp works good with Ubuntu installed on a thmbdrive.
                Install ubuntu to thumbdrive same as to HDD, for more info see:
                http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=922782
                After this install SketchUp, let it install what it suggests
                Go to /home/YOURNAME/wine/drive_c/windows/regedit.exe
                expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER
                expand software, google, sketchup, glconfig, display and click HW_OK
                Change the value to 1.
                In wine configuration add SketchUp to applications and set windows version to XP.
                open SU and close the startup windows as quick as possible, may need a reboot.
                SketchUp only works when the thumbdrive is plugged into a computer with Nvidia card.
                Hopefully a screenshot is attached.

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                • H Offline
                  Hazza
                  last edited by 24 Sept 2008, 05:27

                  The responses in this thread left be baffled.

                  All I did was install SU, copy the "Google SketchUp 6" directory from "C:\Program Files\Google" to the USB drive. Take it to the new PC and run the "SketchUp.exe" file.

                  The only plugin that complained was IDX renderer but I just Ok the error message and everything else works fine.

                  I only use the free version but I don't think that it has a problem opening models produced by the Pro version.

                  See all of my SketchUp models here.

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                  • R Offline
                    remus
                    last edited by 24 Sept 2008, 06:36

                    Hazza, although your method works su writes some stuff to whichever computer you run it on, chris' post was just explaining how you can stop this from happening.

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    • M Offline
                      Mr S
                      last edited by 24 Sept 2008, 07:53

                      For personal use (its free, but you have to register) I have MojoPac installed on a portable 250GB USB Hard Disk.
                      I use nearly all my applications on the move including Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp.
                      Plug in to any host PC (providing it has a modern spec), log in, and away you go.
                      You use your own personal environment on the "guest" PC.
                      No files or any sign of your activity is left on the host PC when you log off.
                      It still has a few minor bugs but nothing that has really caused me any serious problems.

                      Visit: http://www.mojopac.com/

                      Regards
                      Mr S

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