Save Selection to skp file in su8

clubber2k · 20 Apr 2014, 10:39

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Hi,

like the headline, how do you save (or export) the current selection to a new clean sketchup file. hopefully on SU-8 since I'm not into updating.

this sounds really basic but don't see an option to do it or find a simple plugin for it as well. all export plugins are to different file types, not a simple skp.

I often work on large files keeping different stuff for backup making file size quite big. my client/boss often wants to see whats going on and I need to select only what I want to show, click copy (wait..), open a new file(wait..) and paste(wait..). this feels silly, why can't I save/export selection to a new clean file?

thanks

Krisidious · 20 Apr 2014, 10:44

Make the selection a component and then right click on it, then choose save as.

Dave R · 20 Apr 2014, 13:31

Or, if you want to just open the selection in a new SketchUp file to work on it, choose Edit>Copy (Ctrl-C, etc.) and then go to a new SketchUp session. Click Edit>Paste or >Paste in place if you want the selection to be pasted in the same location relative to the model space origin. Save it from there if you wish.

clubber2k · 20 Apr 2014, 15:49

@krisidious said:

Make the selection a component and then right click on it, then choose save as.

Thats a nice idea, didn't think of that, will try and see how it works for me. Though, then it will add the component to the original file making it bigger no?

and Dave, thats what I have been doing but I'm looking for a better, faster way.

**isn't there a better way? simple save/export selection plug-in of some sort?**thanks?

Dave R · 20 Apr 2014, 16:02

@clubber2k said:

Thats a nice idea, didn't think of that, will try and see how it works for me. Though, then it will add the component to the original file making it bigger no?

No. Well, not substantially, anyway.

@clubber2k said:

and Dave, thats what I have been doing but I'm looking for a better, faster way.

**isn't there a better way? simple save/export selection plug-in of some sort?**thanks?

I don't know how a plugin could be any faster than the methods described. If the selection is something you want to save for later use, it should be a component. And how can it get any easier to save it than to right click on it and choose Save as...? Or you can go to the Components window and drag the component from the In Model pane to a local collection. You could also save all the components in your model to a single local collection if you want.

With the method I described, getting the selection from one SU session to another is certainly not time consuming. Have a blank SketchUp session open. Make the selection, hit Ctrl-C, switch to the blank file and hit Edit>Paste in place. Done. I use Paste in place so frequently I set up a keyboard shortcut for it.

There's plenty of excellent options without having to resort to some plugin. If those options are too much work, you might want to look into hiring someone else to do it.

clubber2k · 22 Apr 2014, 14:58

@dave r said:

I don't know how a plugin could be any faster than the methods described. If the selection is something you want to save for later use, it should be a component. And how can it get any easier to save it than to right click on it and choose Save as...? Or you can go to the Components window and drag the component from the In Model pane to a local collection. You could also save all the components in your model to a single local collection if you want.

With the method I described, getting the selection from one SU session to another is certainly not time consuming. Have a blank SketchUp session open. Make the selection, hit Ctrl-C, switch to the blank file and hit Edit>Paste in place. Done. I use Paste in place so frequently I set up a keyboard shortcut for it.

There's plenty of excellent options without having to resort to some plugin. If those options are too much work, you might want to look into hiring someone else to do it.

Lol, are you trying to be fresh?
Thats what I'm currently doing. my current model is 70mb (almost no decorations/foliage) large project and I need to copy about 25-30mb of it, after doing ctrl+c I need to wait about 1-2 minutes and then again when pasting. including waiting for a new su window it takes 5 minutes to do it which is 4 minutes and 55 seconds too long.

I like plugins, they make my work faster, I think I save at least 20 minutes every day thanks to plugins. don't underestimate them.
freelancers are the best time savers wish I could afford more of them. this though, seems a too small task to hire someone to do it.

I'll use the component method since it still better the the copy-paste. hope something better will come along at some point

liked you signature.

Dave R · 22 Apr 2014, 16:00

Nope. Not trying to be fresh. So the copying time is very likely just the time it takes to write that much data to the clipboard. I doubt a plugin could make that any faster. And if it takes five minutes to open another SketchUp session, that's surely due to all the plugins you're making SketchUp load. Adding another plugin won't reduce that time. You could just open two sessions right away. and have that second one waiting for use. That would save you a bunch of time later.

Jim · 22 Apr 2014, 20:53

So it sounds like you do not store your Components on disc, but just keep them in-model? I'd be afraid a crash could cause the model and all components to be lost.