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  • H Offline
    Hendrik_G
    last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 17:40

    I didn't have an application specified. I just tried specifying Photoshop CC, and then Preview - no change.

    I think the problem your describing would potentially be an issue if I could even get the image to open. The problem is that I right click a texture, select "Edit Texture" and receive the error message "Failed to Save File" and nothing opens.

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      jeff hammond
      last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 17:46

      @hendrik_g said:

      I didn't have an application specified. I just tried specifying Photoshop CC, and then Preview - no change.

      for clarity.. you do have an editor assigned at SketchUp-> Preferences-> Applications ,right?

      Screen Shot 2015-01-23 at 12.51.37 PM.png

      dotdotdot

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      • H Offline
        Hendrik_G
        last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 18:51

        Yes, I have tried assigning both Photoshop and Preview

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          slbaumgartner
          last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 19:06

          @hendrik_g said:

          I'm having the same "Failure to Save File" issue when I tried to edit any of my textures in SU2015 running Mac Yosemite. I've read this discussion, and I'm still unable to resolve my issue. I'm hoping someone can help me or let me know what I'm missing. I've tried the following:

          When, as suggested above, I entered this into SU's Ruby Console:
          = ENV["TMPDIR" + "com.sketchup.SketchUp 2014." + ENV["USER"]
          UI.openpanel(path, path)]

          I received the following error: %(#FF0000)[Error: #<SyntaxError: <main>: syntax error, unexpected '='
          = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp 2014." + ENV["USER"]
          ^>
          SketchUp:1:in `eval']

          I searched and found "com.sketchup/SketchUp 2015/" in this location:
          Library/Caches/com.sketchup.SketchUp.2015/

          I've attached a screenshot of the contents of this folder.

          I confirmed in the Get Info window that my user had Read/Write access to that entire folder path and the contents within.

          I'm still having issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

          Not sure about the root cause of your issue, but the problems with the code above are that you missed part of it and need to alter it for 2015:

          <code>
          path=ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.2015." + ENV["USER"]
          File.writeable?(path)
          </code>

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          • D Offline
            driven
            last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 19:16

            check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

            %x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
            

            mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

            post your result, and we can go on from there...

            john

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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              driven
              last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 19:35

              There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

              the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

              however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

              to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

               path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
              %x(open -R "#{path}")
                  
              

              not sure what happens with photoshop...

              john

              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                driven
                last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 19:42

                on a mac copy paste this into 'Rudy Console'

                path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
                UI.openpanel(path, path)
                

                and keystroke enter/return

                john

                UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU...

                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  driven
                  last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 19:43

                  @dave r said:

                  the folder that is being created is a temporary one but I wonder if the problem, Walt, is that one of the container folders needs Read and Write permission granted.

                  @Dave && @walt

                  that folder is ok, but you can confirm with

                   path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
                  #UI.openpanel(path, path)
                  File.writable?(path)
                  

                  @Walt, have you re-added an editor to 'Preferences' , mine is failing with 'Graphics Convertor' and 'Preview', but works with 'Image Tricks'

                  john

                  UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU

                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                  • H Offline
                    Hendrik_G
                    last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 21:31

                    @driven said:

                    check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

                    %x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
                    

                    mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

                    post your result, and we can go on from there...

                    john

                    SU agrees. I have Preview assigned in Preferences and this was returned in Ruby Console:
                    %x(defaults read com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
                    "Image Editor" = "/Applications/Preview.app"

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                    • H Offline
                      Hendrik_G
                      last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 21:40

                      @driven said:

                      There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

                      the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

                      however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

                      to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

                       path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
                      > %x(open -R "#{path}")
                      >     
                      

                      not sure what happens with photoshop...

                      john

                      This allowed me to navigate to the folder, however there no images in there for me to open (see attached screenshot).


                      Screen Shot 2015-01-23 at 4.45.04 PM.png

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                      • H Offline
                        Hendrik_G
                        last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 21:44

                        @mwm5053 said:

                        Ok works now must have been a permission thing like Dave said but thanks Dave and John 😄

                        @MWM - what did you do exactly that fixed your issue? I think I have the same issue that you were experiencing.

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                        • D Offline
                          driven
                          last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 21:52

                          something you could try...

                          your screenshot shows a 'doc thumbnail.png' in the temp folder...

                          double click it and see if 'Preview' asks for permission...

                          john

                          learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                            slbaumgartner
                            last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 23:17

                            I noticed that SketchUp reports ENV["TMPDIR"] as starting with /var. That path is actually a link to /private/var. I wonder if you have a permissions tangle involving that link? Try ls -l /var in a Terminal and see what permissions it has. I get

                            lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Nov 26 16:26 /var -> private/var

                            Steve

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                              driven
                              last edited by 23 Jan 2015, 23:35

                              considering that SU is having no issues writing other stuff to that folder, and that is the fail point in this case, the permissions issue may be with the actual 'material' path...

                              what is the path to the material your trying to edit?

                              do any from your User material folder work?

                              or SU Materials folder?

                              I remember having to change permissions on downloaded materials in the past as they have a 'downloaded flag' on them...

                              thinking out load..
                              john

                              learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                              • romboutR Offline
                                rombout
                                last edited by 11 Mar 2016, 02:03

                                Im seeing this problem on a model in su2015. Ive added permission, a second admin "read&write", didnt help. I also set "everybody" as a test to "read&write", also didnt help.

                                Are there any options left? Ive used this item before with issues.

                                using osx 10.11.2

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                                • romboutR Offline
                                  rombout
                                  last edited by 11 Mar 2016, 02:12

                                  My work around for now is using UV tool on a simple plane and export this as OBJ. The tex file will be set aside of the OBJ... Voila! Eat this SU!

                                  id did add this URL as file name, some windows path of the original builder. Perhaps this causes issues. I think those forward and backward slash at the beginning cause problems on mac

                                  "C/\Users\Adam\Documents\Adam Models\SpringLeafBoxwood01.png"

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