Sketch up to a new pc.

[Poot]

Hi guys,

I'm going to buy a new laptop, but what is the best way to put sketch on a new laptop.
In case of plugin's and stuff?
I'm now using sketch up pro, is it possible to work on two laptops whit one license?

Thanks in advance,

Sam

[slbaumgartner]

The license allows you to install on two computers provided they are for the same person (i.e. not shared with others). If you are installing the same SU version, you can just copy the contents of the plugins folder across after installing SketchUp.

[Alan Fraser]

Actually, Trimble recommends that you don't just copy the plugins folder from one installation to another; you should install them properly. In any case, some extensions (like certain renderers) will install themselves into their own program folders...just putting a loader rb into Plugins. You won't have that program folder on a new system; plus you may have more than one Plugins folder. The default for 64bit versions is in Users/AppData..... but there's often another one in Application Data. It depends on what you've installed.

I would recommend making a list of all your current plugins and extensions then installing them one by one using the Sketchucation Plugin Store (rapidly evolving into the Extension Store) plugin. This will create a Bundle that you can then rapidly copy to any other SU installation.
As for the toolbar arrangement, I've made a screenshot of my preferred layout. I just import this as an image into SU, Zoom to fit, then arrange all the toolbars to match it.

Also don't forget any custom templates, material libraries, styles etc. They'll need to be ported-over too.
I'm currently running SU on 3 different systems. I just use it on 1 system at a time.

It's likely that the latest release of SU will be out shortly. It's also possible that it may need a clean install...ie uninstalling the old version first, so having a bundled version of up-to-date plugins that can be installed with a single click will probably prove more economic in the long term.

Like everybody else, I used to just copy-over my old plugins folder, but you can end up with a whole bunch of outdated plugins that way....except for Fredo's, which have a checking gizmo. You can also end-up with several plugs all doing effectively the same thing. I've just installed on a new laptop; and I took the opportunity to make a fresh start.
The point about the SCF Plugin Store installer is that it will automatically install the latest versions directly from here, rather than copying some old version that's been knocking around on your hard drive for years.