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    TIG Moderator
    last edited by 25 Oct 2017, 11:31

    Test it...
    Make a folder somewhere on the D drive, name it say "My_Materials".

    Put a copy of a material SKM file in it.
    Copy one from SketchUp's own shipped set of Materials subfolders,
    in C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Materials

    Open SketchUp's Window > Preferences > Files
    In the Materials entry click the right-hand button.
    Navigate to that new folder.
    It's now set as your own Materials folder path.

    See if it's included in the Materials Browser set of folders.
    Try making a material and save it as a collection into your folder...

    TIG

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      L i am
      last edited by 25 Oct 2017, 11:51

      C.jpgI was wrong, Sketchup 2017 is on "C" But I cannot find materials.

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        TIG Moderator
        last edited by 25 Oct 2017, 13:21

        You are looking in the wrong place - it's not 'Program Files'.
        SketchUp puts its shipped folders of materials etc in:
        C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Materials
        Note the folder name is 'ProgramData'...

        TIG

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          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by 25 Oct 2017, 15:00

          If for some reason you can't find ProgramData type...

          %programdata%
          

          ...in the address bar and you'll jump straight into it.

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            TIG Moderator
            last edited by 25 Oct 2017, 16:06

            Yes, some folders are 'hidden', however, if you copy+paste the whole path as I gave, into a Windows Explorer window address-bar, then it should jump straight to it for you...

            TIG

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              L i am
              last edited by 26 Oct 2017, 10:17

              Thanks for your patients Tig and Rich!

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                Dave R
                last edited by 9 Nov 2017, 01:38

                It's generally not a smart idea to add your own custom materials to the SU materials libraries. It is better to make your own custom libraries. If you ever have any reason to uninstall, reinstall or repair the SketchUp installation, you will lose your modifications to the SU materials libraries. If you make your own custom libraries they won't be touched during anything you might need to do to the program like reinstalling it. It's also easier to make the libraries accessible when you upgrade to the next version of SketchUp. You can put those custom materials libraries in a Materials folder in User/App Data/Roaming/SketchUp... in some directory such as My Documents.

                Here's one of my custom libraries containing sub folders to sort my materials. This shows the "Materials A" directory. There's also a "Materials B". Even if I were to totally uninstall SketchUp 2017, these would remain intact. When I update to the next version of SketchUp, I'll just copy these.
                Screenshot - 11_8_2017 , 7_33_42 PM.png

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                  L i am
                  last edited by 11 Nov 2017, 06:05

                  Thanks Dave, will look into that

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                    MichaelSiggers
                    last edited by 6 Dec 2017, 17:12

                    Hi Dave

                    Can I add a quick query to this.

                    On the Mac, I have folders for my own SKM materials, but these folders are within;

                    Library/Application Support/Sketchup2018/Sketchup/Materials

                    Does this make sense?

                    There does not seem to be a way, on the Mac, to keep my own skm materials in a completely different location, as there is only one option for the search path in Preferences. I haven't tried, but I'm assuming if I change it, it won't find the materials in the Sketchup 2018 folder.

                    Kind regards

                    Mike

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                      Dave R
                      last edited by 7 Dec 2017, 16:01

                      Mike,

                      You should put your own custome collections in the User directory and not in the applications. You can access collections from the materials window on the Mac. I'll make some screen shots showing how when I get home and have access to my Mac.

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