Generate Report Replacement
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We are on SketchUp 2020 and have permanent licenses, SketchUp has just stopped supporting this version and cut off the generate report function of this program. We were using this to get info out of this for our internal purpose. So my question, is there a extension or scrip we can use till we do our own plugin to replace it?
What we need is for it to pull from our drawings the “Definition Name”, “Quantity”, and “Entity Description” only.
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There are a number of cut list extensions you could look at. Maybe one of those will give you the info you want. You'd get more info than you need but could delete the unneeded columns.
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is there one you would recommend?
I've looked a couple and started using -"ComponentReporter++.rb", But it does the entire file. We have different locations/rooms grouped together in what we call "Positions".
I need it to only count the "position" I have highlighted in the SketchUp file to identify what is in each position.
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I'm not well-versed in all of them. The one I use is called CutList 4.1. It will report the bottom level objects in a selection.
Another thing you might try is shutting down your internet connection on the computer you are using and then see if Generate Report works. It used to do so although it would give you different options.
Might be that it's just time to bite the bullet and get a current subscription. Consider it a cost of doing business.
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We will give that a try, Thanks again for all your help.
I realize that that is their ultimate goal, to get everyone to upgrade. in this case this is not my decision, its the company I work for. I am reaching out for pricing and see where we go from there.
Personally my perpetual license at home I do not want to upgrade. I've bought every upgrade since version 2 for my use. I use it for both work and hobby.
But if we as a company upgrade and I add one the new licenses to my home computer so I can work on company projects at home wouldn't that become the default and supersede all my models/SKU versions I have on my personal computer? if and when I remove the companies version would I be locked out of all my (Personal) years of work?
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We will give that a try, Thanks again for all your help.
I realize that that is their ultimate goal, to get everyone to upgrade. in this case this is not my decision, its the company I work for. I am reaching out for pricing and see where we go from there.
Personally my perpetual license at home I do not want to upgrade. I've bought every upgrade since version 2 for my use. I use it for both work and hobby.
But if we as a company upgrade and I add one the new licenses to my home computer so I can work on company projects at home wouldn't that become the default and supersede all my models/SKU versions I have on my personal computer? if and when I remove the companies version would I be locked out of all my (Personal) years of work?
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@dentalez said:
I realize that that is their ultimate goal, to get everyone to upgrade.
Certainly that's part of it. They need to have customers to be able to afford developers and others along with the infrastructure required. And there's the shareholders to keep happy. Another part of it, though is that other software, operating systems, web browsers, etc., are constantly evolving or as in the case of internet browsers like IE, no longr supported by their makers. This kind of stuff creates problems for users. Of course it isn't practical to support older versions. Lots of reasons.
@dentalez said:
Personally my perpetual license at home I do not want to upgrade. I've bought every upgrade since version 2 for my use. I use it for both work and hobby.
That's fine. You can continue using it. You might find issues one day if you are upgrading your OS that it evolves out from under the older version of SketchUp. You can cross that bridge if you get to it. That's been an issue for some Mac users with older versions of SU.
@dentalez said:
But if we as a company upgrade and I add one the new licenses to my home computer so I can work on company projects at home wouldn't that become the default and supersede all my models/SKU versions I have on my personal computer? if and when I remove the companies version would I be locked out of all my (Personal) years of work?
No. Each version of SketchUp installs as a separate program. You could install SketchUp 2023 on your computer and log into it with the subscription license from your employer without affecting the older version of SketchUp you have installed. The old version won't be able to open files created in SU2023 unless you first backsave them in 23 or you use Eneroth's Open Newer Version extension to open the file in your old version. Installing the new version of SketchUp on your machine won't convert the existing SketchUp model files to 2023, though. You'd have to open them in 2023 and save them to do that.
Personally I think there are a lot of nice things that have been added in the last several versions. I wouldn't want to go back to using an old version.
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