Layout File Question
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Hello
My office created a Layout file for me on a windows PC. I am trying to open it up on my Mac, which is the only computer I have that has Sketch-Up pro on it, therefore Layout. Should I be able to open it up on my Mac or are there known issues trying to do that? I really need this to work and don't really want to have to buy another pro install and borrow a PC laptop.
Thanks in advanceShawn
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Its supposed to open between platforms. Can you post here or send
the file to me? You can send me a private message if you want and
I'll send my real e-mail address. -
I tried to send you a private message and it is stuck in my outbox....sorry. I am new here.....
shawn
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Shawn, let us know if you got this working.
For others, there is a problem with some mail systems that take a look at a .layout file and, realizing it's a zip file, do you the wonderful favor of unzipping it. Thank you not at all. But both Mac and PC have built-in zip capability. Since Shawn was on Mac, to re-zip and make a LayOut document:
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In Finder, select the files (things like doc_thumbnail.png, document.xml, documentProperties.xml, references.xml, styleManager.xml and the directories pages and ref).
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Right click on this selection, and choose "Compress X Items" where X = # of items you selected. For 10.4 (Tiger), I believe it says "Create Archive" instead. Either way, you now have a file called "Archive.zip"
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Rename "Archive.zip" to your original file name .layout (answer yes to "are you sure"), and voila, it's a LayOut document.
Barry
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