Save/Restore SketchUp 7 Workspace for Windows
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Wow Jim, great script.
I'll get back to you on how it goes
ps if I don't get back it because it broke my PC!
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if there is a way for script writers to initially load their scripts as floating this whole problem could be resolved!!!!!!!
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@xrok1 said:
if there is a way for script writers to initially load their scripts as floating this whole problem could be resolved!!!!!!!
That's a very good thought, but there isn't a conventional way to do it.
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Worked fine with me.
1 - Is it possible to add the default template data to the file ?
2 - Is it possible to save several " workspace " data ?
3 - Can you do another one for Layout ?
4 - Is it possible by this method save folders options to decide which plugins load ?Thanks
agrazdi
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Oh thank you, your work saves nerves, it works great. A real release from the toolbar-pain sketchup causes regular
.Thank you!!!!!
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@agrazdi said:
Worked fine with me.
1 - Is it possible to add the default template data to the file ?
2 - Is it possible to save several " workspace " data ?
3 - Can you do another one for Layout ?
4 - Is it possible by this method save folders options to decide which plugins load ?Thanks
agrazdi
What do you mean by default template data?
These are very good questions, but I don't know the answers right now. For these kinds of features, a computer language other than .bat would be better; something with a Windows Interface. I don't know what computer language to use - Visual Basic? I would need to learn the language, whatever it is.
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Hi Jim,
Been using your latest script and it's working fine. I think its a major step towards keeping the toolbars organized. I think agrazdi idea's are great too. The possibilities of SU to mimic Photoshops workspace options would be a amazing.
But this alone is a brilliant option.
Congrats and thanks for all the hard work.
Rich
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I am making this harder than it needs to be. I will have a version that is much simpler. For some reason I am trying to export each group of settings separately - I can just backup the entire SketchUp7 registry in a single file. Then, you can have different workspaces by using different file names. This also eliminates the need for a loader script - just click on the .reg file to restore.
I am finding the Toolbars do not get restored if I completely clean-out the SU7 registry entries. Not sure why; but I can't think of a time when that would happen in reality. I'm not even sure if un-installing removes the registry entries.
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how about if the script writters don't load a toolbar at all but simply present a msgbox if their script isn't loaded asking if you want to load it, that way all the other toolbars are already loaded into their previous positions before loading a new one?
another thought; could someone not write a ruby that writes a log of all installed scripts when SU closes, then when SU opens check for any new scripts and prompt you to load them or not?
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Thank you!
Your plugin is really working! -
Jim, I missed this plugin. It looks promising
Chris
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this is a great new feature !
i had lost a couple of my dialog boxs somehow maybe due to me using two screens ...
upgrading to 7.1 and using this new feature fixed the problem
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hey jim, just got around to using this in anger.
Couple of suggestions: would it be possible to just save the toolbar positions, or perhaps have an option to save other things? Personally i find resetting keyboard shortcuts a little annoying.
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Hmm, the script saves the entire Sketchup 7 registry - toolbars, shortcuts, window sizes and positions.
It should have restored everything.
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It does save everything and thats the problem
I want to keep my shortcuts as they are and just reset the toolbars. -
I tried in a Windows Vista and all i get is " Access denied " any idea the reason ? Firewall ?
Thanks
agrazdi
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are you using an admin account? can you right click->run as administrator?
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Thank you soooo much!
I keep having my plugins and toolbars scrambelled and I spent so much time on arrenging them.
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I've made a Windows executable for saving/restoring the SU prefs (no malware, no spyware, no adware, no installation).
tested w/ XP, should work w/ Vista/7 too; even though, use at own risk.
just holler if anything doesn't work or a something is missing.
Norbert
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[notwithstanding how long ago these posts were..] I was really hoping your program would solve this great annoyance in SketchUp 7 running on Windows 7; here's what happens:
When I click "Save", the dialog just disappears and reappears. Then when I go to "Restore", it brings up a file dialog prompting for a .reg file.. but no reg file was ever saved (or I don't know where), nor was I prompted to save one.
As for the script that started this thread, though it's necessarily complicated (why hasn't google addressed this annoyance??), it's a lifesaver, so THANX Jim!
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