Save/Restore SketchUp 7 Workspace for Windows

agrazdi

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

marne

Oh thank you, your work saves nerves, it works great. A real release from the toolbar-pain sketchup causes regular .

Thank you!!!!!

Jim

@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.

Rich O Brien

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

Jim

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.

xrok1

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?

bonjoeryan

Thank you!
Your plugin is really working!

Chris Fullmer

Jim, I missed this plugin. It looks promising

Chris

haynesc

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

remus

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.

Jim

Hmm, the script saves the entire Sketchup 7 registry - toolbars, shortcuts, window sizes and positions.

It should have restored everything.

remus

It does save everything and thats the problem I want to keep my shortcuts as they are and just reset the toolbars.

agrazdi

I tried in a Windows Vista and all i get is " Access denied " any idea the reason ? Firewall ?

Thanks

agrazdi

remus

are you using an admin account? can you right click->run as administrator?

inbal

Thank you soooo much!
I keep having my plugins and toolbars scrambelled and I spent so much time on arrenging them.
Thank you for saving me time

sketch3d.de

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

ahnvtk

sketch3d.de:

[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!