Missing LayOut folder on Mac under SU 8
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Hello everyone,
I have installed the trial of SU 8 Pro but do not see a folder for LayOut.
If I look at SU 8 Pro: HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/
There are folders for both SU and StyleBuilderIf I look at SU 7 Pro: HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/
There are folders for SU, Style Builder and LayOutLayout 3 seems to be working, but where is it getting the templates & scrapbooks from if there is no LayOut folder? From SU 7 perhaps?
If I save as a template it points to HD/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/LayOut, "saves" but there is nothing created.
Am I missing something obvious here? Any ideas?
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it sort of sounds like you might be going down the wrong path.. are you sure you shouldn't be going user/libraray/app support etc instead of HD/library/app support etc.. (user being whatever you named your computer.. the rest of the path reads the same... the exception is the starting point.)
i say this because you say you're trying to save a template and that would typically go to the specific user's folders and not to the system folders.
(someone else can log on to their acct and launch sketchup with their template, shortcuts, etc.. their stuff would be in their user/library)[i'm out of town right now and i tried to install su8 to look into the filing but unfortunately, i was greeted with this message:
i've had this powerbook since 2003 and maybe, just maybe, it's time to let 'er go.
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Thanks Jeff,
You're spot on. The Layout folder is there under: user/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 8/
As I have dropped in numerous plug-ins in the HD directory path over the years I was looking for my templates there, but of course they are user specific and belong in the user path.
My original observation about the absent SU 8 Layout folder on the HD path is still true when compared to SU 7, but I guess it does not matter.
I have only been using an Apple Mac(intosh) since 1988
I'll get the hang of it one day 
, really I will.Cheers.
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@unknownuser said:
i've had this powerbook since 2003 and maybe, just maybe, it's time to let 'er go.
Bummer about no PPC support! If you're anything like me, then you will want to jump onto the new version straight away, but I don't think you're missing too much if you have to wait a while. I am pretty happy using 7.1 Pro. The new features are neat, but not ground breaking for the most part. SU7.1 and your powerbook ain't broke yet.
However, SU 8 may be a major disappointment to those pushing for SU to be something else entirely.
What works for me is to have in addition to SU, a set of 3 Programs that allow for solid modelling / freeform surfacing & rendering, that i can move models between as required.
Keeping SU moving along, doing what it does best, is exactly what I think Google has done with SU 8.Oh look what I've gone and done. I've taken the thread off topic a bit there. Oh well, I started it anyway. Bye.
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Oh, I've used 8 already on my intel machines. I bring my PowerBook to the job sites - maybe in hopes a 6x6 will drop on it
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The PPC decision was driven by Apple - they're done with PPC, so we are, too. It greatly decreased the size of our installer.
On nothing in /Library/Application Support for LayOut, we had previously moved LayOut to have it's templates & scrapbooks a part of the app bundle (more inline with the typical drag install of Mac apps). We'd like to do the same with SketchUp and Style Builder, but that didn't make it on the radar for SketchUp 8.
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Thanks for the clarification bjanzen.
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