Can I have more than one SU?

Goonster

I was just wondering if it would be possible to have more than one Sketchup installed. At the moment I have SU set up to use the woodworking template,however occasionally I need to use a different one for other work. If it was possible to have 2 SU`s installed I could set one up with one template and the other with a different one which would make it so much easier instead of having to open the program , change the template, close it and open it again with the new template.

Rich O Brien

You can have different versions #'s installed.

Jim

There is an undocumented command-line option to select a template at start-up, so you could create a couple .bat files to launch SU using different templates.

Something like this:

C:\Path\to\Sketchup.exe -template "C:\path\to\template.skp"

I rekon a windows short-cut could do the same.

Rich O Brien

You can open 2 instances of SU. Both with your default template. In the second instance choose...

Help > Welcome to SketchUp > Choose Template

Now press Ctrl+N for New file and your chosen template will load without having to restart SU.

jeff hammond

[i'll preface this with a note that i use macs so i don't have to worry about this weirdness but... ]

open the template that you don't use too much.. 'save as' (whatever you want to call it) and put it where you keep your sketchup projects (or somewhere easy to get to)..

have your default template set to the woodworking one (or whatever you mostly use).. if you need to use the other template, just open the .skp which has the other settings. (but don't overwrite it when saving.. do a 'save as' (some other name)

[edit -- actually, on mac, you'd have to do something similar to what rich is saying except you wouldn't have to open a 2nd instance of sketchup (well, you can't launch a 2nd instance.. just multiple windows).. the thing is, you'd have to switch the preference back to your normal template prior to closing or all new windows will open with the not_too_common template]

Rich O Brien

Thanks Jeff I forget to mention that when you do this method your next instance or opening will be the last template you chose.

Goonster

Thinking out it, I think yours, Jeff, is the easiest one. I use a similar system with Paint.Net to open different sized templates to start off with. Don`t know why I never thought of it before. And with Win7 you can pin the various different ones to the jump list for easy access.

Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated.

SketchUpNoobie

While we're on the subject, let me ask about something that's been annoying me for some time.

I use SketchUp version 7. I have version 8 installed but do not use it. I downloaded it so I could open attachments, tutorials, etc. that were for version 8. But when I open these attachments, it still tells me I need to have the latest version of SketchUp installed. Is there some way to automatically open these in version 8?
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