SketchUp 2013 Pro and Make FAQs

TIG

You only get to see the preview if you have FULL seucurity permissions to your Plugins folder.
Otherwise the thumbnail image can't be written...
This is a know/reported issue... Trimble have been asked to fix it - it is a relatively straightforward fix.

It is always best if you have FULL permissions to your Plugins folder - it makes installing plugins etc MUCH easier...
To do this, first find you Plugins folder's icon in Windows Explorer.
then with Admin rights...
Select it
Right-click
Context-menu
Properties
Security
Edit...
...make sure everyone listed has FULL permissions...
Apply/OK
That should now allow the creation of the thumbnail file that is written to the Plugins folder...

It's also a good idea to set the permissions to other Plugins folders that you might want to write to - like Components, Materials and Styles...

jorge2011

Thank you very much. now works perfect.
And on thumbnails of the *. Skp? I can not see thumbnails of the *. skp in windows 64bit

is possible to solve this error?

TIG

This is not an error.
It is something built in to Windows 64bit.
Icons with images from 32bit applications, like SketchUp, do not display on 64bit PCs.

There is fix - an inexpensive app called MysticThumbs will allow you to see previews of SKP files, and SKMs and much more...
http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html
There are several threads on SCF discussing it...
Do a search...

Dan Rathbun

Missing from the What's New page or Change Log is the new right-click configurable Statusbar menu (on Windows at least.)

jorge2011

thank you very much.
Another query. Is possible to customize the toolbars which Plugins are downloaded from http://extensions.sketchup.com/?

Dan Rathbun

@jorge2011 said:

Is it possible to customize the Ruby toolbars of Plugins, which are downloaded from http://extensions.sketchup.com/ ?

NO, not in this first release of SketchUp 2013.

ADD: There is a plugin that can do this: [url=http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=470810#p470810:1ankxah2]Toolbar Editor (by Aerilius)[/url:1ankxah2]

jorge2011

thank you very much.
Another query. There are some open post sobe to review this new version of sketchup 2013?

jgb

So far as I have read in this and other posts, as well as Trimbles blogs and info,
there seems to be NO (I repeat} NO real benefit to 2013 Make (Free Equivalent??) versus SU V8 Free.

All the talk is about Pro and Layout.

In Trimbles' own description of the Make version, it very soon turns to Pro and Layout features. The only clear differentiation between Make and Free from Trimble is the Commercial Use restrictions, and this was obviously written by a lawyer, not an SU user/developer.

So can anyone please list the improvements that 2013 has over V8, and NOT ONCE mention Pro or Layout?

Rich O Brien

new icons, toolbar chaos fixed, better exporters/importers

jgb

@rich o brien said:

new icons, toolbar chaos fixed, better exporters/importers

If that's it, then Big Whop

But what do you want for free, eh?

Krisidious

free has been restricted more in 13...

pilou

Does the 2013 version PRO / MAKE has an option "save as" V6, v7, v8... ?

Box

Yep

pilou

Thx! Cool !

@unknownuser said:

better exporters/importers

a list of them for MAKE?
Seems STL Import export is integrated ?

pilou

Create Dynamic Components are not yet allowed in SU MAKE?

Dan Rathbun

@unknownuser said:

Create Dynamic Components are not yet allowed in SU MAKE?

This has always been a Pro only feature.

pilou

Thx for the info, but it's a pity, if yes that will boost the DC who have not the succes that they merit!

Dan Rathbun

New for SU 2013... the SelectionTool is now the default tool, by popular demand.

(In previous versions the default tool was the LineTool.)

Wo3Dan

@dan rathbun said:

New for SU 2013... the SelectionTool is now the default tool, by popular demand.
Let's hope this is a final decision.
You preferably enter a room (workspace) with a toolbox full of tools, to see what needs to be done, not with some tool in your hands.

jgb

@dan rathbun said:

New for SU 2013... the SelectionTool is now the default tool, by popular demand.

(In previous versions the default tool was the LineTool.)

WOW, that means I can finally eliminate Startup.rb. A God-Send from the Sketchup folks.

I only asked for this when I first started using SU, back in 2005. Others before me, hence Startup.rb was there when I first posted.

8 years........ musta used a whole development team with prototyping s/w to fix that.

OR, maybe someone at Trimble actually uses SU and stuck a needle up someones butt to fix that.

I'm staying 8.