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      driven
      last edited by

      check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

      %x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
      

      mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

      post your result, and we can go on from there...

      john

      learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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        driven
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        There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

        the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

        however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

        to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

         path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
        %x(open -R "#{path}")
            
        

        not sure what happens with photoshop...

        john

        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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          driven
          last edited by

          on a mac copy paste this into 'Rudy Console'

          path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
          UI.openpanel(path, path)
          

          and keystroke enter/return

          john

          UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU...

          learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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            driven
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            @dave r said:

            the folder that is being created is a temporary one but I wonder if the problem, Walt, is that one of the container folders needs Read and Write permission granted.

            @Dave && @walt

            that folder is ok, but you can confirm with

             path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
            #UI.openpanel(path, path)
            File.writable?(path)
            

            @Walt, have you re-added an editor to 'Preferences' , mine is failing with 'Graphics Convertor' and 'Preview', but works with 'Image Tricks'

            john

            UPDATED: should now work for any 20+ version of SU

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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              Hendrik_G
              last edited by

              @driven said:

              check if SU agrees with you about which editor to use...

              %x(defaults  read  com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
              

              mine defaults to 'Preview' if none is set...

              post your result, and we can go on from there...

              john

              SU agrees. I have Preview assigned in Preferences and this was returned in Ruby Console:
              %x(defaults read com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i} "Preferences").match(/"Image.+$/)
              "Image Editor" = "/Applications/Preview.app"

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                Hendrik_G
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                @driven said:

                There is definitely a 'trick' to to using with 'Preview'...

                the catch 22 is I can't save or navigate to where SU places the file for copying because 'Preview' considers it a 'no go' area...

                however, if I put that folder in my sidebar, I can navigate to it from 'Preview', 'click' on the same name image [to fix the name], then save...

                to get the folder into your 'Sidebar', run this and 'drag' the 'com.sketchup...' folder to the sidebar...

                 path = ENV["TMPDIR"] + "com.sketchup.SketchUp.20#{Sketchup.version.to_i}." + ENV["USER"]
                > %x(open -R "#{path}")
                >     
                

                not sure what happens with photoshop...

                john

                This allowed me to navigate to the folder, however there no images in there for me to open (see attached screenshot).


                Screen Shot 2015-01-23 at 4.45.04 PM.png

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                  Hendrik_G
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                  @mwm5053 said:

                  Ok works now must have been a permission thing like Dave said but thanks Dave and John 😄

                  @MWM - what did you do exactly that fixed your issue? I think I have the same issue that you were experiencing.

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                    driven
                    last edited by

                    something you could try...

                    your screenshot shows a 'doc thumbnail.png' in the temp folder...

                    double click it and see if 'Preview' asks for permission...

                    john

                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                      slbaumgartner
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                      I noticed that SketchUp reports ENV["TMPDIR"] as starting with /var. That path is actually a link to /private/var. I wonder if you have a permissions tangle involving that link? Try ls -l /var in a Terminal and see what permissions it has. I get

                      lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Nov 26 16:26 /var -> private/var

                      Steve

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                        driven
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                        considering that SU is having no issues writing other stuff to that folder, and that is the fail point in this case, the permissions issue may be with the actual 'material' path...

                        what is the path to the material your trying to edit?

                        do any from your User material folder work?

                        or SU Materials folder?

                        I remember having to change permissions on downloaded materials in the past as they have a 'downloaded flag' on them...

                        thinking out load..
                        john

                        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                          rombout
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                          Im seeing this problem on a model in su2015. Ive added permission, a second admin "read&write", didnt help. I also set "everybody" as a test to "read&write", also didnt help.

                          Are there any options left? Ive used this item before with issues.

                          using osx 10.11.2

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                            rombout
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                            My work around for now is using UV tool on a simple plane and export this as OBJ. The tex file will be set aside of the OBJ... Voila! Eat this SU!

                            id did add this URL as file name, some windows path of the original builder. Perhaps this causes issues. I think those forward and backward slash at the beginning cause problems on mac

                            "C/\Users\Adam\Documents\Adam Models\SpringLeafBoxwood01.png"

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