Workspace - office deployment
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Hi There,
We do have 6 X Sketchup licences in the office and every time a new skp version is installed I do have to implement every computer with the same workspace which is a very annoying and time consuming task.
As I'm the one who masters SKP the best I tend to implement the same workspace on every computer so I can teach my employees how to use the various tools and extension I tried first on my own before deploying them.
Deployment is a critical issue in an office and I'm struggling to find out where this information is stored so I can easily replicate it.
Help appreciated.
Thank you.
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@unknownuser said:
I tend to implement the same workspace on every computer...I'm struggling to find out where this information is stored so I can easily replicate it
Which info are you referring to?
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I think Slim refers to the placement and location of icons, toolbars and trays within the user interface, but I may be wrong.
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If it's toolbar locations you're stuck with positioning on each device.
If you use our ExtensionStore you could use the bundle feature to bulk install a set of plugins per machine.
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Having been through the process of setting up SketchUp on multiple computers, I have a process the seems to streamline it.
The first things I do are open SU in the previous version and save the blank template file into a directory I can easily find. Then I make a screenshot of the entire SketchUp screen and save that image in the same directory. Since I use both Mac and Windows, I have a screen shot for each.
Next, I install the SCF Extension Store so I can install the bundle from SCF. I also install my extensions from the EW.
I've already got my custom styles, materials and local component collections in a directory called SketchUp Assets. I don't put them in the User/AppData or Use/Library/Application Support directories.
I open the saved template file in the new version of SketchUp and immediately use File>Save as template...
Next, I import as an image the screenshot I made of the old version to use as a guide for placing toolbars and creating the custom toolbars on the PC side. Then I make the toolbars and place the ones I want displayed.
Finally, in Preferences, I point SketchUp to the appropriate folders in the SketchUp Assets directory. That Assets directory, the screenshot and the template file can all be copied to a memory stick or to a network drive.
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