'AUTOMATING" SAVE/RELOAD

[Mark ADDS]

My work is typically residential building design.

My work process:

• a "Base" SU drawing that has all geometry
• a "Plans & Sections" SU drawing with Scenes, Styles, etc that the Base is loaded into
• a Layout drawing for CDs and presentation that references P&S

Once a project is well underway and I am refining and correcting, I may, for example, find a misplaced window while dimensioning in LO. I will typically have both SU drawings open. I go the the Base drawing, make the correction, Save, Reload Base in Plans & Sections, Save, Update reference in LO.
Many times in a session.
Any thoughts on "automating" this process?
Thanks.

[Rich O Brien]

Have you tried TIG's Xref Extension?

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[Mark ADDS]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have not tried that extension though I am a fan of TIG's work.
After looking over the documentation it does not appear to me that XREF "status" would impact the process I am looking to streamline. In terms of "click reduction".

[Rich O Brien]

No, its more of a monitoring tool. What you need is a GIT type environment that pushes commits to the master from branches.

Version control within SketchUp's ecosystem is something I hope they implement to meet the needs of small teams that live/work in the ecosystem.

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This is the type of system I'm talking about where interoperability between file formats and teams is seamless.

Maybe a command line tool could be developed to monitor file changes and push them around as needed.

The other thing would be a macro via Auto Hotkey that did what you do manually when you execute it.

All rather flaky solutions tbh...