Thanks for your reply. I am particularly fond of my tabbed print setup in Tcad. I cant see any similar function in SU. Also the thumbnails opening. Usual scenario... just open and say Umm where was I? But as I said am real nooob so maybe missing something?

Hi, must be a common question, import export alternatives but I have just started using sketchup7. I design cabinets and small building structures (pergolas sheds etc). I've been using other old cad progs for decades bryce truespace 3dmax and turbocad. I was looking for a simple program to start my initial designs and cutting sheets that I could then import. Turbocad(using deluxe14)has my favoured printspace setup for technical hardcopy. Thinking that I could import skp I went ahead and designed in skp. Now I find that nothing is there when I extract from skp. Any ideas? Thanks one and all.