@thomthom said:

And my impression is that they already have this software package - they just needed the keyboard shortcut controller for the scenes...

This is correct.

You are correct TIG. The person at the master computer isn't the person with the problem. It's the person or person's standing in the environment or 2 states away that have no UI but they still need to operate the scenes from within the environment. They have a mini keyboard. We just want to hotkey the scenes so they can manipulate them with that keyboard.

@tig said:

The advantage of an html based solution is that pages of text, photos etc etc can also be inserted and accessed from hot-keys too...
He needs a multimedia solution, not a bodged SKP navigation fix up...

TIG it's no trouble. I see what you are getting at and I am crippled by the fact that I can't show you what we are actually doing so that you understand. I don't think assigning hotkeys in SU is a bodged fix up in this scenario.

Yes we are running SU through other software. That is exactly what we are doing. I am now cleared to tell you that what we are doing is channeling SU in an immersive multi-wall, multi-monitor 3D environment. So SU's functionality is there, we just can't see the UI.

Anyway. Big thanks to everyone. Problem solved. Based on all the answers the Boss found another solution and told his bosses that things are just what they are. As you said Thom, it took him a matter of minutes. LOL.

No, I said "Because Sketchup will be run through another presentation software package, the user will not have access to menu or mouse click."

We aren't trying to disable anything. Just add scene functionality.

Unfortunately that won't work for what we are doing. We are doing fly throughs, not just images.

Thx for the links. I'll mess around with it.

@thomthom said:

You can make a tool, that will allow you to type a number then press Enter/Return and it would jump to that scene. That can be done within minutes.

I mulled that one over yesterday but if the software hides the UI the question is would would involve how to get the window display.

@thomthom said:

Well, adding shortcuts to navigate between scene can be done.

Either menu items that can be hooked up to shortcuts that will step to the next or previous scene. Or via a tool that triggers the next, previous scene via the arrow keys. As for jumping to specific scenes, this will depend on how many scenes, if it's few scens you could hook up 0 - 9 keys. If thre is more - then I'm not sure - it would depend on how many scenes there is...

Right. For larger numbers of scenes we'd have to work in Alt- or cntr- in there. But you are saying it can be done. I just need to figure out where to start hehe. Once I'm going I'll be going.

All great answers. Thank you. It's exactly what I need and what I expected to send as feedback up the chain. And no, I have some small background with Python but I am no savant LOL.

We don't need to strip any menu from Sketchup as the presentation software already displays SU full screen with no UI. We are strictly focused on assigning a hotkey per Scene. That is all. If you experts say this cannot be done, it cannot be done. We are stuck with what does work.

We currently use the page-up and page-down. That works fine, but if we are on Scene 18 and someone in the audience wants to look at Scene 6 and ask a question we'd rather that person able to press a button on their mini-numberpad for scene 6 and go there directly.

The iPad solution is already on the table for a number of our test cases. I'll be happy if budgeting clears it.

I can't say more about the presentation software as it is built by another company and is still under NDA. It does work with other platforms and is all kinds of interactive awesome. We are merely using SU for the current test.

Thank you for all the answers.