Is there any way to download a huge component packet like they used to have on SU

I did the new version and every time i want components it calls up online, if I cannot connect to the internet, I basically cannot use the program,

Also the plants that I see, suck, they are not 20 percent of what I used to have access to,

basically the new setup with the way you access the components is terrible, and the components available are not near as good of choices as the huge component packs they used to have

any way to download those old component packs. Is there some place someone has stored them or would be willing to share them

Ok i cant find that other thread but I had posted about materials

A guy pm's me with a materials archive, I can download it just find, its all .skp files
example the stone archive opens up in sketchup

shows me a bunch of stone choices
how do I load these into sketchup? they dont show up in the stone choices in the tools....paintbucket

but I can see them all in the sketchup window , as If I had opened up a sketchup drawing

where do these get loaded to ? and how.?
thank you

It might not have been 40 for the stones, but it was considerably more than 10 for each of the textures. and I downloaded this with the standard free SU 5 or 6 and then had to download the components packs separately,

I know when I used to go into the textures it was enough textures for each surface to have to scroll down the choices with the scrollbar, and you certainly do not have to scroll down anything with only 10 choices

does anyone have a zip file of the surfaces for paintbucket? the big archive with like 30 to 40 choices per surface

I did not spend 500 on sketchup, i only downloaded the "pro" versions to see if they have the components in them, or the paintbucket surfaces........They dont

I have always used the free versions and been very happy with them, but now my opinion is the free and pro versions are extremely lame, without the surfaces and components so hard to find and download

If you saw some of my designs you might think i was a professional, but those took a LONG time to bang out, but i still saved them all

I thoroughly enjoy SU and puttering around with it designing my next house me and my wife want to build here in the Phils

@unknownuser said:

Just do what the rest of us do.

Scour the internet for pre made textures. We have links to many sites containing these right here at SCF.
Join Formfonts and download a fantastic collection of components and textures.
Make your own.

There is no magic answer to help you fill your collection instantly. You have to put in the effort and create them. Most people here will have been building their libraries over years.

when you go to this formfonts, and download components and textures, what location do you download them to, on your hard drive.
I have no problem doing this if just told how to proceed, and thanks by the way for the information

ops after looking, i guess that place you recommended charges almost 200 dollars a year for a membership,
I just do this when I am bored for a hobby, I am not a professional
too rich for my blood but thanks very much

cant you sample the texture and then it would be in your textures and you could just use it like that

do other textures work when you try to use them on this surface that is not flat, or is it just this one particular one that doesnt work that you import

i did not purposely delete them, i reformatted and wiped the hard drive and that lost all the old installs

truly sad you have to go through so much pain in the butt just to get the components and surfaces nowadays, even with the pro versions

They might have more functionality, the pro versions but what good are they without the component libraries"

Yes i downloaded the component library after you or someone else gave them to me and I somehow managed to get them somewhat working, in 7, but the interface is not user friendly, and it is difficult to navigate

i still never got the paintbucket to have the full choices, despite a few days of trying to find it and someone sending me the zip file, which was not much help

You download the "PRO" version of sketchup 7, you expect a fully functional 30 day trial to get you interested to buy the expensive 500 dollar version

what you get is no better than the free version, the Components library is not there, it has a bunch of cheap samples

same with the Pro version of 6

not only that, the paintbucket surfaces are not there, only 10 choices there as opposed to the fully stocked version which has about 40 choices for each surface

Pardon me for saying this , but whoever took over sketchup, has no clue how to market the thing, and taking out the component libraries and saying they moved them to the warehouse was a very dumb move.

All in all I have spent about 2 weeks trying to get the thing working, as I had the old FREE version working, with no luck. and that includes asking on the board for help.