# Trimble Creator (Beta) **URL:** https://forums.sketchup.com/c/sketchup-labs/trimble-creator-beta/91.md [Latest](https://forums.sketchup.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.sketchup.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.sketchup.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Trimble Creator (Beta) category](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/about-the-trimble-creator-beta-category/208600)
**Author:** [@keith\_thurlow](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/keith_thurlow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/about-the-trimble-creator-beta-category/208600 "2022-09-21T22:27:29Z")
This sub-category is for discussion about Trimble Creator and sharing Live Component graphs you’ve created. --- ## [What's the point of live components again?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/whats-the-point-of-live-components-again/346182)
**Author:** [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/whats-the-point-of-live-components-again/346182 "2026-04-24T20:36:15Z")
I’m struggling to find positive aspects to LCs right now. I just spent 3 days doing tutorials and following videos on how to create LCs and I have nothing to show for it. and yes, this is a rant post. I’m human, I’m al… --- ## [Welcome to Trimble Creator!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/welcome-to-trimble-creator/208860)
**Author:** [@david\_silcock\_creator](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/david_silcock_creator)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/welcome-to-trimble-creator/208860 "2025-05-01T04:12:02Z")
Use this category for anything relating to Trimble Creator and Live Components, whether it be praise, suggestions or just general questions. Trimble Creator is a webapp that is used to build the logic that powers a Live… --- ## [Telescopic Boom ... fun](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/telescopic-boom-fun/209557)
**Author:** [@ChrisDizon](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ChrisDizon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/telescopic-boom-fun/209557 "2022-10-09T17:10:24Z")
I thought I would share my Trimble Creator graph logic of a Telescopic Boom Crane I have been working on. It is not complete but it is coming along. :smile: \[Graph Updated 08.06\] https://creator.trimble.com/graph?as… --- ## [My first live component - curved shelving with sofa inside](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-first-live-component-curved-shelving-with-sofa-inside/209028)
**Author:** [@tenrev](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tenrev)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-first-live-component-curved-shelving-with-sofa-inside/209028 "2023-06-26T10:58:49Z")
hello All here is my first live component, quite complete, there will still be things to work on but for a first component I am already happy what i like are the random book blocks https://creator.trimble.com/graph?as… --- ## [Issues getting started with Trimble Creator](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/issues-getting-started-with-trimble-creator/212632)
**Author:** [@john\_mcclenahan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_mcclenahan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/issues-getting-started-with-trimble-creator/212632 "2023-02-18T20:10:31Z")
I’m having real trouble finding a simple enough example to show me how to get started with creating a relatively simple test Live Component. I’m aiming for a component that will draw wooden shelving, with parameters for… --- ## [How to add an attribute to a group in the graph, and how to find this attribute to export it in a report](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-add-an-attribute-to-a-group-in-the-graph-and-how-to-find-this-attribute-to-export-it-in-a-report/212438)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-add-an-attribute-to-a-group-in-the-graph-and-how-to-find-this-attribute-to-export-it-in-a-report/212438 "2022-11-10T01:30:07Z")
How to add an attribute to a group in the graph, and how to find this attribute to export it in a report. As with dynamic components. Can we create attributes in the dynamic attributes dictionary so that they can be use… --- ## [Wooden deck - live components](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/wooden-deck-live-components/211437)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/wooden-deck-live-components/211437 "2022-11-10T10:51:38Z")
Hello I created a live component to design wooden decks. You can enter from 3 to 12 coordinates of the corners of the terrace. You can adjust the angle of the decking boards from -90° to +90° You can add a decking fra… --- ## [My Abacus live component](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-abacus-live-component/209760)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-abacus-live-component/209760 "2022-10-09T22:06:52Z")
Hello The abacus in 100% live component! No import of geometry, everything is modeled in nodes! The balls are made by joining copied polylines and then a loft. Parameters of the number of faces, rounding radius and n… --- ## [Live Components Graph and Node UI Suggestions](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-components-graph-and-node-ui-suggestions/213454)
**Author:** [@zAppledot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/zAppledot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-components-graph-and-node-ui-suggestions/213454 "2022-12-09T22:14:56Z")
Hi Sketchup team, I am excited to use live components and i wanted to give some feedback based on my experience so far. I come from using node graphs in other softwares like Cinema 4D and I am finding that the graphs in… --- ## [Self-training in Trimble Creator](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/self-training-in-trimble-creator/208955)
**Author:** [@david\_silcock\_creator](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/david_silcock_creator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/self-training-in-trimble-creator/208955 "2022-10-08T18:02:04Z")
We’ve tried to make self-training in Trimble Creator very easy. In the top right hand corner, you’ll see an educational cap button; click this to open the tutorial browser. We recommend starting with the intro tutoria… --- ## [Parameters - how to sort if too many](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/parameters-how-to-sort-if-too-many/234244)
**Author:** [@vlapredbv](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/vlapredbv)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/parameters-how-to-sort-if-too-many/234244 "2023-07-10T08:40:19Z")
hello please help, how to sort parameters if there are too many of them. lets say: lot of objects, each object adjustable as for the width/length/height/xxx…but I do not need to see all the adjustments/parameters of al… --- ## [Are LCs dead already?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/are-lcs-dead-already/264766)
**Author:** [@Sketchupguy4](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Sketchupguy4)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/are-lcs-dead-already/264766 "2024-03-21T20:41:22Z")
It has been almost 4 years since LCs were announced and honestly LCs seem like a really good idea but were executed pretty poorly imho. The whole documentation for them is really lacking and so is their functionality and… --- ## [First major update to Trimble Creator Beta!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/first-major-update-to-trimble-creator-beta/213978)
**Author:** [@keith\_thurlow](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/keith_thurlow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/first-major-update-to-trimble-creator-beta/213978 "2022-11-25T22:21:15Z")
First major update to Trimble Creator Beta! Hi team, Thanks for staying tuned and checking out the Beta. Your feedback keeps improving Trimble Creator. Thank you! This update is focused on addressing some feedback and… --- ## [Wireframe shapes aren't transferred?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/wireframe-shapes-arent-transferred/214485)
**Author:** [@jerome.demiaux](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jerome.demiaux)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/wireframe-shapes-arent-transferred/214485 "2022-12-06T00:30:43Z")
Hi, while testing the creation of a axis grid, I realize that it is not possible to recover the lines and other wireframe shapes in Sketchup, only the surfaces are transferred. Will it be possible one day? Axis grid LC… --- ## [Live Component Updates and some Christmas fun](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-updates-and-some-christmas-fun/215999)
**Author:** [@cam\_wells\_materia](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cam_wells_materia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-updates-and-some-christmas-fun/215999 "2022-12-23T19:14:38Z")
Hi all, In addition to a couple more additions to the featured graphs added within the Trimble Creator Featured tab (found in the Graph browser window), we’ve gone through and updated a bunch of Live Components and made… --- ## [Fence wire mesh](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/fence-wire-mesh/209381)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/fence-wire-mesh/209381 "2022-10-05T07:18:21Z")
Hello This is my first publishable live component! :smile: There are still improvements to be made on the extremities. But I especially tried to optimize the number of output segments, to avoid making the scene too h… --- ## [Why a difference in Orbit behaviour as compared to SketchUp](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/why-a-difference-in-orbit-behaviour-as-compared-to-sketchup/209301)
**Author:** [@jean\_lemire\_1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jean_lemire_1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/why-a-difference-in-orbit-behaviour-as-compared-to-sketchup/209301 "2022-10-25T01:58:08Z")
On SketchUp (SU), when I depress the mouse wheel (middle button (MMB)), I can orbit the model. In Trimble Creator (TC) I have to press the left mouse button to orbit. Pressing the MMB allows me to pan with TC while with… --- ## [Notes in Trimble Creator](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/notes-in-trimble-creator/299701)
**Author:** [@quetzalcoatlus](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/quetzalcoatlus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/notes-in-trimble-creator/299701 "2024-11-18T22:04:00Z")
Hi all, it would be amazing if there were notes within Trimble Creator. Maybe a sticky note system or something similar? It would be like writing notes in code, it doesn’t effect the code but it very much assists when yo… --- ## [Spherical projection - Live component](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/spherical-projection-live-component/212260)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/spherical-projection-live-component/212260 "2022-11-03T15:03:00Z")
Hello In the continuation of the cylindrical projection, I present to you the spherical projection. We start with a rectangle of dimensions: Width = Equatorial Perimeter Height = Equatorial half-perimeter A UV proje… --- ## [Graph to convert point coordinate text to vector list](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/graph-to-convert-point-coordinate-text-to-vector-list/232162)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/graph-to-convert-point-coordinate-text-to-vector-list/232162 "2023-06-08T23:28:29Z")
Hello everyone Here is a little solution, still a bit hacky, but functional, to go from a SketchUp surface or a curve… Into a list of vectors for Trimble creator. The idea is to be able to feed a large list of points b… --- ## [Output visualisation node?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/output-visualisation-node/214379)
**Author:** [@jerome.demiaux](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jerome.demiaux)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/output-visualisation-node/214379 "2023-03-09T01:02:33Z")
Hi, In Grasshopper as well as in Dynamo, there is a node that visualizes the data that is sent by another node. (Panel / Grasshopper | Watch / Dynamo) Is such a feature in development? It would be very helpful in under… --- ## [Stair - multi config](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/stair-multi-config/215722)
**Author:** [@mario\_chabo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mario_chabo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/stair-multi-config/215722 "2022-12-19T12:32:16Z")
Been learning. --- ## [Node Editor Basics Concepts? for Dummies!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/node-editor-basics-concepts-for-dummies/213276)
**Author:** [@gsharp](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gsharp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/node-editor-basics-concepts-for-dummies/213276 "2022-11-17T05:14:09Z")
Is there any basic introduction to Node Editors, not specific to any software, eg Sketchup, Maya, Blender, just what is their logic ?.. all the YT videos I seem to find delve straight into the application specifics P… --- ## [Curved wall with cylindrical material projection - live component](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/curved-wall-with-cylindrical-material-projection-live-component/212221)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/curved-wall-with-cylindrical-material-projection-live-component/212221 "2022-11-03T14:39:42Z")
Hello Here is a curved wall live component with cylindrical material projection. The geometry is obtained by deformation of flat rectangular faces. Rectangular and subdivided faces receive their UVs, then they are def… --- ## [Weld polylines, to make a follow me without hems](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/weld-polylines-to-make-a-follow-me-without-hems/209180)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/weld-polylines-to-make-a-follow-me-without-hems/209180 "2022-09-30T19:09:01Z")
Hello I’m looking to extrude a circle along multiple polylines. A line + 1 quarter circle then on another plane another quarter circle… Visually, my polylines are contiguous. But the order of the points is not necessar… --- ## [Live component to sketchup](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-to-sketchup/209915)
**Author:** [@ctrldesign22](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ctrldesign22)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-to-sketchup/209915 "2022-10-08T14:15:58Z")
When I have made a live component how do i get this to sketchup so it works there as a live component? Now i am working with dynamic components but i would like to replace them with my own live components. --- ## [Live Component IPN Steel Beam](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-ipn-steel-beam/231839)
**Author:** [@simjoubert](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simjoubert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/live-component-ipn-steel-beam/231839 "2023-06-06T01:06:30Z")
Hello I share with you a small live component to place an IPN steel beam in your Sketchup model. Here is an overview: More info on my website: https://sketchup.simjoubert.com/composants-dynamiques/ipn-live-component… --- ## [Conical cylinder](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/conical-cylinder/251948)
**Author:** [@alexschreyer](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/alexschreyer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/conical-cylinder/251948 "2023-12-24T10:06:45Z")
I don’t seem to be able to find a way to create a conical cylinder. Am I missing something? It’s not in the cylinder shape and loft only does surfaces. Got any ideas? --- ## [Add cap to loft](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/add-cap-to-loft/217091)
**Author:** [@mario\_chabo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mario_chabo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/add-cap-to-loft/217091 "2023-01-11T00:08:47Z")
Is there a way to add caps at both ends of a loft ? like in -Loft 2 lines w curve- Trimble Creator or make a solid loft ?? [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/c/sketchup-labs/trimble-creator-beta/91.md?page=1)