just updated pro to 2024, but it won’t save as an older version. I have losts of customers who don’t use the newest version. work around?

SketchUp and LayOut in 2024 are now versionless, meaning they’re backward compatible with any supported versions (2022, 2023, 2024). No need to ‘Save as’ — .SKP created/saved in 2024 can be opened in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (and 2024, obviously) without saving to those specific versions.

later… (it’s been a long week, let me rest a little…)

[image] dezmo: (it’s been a long week, let me rest a little…) Must be the seventh day today…

it’s actually only the fourth, but a lot of things have come together for the week, I’m not complaining, I’m just tired :yawning_face:

[image] francisquitof: I think this feature must return though, there are a lot of people who owns classic licenses and are still using old versions, I know some architects colleagues that use sketchup 2015. I still own the sketchup 2021 classic license.

SaveAs by Su4u could be a solution for your customers SaveAs This stand alone program can turn a recent skp file in an older version.

Check out: Eneroth Legacy Save free on the EW.

I installed it and it shows up in file as save as legacy but it doesn’t allow me to select the version to save as. I tried to open it with 2017 and it won’t open it, still says need 2024 to open file.

[image] gjohnson: save as legacy As the name suggests, it inherits the version of the existing file. So if you open a V2017 file that e.g. you got it from your colleague, the extension can keep its version, but you cant choose older version. If you have a file you created in SU2024, or Once …

2024 update won't save as older versions?

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dezmo April 6, 2024, 1:26pm 18

Here we are:

Dezmo Save to older SketchUp Version

https://forums.sketchup.com/t/dezmo-save-to-older-sketchup-version/266997?u=dezmo

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