I have been away from SketchUp for a while. I just updated to SU 2026 and there is a feature that I am not familiar with. I see a toolbar for Point Cloud, however: Can someone give me good explanation of what Point Cloud is? Is there a way to remove or move the toolbar for the Point Cloud?

I have been away from SketchUp for a while. I just updated to SU 2026 and there is a feature that I am not familiar with. I see a toolbar for Point Cloud, however: Can someone give me good explanation of what Point Cloud is? Is there a way to remove or move the toolbar for the Point Cloud? Ok guys, I appreciate your replies but I do not see any options for removing the Point Cloud toolbar and I am still not understand what the tool really does/would do for me.

Ok, something is suddenly not working correctly for me here in the forum.

[image] ntxdave: I just updated to SU 2026 yeah, so when you launch the installer, by default, it has scan essential, vray and revit importer ticked. looks like you might not have unticked cloud essential, the point cloud tool. it’s part of studio. a point cloud is, in short, a 3d scan made with a laser. it scans the position of many many small points, making a cloud.

go to your extension manager and disactivate trimble scan essentials in the home tab or even uninstall in the manage tab, it’ll also remove its toolbar

So, is there a way to “undo” that?

[image] paul.millet: go to your extension manager and disactivate trimble scan essentials in the home tab or even uninstall in the manage tab, it’ll also remove its toolbar like that. of you could even go to your plugin folder and remove it from there. I believe it’s called SU_PCP there you can try this too [image] Cannot remove Scan Essentials or Timble Connect Scan Essentials Hi Yoni, Could you please check the following folder : C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2023\ShippedExtensions In this folder are a few “native” SU extensions, including Sandbox, Dybamic components or Trimble connect. These extensions (from that specific folder) are indeed automatically re-installed in the %appadata% plugin folder if there are not existing. If Scan essentials is in that folder it will be reinstalled the next SU start after being uninstalled from the Extension Manager. You… (that’s what a quick search on the forum gave me)

IK guys, what does Scan Essentials have to do with Point Cloud? I am wanting to remove the Point Cloud toolbar and its capabilities.

Scan Essentials is the extension that imports point clouds. You can’t get away with removing the files from plugins, because they get reinstalled next time you open SketchUp. To get rid of Scan Essentials you would run the installer again, and choose the top option to modify what is installed. Skip past the language options screen, and then in the regular installer screen uncheck the Scan Essentials box. Let the installer proceed, and all it will do is uninstall Scan Essentials. After that you can open SketchUp, and the point cloud toolbar should be gone.

Thank you very much. Now a very dumb question though. Sine I did the install by selecting the option to update 2025, what is the best way to “reinstall”?

Download the installer from the sketchup website, make sure to run the installer as administrator, if you don’t have an studio subscription do not select scan essentials, Revit importer and download automatically Vray.

2026 Point Cloud

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ateliernab October 16, 2025, 9:25pm 9

like that.

of you could even go to your plugin folder and remove it from there. I believe it’s called SU_PCP there

you can try this too

(that’s what a quick search on the forum gave me)

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