Accessing files from mobile or SketchUp viewer

[petertheeater]

I can no longer access files in Dropbox from the viewer app on IOS. Dropbox just does not show up as an option in the files anymore. Most annoying.
Any ideas?

[MikeWayzovski]

Use Trimble Connect or 3Dwarehouse, dropbox support has dropped.

[petertheeater]

I’ve just discovered that it is possible to export the SKP file directly from Dropbox to SketchUp as opposed to importing directly through SketchUp.

[john_mcclenahan]

@MikeWayzovski

dropbox support has dropped

When did this happen? I don’t remember any notification about it, or anything on the forum either, until I saw this.

Is it just iOS that’s affected, or Android SU Viewer too?

[EstOuest]

The answers is here

Dropbox No longer listed in Cloud locations

You’re right, it is a bit different. Assuming you have the Dropbox app installed, here are the steps. Click on the little cloud in the upper right corner of SketchUp Viewer 4 Select on “Files on Device” You should see, under “Locations” on the left, an entry for Dropbox if not, you might see a “switch” to activate access to Dropbox. Let me know if that helps. -guz

[john_mcclenahan]

Thanks. Just about to go out for the evening, but will try tomorrow or Saturday.

[petertheeater]

I think this is no longer the case. See above re export from dropbox rather than the other way around. I didn’t see any notification of Dropbox being dropped either.

[EstOuest]

I still have access to Dropbox from Sketchup Viewer. But I haven’t updated the app since Christmas. Now I dare not install the update.

[petervanbeelen]

Why drop support for one of the most used cloud solutions? We certainly do not want to add an extra file-location on trimble ‘connect’. We have our whole busines running on dropbox and it will stay that way.
Has trimble let its brains ‘go’ to somewhere else?

[McGordon]

You can still open SketchUp files from Dropbox in the viewer in iOS. Open the Dropbox app, find your file, tap on the 3 dots at the right, choose “Export”, then “Copy to SketchUp” and it opens in the SketchUp viewer.

[petervanbeelen]

unnecessary added complexity. Keeping things simple seems to be the hardest part of most IT.