Hi, SU Team! There is one old, painful, and unsolved issue in the SU. When I rename (one or more times) my components during the construction process and then run “Save as local collection” command, sometimes (but not every time!!!) some components are saved with their old names. In case I have a n…

Here’s a simple script that does what you want. Put the RB file into your Plugins folder and restart SketchUp… It is not an extension and it’s not signed… Usage: There are 2 tools… a. Select one instance of a definition in your model to see the entry, then get… Context-menu > Save_As… Definitio…

Do the definition names given by my snippet in the RC match those in the exported subfolder ? By ‘incorrect names’ what do you mean e.g. XXX#1 becomes XXX_1, because # is best avoided in SKP file names… What are the names of the ‘lost’ ones ? At the moment if you have a definition named XXX#1 and…

TIG-DefnSaver.rb (3.7 KB) This v1.1 checks for existing SKPs in a collection subfolder and increments the end of the name to avoid overwriting… So if you have definitions named XXX#1 and XXX_1 previously they’d both get SKPs named XXX_1.skp and so the later one would overwrite the older one, with …

[image] TIG: TIG-DefnSaver.rb (3.7 KB) Thanks, @Tig , sorry for the late reply! Your plugin was fine with component names. I think the problem is probably with the file itself, because files with a simpler structure don’t have a problem saving all components with their definition names, but th…

Sorry - I’ve rewritten the RB because you found it contained a typo, here it is again: TIG-DefnSaver.rb (3.7 KB) v1.2 As I explained in our recent PM, it works fine for me with your example SKP, despite it being full of definitions with accented characters in their names ! There’s no need for my c…

Thanks, I installed the latest version of the plugin. Now everything from the context menu works, but still does not work from the File menu. [image] TIG: So back to your issue ?? Usually I save components to an empty new subfolder, but in exceptional cases I add them to an existing collecti…

[image] TIG: it now works the same as the context-menu entry Yes, all options now work. Oh, it’s as funny as a plugin renaming files! [Renamed] In fact, this is not the best offer, because my file names consist of dimensions, product articles, numbered parts. This changes what doesn’t need…

Of course it’s possible to name otherwise duplicated SKP names from XX to XX (1), XX (2) etc, but the example model you gave me by PM contains nothing needing that solution anyway… My Latvian is not so good… but… Your SKP list now shows duplicates e.g. ārsiena kreisā mala.skp AND ārsiena kreisā m…

Thanks, @TIG ! [image] TIG: My Latvian is not so good… Like my English. :rofl: a and b are not the biggest misfortunes in this file. For example, parts PD 70 and PD 71 are very different (not in this project) and it would not be nice if the manufacturer ordered the wrong part based on its na…

Thanks all for the discussion here, and others like it on these forums and on the Beta forums. I’m working to collect the requirements to solve these problems. @kamambers @LEGOsketcher regarding the Save As workflows for unique components, it’s apparent we missed an important use case (a long time …

Component name mismatching during component save

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TIG December 7, 2020, 1:11pm 44

Here’s v1.3 TIG-DefnSaver.rb (3.8 KB)
I corrected a typo in the File-menu entry… it now works the same as the context-menu entry…

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