Creating .txt from Sketchup 2015

[stevenmontgomeryphg]

Can anyone help with a solution to export .txt files from Sketchup 2015 for use in another program. I was able to do this in V4 with a 3rd party plugin but can’t find something suitable for 2015.

[slbaumgartner]

I have no idea what content you expect in the .txt file, but have you looked at File->Generate Report?

[gregor_shapiro]

Just for fun I took a simple (41kb) SketchUp 15 file changed the extension from skp to txt and got thousands of lines of chinese characters. A few readable (english) words but the rest was not:

໿SketchUp Model ૿{15.2.685}麌ᅏଜ䯕墛놙둧嗵 ÿ咿 噃牥楳湯慍ｰ䌉䄀爀挀䌀甀爀瘀攀̀ ＀䌊䄀琀琀爀椀戀甀琀攀 ＀䌓䄀琀琀爀椀戀甀琀攀䌀漀渀琀愀椀渀攀爀 ＀䌏䄀琀琀爀椀戀甀琀攀一愀洀攀搀Ā ＀䌐䈀愀挀欀最爀漀甀渀搀䤀洀愀最攀਀ ＀䌇䌀愀洀攀爀愀Ԁ ＀䌊䌀漀洀瀀漀渀攀渀琀଀ ＀䌒䌀漀洀瀀漀渀攀渀琀䈀攀栀愀瘀椀漀爀Ԁ ＀䌔䌀漀洀瀀漀渀攀渀琀䐀攀昀椀渀椀琀椀漀渀਀ ＀䌒䌀漀洀瀀漀渀攀渀琀䤀渀猀琀愀渀挀攀Ԁ ＀䌕䌀漀渀猀琀爀甀挀琀椀漀渀䜀攀漀洀攀琀爀礀 ＀䌑䌀漀渀猀琀爀甀挀琀椀漀渀䰀椀渀攀Ā ＀䌒䌀漀渀猀琀爀甀挀琀椀漀渀倀漀椀渀琀 ＀䌆䌀甀爀瘀攀Ѐ ＀䌏䐀攀昀椀渀椀琀椀漀渀䰀椀猀琀 ＀䌄䐀椀戀̀ ＀䌊䐀椀洀攀渀猀椀漀渀Ā ＀䌐䐀椀洀攀
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[slbaumgartner]

I hope it was fun, because otherwise it is nonsense A sketchup file is binary and has no direct interpretation as characters!