how do I save a 2026 sketchup pro version down to sketchup 2020 pro without an extension?
I have specific intermittent reasons to save down to 2020. In previous versions of sketchup, I could save as to an earlier version. Now it does not seem possible. Please advise how to do this without an extension.
If you tell me the only way now to save to an earlier version is through an extension, then I will say that this is not an improvement to the software and is making me not want to use sketchup. The more they tinker with it the less well it works.
You don’t need an extension (but I know one, if you still interested… ).
A simple snippet also does what you want:
Open a Ruby Console (Menu: Extensions>Developer>Ruby Console) and copy and paste the snippet below into it, than hit Enter.
m = Sketchup.active_model
m.save_copy(m.path.delete_suffix('.skp')<<"_v2020.skp", Sketchup::Model::VERSION_2020)
This piece of code snippet, saves the current model into SketchUp Version 2020 file format (makes a copy), next to the existing model and adds a ‘_v2020’ to the end of the file name.
So if you have a model named model.skp, the 2020 copy will be named model_v2020.skp.
Note: Model must be saved “normally” before using this snippet.
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