Hi, I was going to delete one material, but accidentialy deleted the whole list.
Is there any way to recover this list. Or is there a Sketchup Page where I can download it again?
I tried to reinstall it, but this did not solve the problem.
Thanks,
Inga
the only way to delete a List is if itās in the modelā¦
if saved into your User Library, it will still be in the drop down menuā¦
if the files still open, you can try āZ after clicking in the Color Panel
or File >> Revert from the menuā¦
do you have an earlier version of the model?
john
How did you ādeleteā it? Were you deleting files? Did you right click and āRemoveā them from the In Model list?
The list is not in the drop down menu anymore. I was not able to just click back.
I have the old version from the back up file. But even when I open that the whole list is gone.
When I open a new file, the list is gone.
I was not deleting files. I added one single material to the list āconcreteā. I found out that I wonāt be able to use this material, and wanted to delete it.
This is how I removed it:
:
I should have pushed the Color button but I didnātā¦
Yes, I got this, but since I was sure I only remove the material I clicked remove.
itās still in SU, Iāll dig up some code to reinstate itā¦
john
Do you indeed have the option set to create a back up? Even if you do, that is the backup of the last saved file so if you wake error and then save the back up does what it is designed to do.
Do you also have the option set to periodically save files. If so you may have one version saved before the issue happened so check if that maybe the case.
Sorry John missed your post:grimacing:
I opened the backup and the list is gone. It seems to be completely gone. Even if I open a new file, or open one of my old files. It is not there anymore.
I just installed the 2016 yesterday, and even there the list is gone. I am confused, but I am sure there was a āconcrete listā
open āWindowā >> āRuby Consoleā from the SU menu and paste this in the bottom input feild and hit returnā¦
brick = Sketchup.find_support_files("", 'Materials').grep(/Brick/)
that will confirm itās still thereā¦
Iāll see I can find where they turn it off, as this is a new thing to meā¦
john
remove the lowercase c from the grepā¦
I just āRemovedā the collection from my SU, so I can now look for a keyā¦
@TheOnlyAaron when was this introduced, I donāt recall being able to remove them on a mac beforeā¦
john
you had an > that shouldnāt be there, but while you digging your, you can see the folder in Finder by using
brick = Sketchup.find_support_files("", 'Materials').grep(/Brick/)
`open -R #{brick[0].inspect}`
they havenāt turned it off where I would expect, which makes it hard to turn back onā¦
@Barry or @bugra, whereās the plist for these?
john
that is helpful thanks, but even in the Finder the folder concrete ist goneā¦
Theyāre not in defaults on Mac. They are in the the app wrapper, so I fail to see how a re-install wouldnāt work. The skm files are stored at /Applications/SketchUp 2016/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Materials/Brick, Cladding and Siding/
cheers at @Barry, why can you turn them off but not back on?
the missing folder of @inga is āAsphalt and Concreteāā¦
I removed the other from my āListā thinking it would be noted in a ,plistā¦
but as you say mine is still in App contentsā¦
john
Mystery solved!!! Thak you for all your help. @john_drivenupthewall, thanks for just saying my missing folder is āasphalt and concreteā. I forgot about thr 'asphalt" and only kept looking under c.
I think the reinstallation worked after all.
I tried deleting āMetalā. As soon as I quit and restarted SketchUp, it came back. Sounds like a bug - we should disable the Delete if you truly canāt delete.