Is threre a way to convert an external reference component into a regular editable component? This would unlink the external reference, but should keep the component geometry in the SketchUp file

What is an external reference component and a standard editable component for you?

A standart component would be the ones you do in SketchUp. An external reference component would be the ones you bring through Trimble Connect. This kind of workflow (working with external references) allow several people or teams to work on the same file at once. I usually work with external refe…

You must be referring to Autocad XREF type components. I don’t think there is a direct equivalent in Sketchup, though there may well be workarounds.

You can insert external references (xref) in SketchUp through Trimble Connect. [Captura de pantalla 2021-08-25 10.31.56]

OK. I don’t use Trimble Connect. So if someone updated C2a.skp, for example, it would also alter in any file you downloaded it to?

To do that you have to press the right-down button from my last picture. It updates all references in the SketchUp file.

Are you able to upload, say, C2a.skp here or would I have to go to Trimble Connect to get it? I just wonder how a file with .skp filetype can be radically different from any other.

Trimble Connect is fully integrated with SketchUp. Once you update references, the SketchUp gets the last updated version of the referenced model from Trimble Connect. You can do all these operations without leaving SketchUp. If you want to update C2a.skp you should open that file, do whatever chan…

Did you notice this thread? [image] Referenced file in Outliner Feature Requests Trimble Connect has been available since version 2015 or 2106, I believe. It manages reference files in the cloud on a project basis. Referenced objects are ‘locked and greyed out’ in Outli…

The only way to convert the external reference is to download the reference and simply import it in the ‘Master’ file. [menu] File > Import It will loose the alignments that are saved in the cloud, so depending how it’s internal axis are, you might need to position it when inserting. It will then …

Is there a way to convert an external reference component into a regular component?

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Is there a way to convert an external reference component into a regular component?

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