Moving Sketchup to a new PC

SketchUp
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I have bought a faster PC for Sketchup work and have transferred my original install program to the new machine.
That worked fine but when I tried to add the extra features like inspection and Xray view I was told they where no longer available on my version.
Can I buy the addons? I am using Sketchup Make. Thanks, Bruce

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You probably have a 64 bit machine, now?
Better download the installer for SketchUp Make 2017 and install that (rightclick on the installer file and choose ‘Run as Admin’

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Thanks for replying. I did install the 64bit 2017 version. Should I do it again but as admin?

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That won’t hurt. What about the extension?

Solid inspector?
X-Ray is a View setting which you could assign a shortcut.

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I need Solid Inspector and X-Ray

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Then download Solid Inspector2 (note the 2) from Extension Warehouse and install it.

X-ray is selectable from the View menu as View/Face style/X-ray (as @MikeWayzovski already said)

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and you can go to menu Window/Preferences/Shortcuts to assign your choice of shortcut to it.

I use x but you can choose what you want, if it isn’t already in use for another shortcut.

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Thanks for that. I will try that. Cheers

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I have downloaded Solid Inspector2 but I can’t see how to install it into Sketchup.

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Sorry, I worked it out. All installed and thanks for your help, Bruce

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I have got the inspector program installed and working but I’ve just found out I can’t export STL files.
I’ve tried to find a solution but have failed.
I’m using using Sketchup 2017.

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You need to install the stl exporter.
https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/412723d4-1f7a-4a5f-b866-281a3e223337/sketch-up-stl

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Please update your forum profile. It says you are using SU2016.

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That worked fine. Thank you. Bruce

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Thanks for reminding me. I believe it’s up to date now. Cheers.

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