# Project notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [May 20, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128 "2022-05-20T20:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SawDuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@SawDuster](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/SawDuster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/1 "2022-05-20T20:52:10Z")
I use Sketchup to develop plans and wish that there were a way for me to add my own project notes to my Sketchup file. Thoughts, measurements, and design considerations or constraints wind up on multiple pieces of paper on my desk. It would be great for me to consolidate them electronically but have them just a click away when I am in my .skp file. Thanks for your consideration. I enjoy Sketchup immensely! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/2 "2022-05-20T21:02:08Z")
For now you could certainly keep a text file open to add those notes. Or you could do that in LayOut. Or in your Trimble Connect project. ---
**Author:** ![3DxJFD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/f07891/32.png) [@3DxJFD](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/3DxJFD)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/3 "2022-05-21T00:55:33Z")
Here are two ways that might work for you: 1. Make a ‘Note’ component that can output through “Generate Report”. ![Component Notes & Generate Report](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/6/c66d1baa4b6f77ab9a0ca9690c5f4f4d546c9a5f.jpeg) 1. Text tool with “Notes” tag to toggle visibility. Bonus: cut’n’paste to Microsoft ToDo auto-populates individual tasks. ![Text Tool & Note Tag - ToDo](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/d/ddf1b2fd41a45e8cac0932aca4f8059cad39cbda.jpeg) ![ToDo Notes from SketchUp - auto populates](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/4/74caef2e1f95d1dffb0359a41c497fadf391dabc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AK\_SAM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ak_sam/32/126155_2.png) [@AK\_SAM](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AK_SAM)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/4 "2022-05-21T07:41:06Z")
Trimble Connect also offers a notes and markups function. It’s quite powerful, but it does require the uploading/conversion of the model into Trimble Connect. I personally just add text notes on a tag called notes. It’s not a great method. The notes get lost and fly around when geometry is deleted, so you have to clean them up. @3DxJFD that’s a clever method - I never even realised Dynamic Components could be reported through Generate Report. I’ve [previously asked](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/feature-or-extension-request-export-text-from-su-to-csv/173812) for a Feature Request regarding export of text entities (and faces) into a Report. [This extension](https://www.renderplus.com/wp2/wk/Rich_Text.htm) can add more formatting to notes, but they’re not leader text, they’re “2d text” (faces…not ideal). And you can’t export them. ---
**Author:** ![Fredo6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/fredo6/32/77024_2.png) [@Fredo6](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Fredo6)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/5 "2022-05-21T07:50:17Z")
You could also use [Souvenir](https://sketchucation.com/plugin/1999-souvenir), which includes Task Lists saved in models or at Sketchup level. You an print them or export them too. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/e/e/ee86c7dd561389c3cce2e53223981e7e5bd3812c.png) The plugin is free. ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/6 "2022-05-21T12:39:28Z")
The Description field in the ModelInfo\>File dialog could also be used for notes. ---
**Author:** ![MikeWayzovski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mikewayzovski/32/98346_2.png) [@MikeWayzovski](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MikeWayzovski)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/project-notes/199128/7 "2022-05-21T13:31:17Z")
Here’s another example: > [@Linking Auto-Text between LayOut documents](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/linking-auto-text-between-layout-documents/40291/6): > > @mkrCAD I have made some ‘homework’ ! In the SketchUp file is a Report saved in the model. This Generates a .csv file which you can relink to the Project Info table in LayOut. (Save the LayOut file as scrapbook and drag in your drawings. The ProjectInfo.skp contains a Dynamic Component in which you can edit some basic info for your project. By importing the info as tables , you can bypass @DaveR caveat . Every text box is a table which range is limited (context click in layout and select range …