Does Trimble ONLY do subscription-based licensing anymore? Recently started taking some college classes and that allowed me to buy SU with the student discount. HUGE difference in price. My problem is that I can’t justify the amount of money required to buy SU at MSRP. I know there are free option…

[image] Zvonko: Does Trimble ONLY do subscription-based licensing anymore? Yes. Permanent licenses are no longer available.

[image] Anssi: Yes. Permanent licenses are no longer available. GRRR! At least if they let you continue using it after subscription ends but with no upgrade path. Making you pay every year is … well can’t be NSFW here!

[image] trampy: As a precaution, now make copies of your files in version 2017 to be able to switch to SketchUp Make. Are there ways to create “macros” in SU? I could create something that would do a normal save and then also create a 2017 copy with the same name and append “_2017bkup” to it. …

As you are on Windows you could use this extension in SketchUp Make 2017, to open more recent files: https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/39811dd4-8f44-4aed-bd20-c83f196c55b1/eneroth-open-newer-version

And going in the reverse direction there’s a plug-in that speeds up saving back to an earlier version - jf_save_as_menus.rb. You can do it natively, but it takes several more clicks. It adds a menu JF Save As to the File menu, with a sub-menu of all earlier versions to choose from. You can add a …

[image] john_mcclenahan: And going in the reverse direction there’s a plug-in that speeds up saving back to an earlier version - jf_save_as_menus.rb. Thanks for the tip. A couple of follow up questions: Is plug-in same as extension? If not, where would I search for plug-ins? I searched the …

[image] Zvonko: Is plug-in same as extension? If not, where would I search for plug-ins? It is same. [image] Zvonko: I searched the Extension Warehouse You should search in the forum :wink: Changing Default Save File - SketchUp - SketchUp Community (Copy the file to your c:\Users\y…

[image] Zvonko: Is plug-in same as extension? The terms are often used interchangeably, but while all extensions are plugins, not all plugins are extensions - usually, older ones. An extension has a particular form. In a slightly simplified description it consists of a single .rb file, (usua…

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense

Jim Foltz’s code is a single .rb file, so a plug-in but not an extension. Forgot to mention that an extension’s code is compressed into a single zip file, then the file extension (.zip) is changed to .rbz, in which form it can be installed from the SU Extension Manager in versions of SU since about…

The “plugin” is just an old name of the “extension”. Regardless if it is distributed as single .rb file or packaged into .rbz. These are working the same manner, just some of it will not fit to the current “rules” of how to make a proper extension… :wink:

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dezmo January 21, 2022, 10:00am 9

It is same.

You should search in the forum

Changing Default Save File - SketchUp - SketchUp Community

(Copy the file to your
c:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2021\SketchUp\Plugins\
folder and restart SU)

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