Have custom folder location for my styles. Set in Sketchup Settings to correct location.
I have all my styles customized and saved to this folder and can visit it and see the saved collection.
I apply my styles for the most part at the viewport in Layout. As a result I keep a minimal list in “in model” collection in the Sketchup file.
When I go to Layout and I attempt to establish the style for that viewport, I can see the “in model” style and any saved collections that reside in the native Sketchup folder. I can not see my custom folder or its collections.
assuming that @PaulMcAlenan is correct about folder being in iCloud;
Have copy/pasted the folder with the styles in it back into the native Styles folder.
But now seeing that there is no obvious way for me to choose that location in Sketchup/Settings/Files (no way to set to default location either). And if I want to save a collection to the native folder from the Styles panel there is on way to navigate to it in Finder.
Is this an oversight?
For those curious: to find …Library/Application Support/Sketchup 2022/Sketchup/Styles, one has to press Option in the “Go” drop down menu when a finder window is open. “Library” is then revealed and one can navigate to the Styles Folder. I don’t know of another way to get there and all the windows to set the desired folder location do not seem to give access to the “Library” folder. Could be me for sure. Just don’t see how to fix this issue now.
I haven’t found an answer yet. LayOut doesn’t have a preference setting for saying where Styles are, otherwise you could have pointed that to your custom folder location.
@trent may have ideas, or could ask the LayOut team.
Keith,
This looks like the same issue I posted in the link below in Feb ‘21.
I too am on a MAC and tried setting a custom location for my styles. Unfortunately, per DaveR, Layout only looks in the default location for styles.
What a thing that is!! We have been given the ability to choose custom locations for our styles and other assets in Sketchup, but the companion software that Sketchup built called Layout, doesn’t read that location for Apple users.
While there are plenty of Mac issues worthy of jumping on a soapbox, it’s not clear to me from the replies if windows behaves differently. I have switched, only for styles, to using the default location for my custom styles. It works fine.
Dave, appreciate your wisdom. Agree now. But Im lost as to why the option is available at all. Why have it if it is unusable? That makes zero sense.
Curiously, now that Im ready to ditch the idea of using this provided capacity, I can’t reset Sketchup to the native folders. Any knowledge on how to do that on the Mac?
Not sure where they reside, either the privatepreferenses.json or the sharedpreferences.json, but one could rename it to old_….preferences.kson and restart SketchUp to have the standard preferences.json back and compare (lots of other settings you might wanna keep)
Sketchup should be closed when editing those files with a texteditor.
They should be in the ~/library/SketchUp/SketchUp 2023 folder.
In the Finder window, one can navigate to the native folder location and then move that to the left sidebar as a favorite. Then proceed to the Sketchup settings panel and find the location for the Styles folder. Setting the location for that will bring up a Finder window and the new favorite is the left side bar.
Hey Sketchup, would be great if there was a folder reset button for this. Also would be a great thing to have an alert at that location making sure the user knows that Layout for Mac will only see the native folder. A completely broken feature on Sketchup for Mac in my opinion.
