I am struggling to import my materials collections to SU 2018 Mac version. In 2017 I just dragged the files into Materials in Finder, but it does not seem to work in SU 2018. I can’t seem to import anything through the Materials / Color browser in a SU window. Can anyone point me in the right direc…

you won’t see them in SU until you restart it… but they certainly look like they are in the right place… john

Hi I must confess it looks like you’ve got them in there. I managed to copy and paste mine across to exactly the location you have shown, so I’m not entirely sure what is happening. When you try and paste them in, what happens? Do you get a message stating it’s not possible? Mike

Bingo- The restart did the trick. I had been closing the window and reopening a new document, but not restarting SU. I have been thrashing on this all afternoon, and am feeling a bit stupid. Thanks for the solution.

Hi. Hope you don’t mind me butting in here. I am not new to SU but am new to Mac - and I am unable to find the folder in which to place the .skm files. There is simply nothing in the SketchUp folder apart from 1 plug in. Any ideas how to find this.

[image] splatcreativeau: There is simply nothing in the SketchUp folder apart from 1 plug in you must be looking in the wrong folder… ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp is the one you need… if materials isn’t there, you can use Finder >> Add Folder john

One handy Mac feature is that you can select a file path, right-click, and from the Services menu you can select Show in Finder. If you do that with the path below, you should be able to go straight to the right place: ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp/

Thanks, appreciate the help. That is definitely where I am looking. So you are saying, just add a materials folder? I can do that, but where are all of the standard textures (I have used the search facility adding every term I can think of - including what you suggest - and find nothing related.)

[image] splatcreativeau: all of the standard textures are in the Application and should remain there… user materials need to be in the User folder… john

Success - thanks again! Very much appreciated. Now I can get on with my work. I must comment though, how the combination of how Apple likes to hide things in obscure places, and the lack of information from Trimble, on such - I would consider - very important issues is incredibly time wasting and f…

Both Apple and Microsoft have hidden user directories the SketchUp utilizes for content that most users don’t normally need direct access to. Files such as materials, extensions, and styles are normally added through other means than using Finder or File Explorer. If you’d spent as many hours as ma…

Trouble importing Materials in SU 2018 on Mac

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gary_brian December 7, 2017, 1:30am 6

A Mac Mystery: Open a Finder window, then hit GO in the menu bar and the Option key. A folder called “Library” will appear. Select Library, then follow this path:

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