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Note that you usually have to close and restart SketchUp once you install a new extension for them to work. I spent the majority of my time with Sketchup 8 and only recently installed SketchUp 2015 and it looks like they've installed a new extension manager. But it looks like they're generally interacted with in the same way. SketchUp 2015: Bend Text with the Shape Bender Plugin Posted on January 25, 2015 by lcline Bend 3D text around an arc with the CLF Shape Bender extension (plugin).
Any time there is a new major release of SketchUp, a rush of fear and panic overcomes you at the thought of having to reinstall plugins, reconfigure settings, and just get everything up to speed on the new version without missing a beat. In this article, I’ll show you how to to make upgrading painless.
UPDATE: 11/18/15 – This article was originally written for the 2015 upgrade. I’ve gone through and updated it to reflect the process for upgrading to 2016.
One important thing to note about upgrading to a new version of SketchUp, is that you can install it along side of any existing installations of SketchUp you may have. This allows you to test drive the new version, and get all your settings configured at your leisure, but still go back to your previous version to continue working if you’ve got projects that you’re currently working on.
SketchUp 2015 and SketchUp 2016 can be installed at the same time on your computer.
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Some preferences, such as custom keyboard shortcuts and custom file locations will be transferred to 2016 automatically.
Migrating to a new version
This is a long article, so I’ve broken it down into sections. For most people, you’ll want to know how to migrate your plugins. If you haven’t done any customizing of materials, components, styles, templates, or scrapbooks, that’s all you need to do. The installation will take care of installing the default libraries, and you’ll be good to go.
But, if you have custom files you need to migrate over, you’ll want to check out the other sections as well.
Again, if you haven’t customized any of these items, you don’t have to do a thing. The new version of SketchUp will automatically install its own set of defaults and you can move on. But if you expect that you’ll one day want to customize or add materials, components, styles, etc on your computer, keep reading.
Note: When I start to get into the location of files, it’s specific to Windows. On a Mac, your files will be found in a different location. Macs are also different in how they handle materials.
Plugins
Why are plugins such a big fuss to migrate to a new version? Sometimes, old plugins are not compatible with newer versions of SketchUp. It’s up to the plugin author to keep their plugin up to date. Out of date plugins may cause problems with SketchUp or with other plugins you have installed, or the plugin just might not work. However, it is very common to see plugins that work fine with a new version of SketchUp, they just haven’t been “marked” as compatible by the plugin author yet. Unfortunately, you’ll have to decide for yourself if you want to take the gamble, or wait until the plugin is “officially” supported.
Restoring Plugins using the Extension Warehouse
If you’ve installed plugins using the SketchUp Extension Warehouse, you can reinstall all of your plugins in a few clicks (as long as the plugins are “compatible” with 2016). One of the advantages of using the Extension Warehouse to manage your plugins, is that it will keep track of compatibility for you. If a plugin is not compatible with your new version, it will tell you. Unfortunately, there are a ton of plugins that aren’t marked as compatible for 2016 yet, even though they may work fine.
Once you’ve got the plugins installed, you’ll have to place the toolbars where you want them in your workspace, (If the plugins happen to include toolbars.)
Reinstalling plugins with Sketchucation Plugin Store/Manager
The other plugin management solution I recommend is the Sketchucation Plugin Store (Download Here). If you’re a power user of plugins, you’ll appreciate the additional features included in this free plugin. Here’s just a few reasons to download the Sketchucation plugin store.
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Manually Installing Plugins
Remember back in the day when you had to manually install plugins by putting them in the plugins folder? Well, those days are over! There are better ways to manage your plugins (see above), and installing plugins manually by copying and pasting and cause compatibility issues. You can read about it in this SketchUp help article.
Back to Top Materials, Components, Styles Collections
If you have any custom materials, components, or styles, you’ll need to locate the folders they are saved in, and either set them as favorites in your new version of SketchUp, or add them to the default Materials, components, or styles folder. The method is nearly identical for materials, components, and styles, so let’s just review how to migrate custom materials, and you can apply the same thing to components and styles.
How Materials are organized in SketchUp
By default, SketchUp installs with an assortment of materials, saved within one of the installation folders (I found mine in C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2016/Materials ) Whatever you see in this “Materials” folder, is what will appear first in the drop down menu when you open the Materials Window in SketchUp.
Each one of those selections in the drop down menu directly correlates to a folder on your system. When you click on the folder name, all the materials in that folder will appear in the Materials window. (If there are any additional folders inside, you’ll be able to click on those as well.)
While you can add or delete materials and folders inside the default SketchUp Material folder, SketchUp gives you the option to add other folder locations to the drop-down menu by creating favorites. A favorite folder can be located anywhere on your system, so that’s the advantage of using favorites. The disadvantage is that favorites show up on the bottom of the list, are sorted separately from the default material folders, and can be somewhat inconvenient to navigate to and edit.
To sum it up, you need to:
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If you’ve customized the default materials folder in previous versions of SketchUp, you need to go into the Sketchup installation folder to copy your custom materials.
You’ll have to do some hunting around to find them, but they are most likely in a folder similar to (C:Program FilesSketchUpSketchUp 2014Materials, or C:Program Files (x86)SketchUpSketchUp 2014Materials)
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If you’ve used material favorites in the past, but don’t remember where they are saved, just open the old version of SketchUp, go to Materials Window -> Details -> Remove from Favorites, and it will list all the file locations for your favorites. (Just note the location of these folders, and click cancel. )
Once you’ve located your old materials, you can copy and paste them into the new SketchUp 2016 materials folder(Found at C:Program FilesSketchUpSketchUp 2016Materials). You don’t need to overwrite duplicates, since they’re the same. (UPDATE 11/18/15: SketchUp actually added some new materials to SketchUp 2016, so you definitely don’t want to overwrite them) (Unless, of course, you’ve customized them) If your materials were located in a different folder and linked as a favorite, you just need to add it to SketchUp 2015 as a new favorite.
To add a folder to your favorites, do the following:
That folder will then be added to the bottom of the list in the drop-down menu. As you can see, this can sometimes be a pain, because now, in order to get to your favorites, you’ll need to scroll down every time you click the drop down menu.
If you find yourself rarely using some of the default materials, you might want to consider going into the default materials folder and reorganizing them in a way that fits your use. You may even prefer to just place materials directly into the SketchUp Materials folder, instead of using the “Add to Favorites” function.
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According to this SketchUp help article, if you have a Mac, you can’t change the default SketchUp materials. ?
Keyboard Shortcuts/Default folders
As you probably know, I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. This is one of the settings that will update to your new version automatically. But if you’re installing SketchUp on another computer and want to import your keyboard shortcuts from your other computer, follow these steps:
This will also import the Files settings found under System preferences as well.
Back to Top SketchUp Templates
To import custom templates from a previous version of SketchUp, you’ll have to locate the folder they are saved in, and copy & paste them into the SketchUp 2016 Templates folder.
SketchUp 2016 64-bit folder location C:Program FilesSketchUpSketchUp 2016Resourcesen-USTemplates
Back to Top LayOut Templates, Scrapbooks
To migrate custom LayOut templates and scrapbooks, you need to locate your existing custom templates, then, go into LayOut 2016 and add that folder location to the template folder preferences.
The best way to locate your folders is to open up your old version of LayOut, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Folders, and look at the locations of template and scrapbook folders.
Then, open up LayOut 2016, navigate to the same Folders preferences, and add your custom folders to the folder preferences by clicking the plus sign.
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It’s up to you to know whether or not you’ve ever added to or changed the default templates. If you haven’t, there’s no need to add the 2014 ones to the 2015 ones, since LayOut 2015 includes the identical templates by default.
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