SketchUp: Settings Tool (Including How to Update our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp)
- Settings Tool Overview
- SketchUp Library Location
- Support ID
- Updating the Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp
- Troubleshooting
- Related Videos
The Settings tool allows you to update our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp and change the location of your SketchUp library folder.
Settings Tool Overview
Open the Settings tool:
LandFX toolbar, Settings button
Land-FX menu, Settings option
The Land F/X Settings dialog box will open.
1. Library Location: Any components and materials from our database that appear in your SketchUp models will be stored in a library folder. The Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp requires you to designate a location for this folder.
For your SketchUp library to function properly with the software, you'll need to follow some specific parameters in setting it. See SketchUp Library Location below for more information. How to update your Planting F/X Plugin version
2. Support ID: This field displays your password for our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp. See Support ID below for information and instructions.
3. Version: This field displays the version of our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp you're currently running. If you're running the current version, you'll see the message The plugin is up to date below this field.
SketchUp Library Location
Your SketchUp library is the folder that contains components and materials from our database that appear in your SketchUp models. You'll be required to designate this folder when you download our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp. The Library Location field shows the current location of this folder.
If you want, you can change the folder location by selecting a new folder. Click Browse..., navigate to folder you want to set as your library folder, then click Save.
You can set an existing folder on your hard drive, or on your firm's network, as your library folder. You can also create a new folder for this purpose.
A correct library path should:
Begin with a letter drive and end in a folder named Library – example: C:/Users/Documents/SketchUp/Library or L:/LandFX/SketchUp/Library
Reference a folder that:
- Has Read/Write permissions, and
- Does not contain any files that are not related to our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp
Support ID
The Support ID field displays your password for our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp.
If you've just installed our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp, type your Support ID in the specified field. Then click Validate.
Did the validation dialog box pop up blank when you clicked Validate, and you're unable to validate your Support ID? If so, here's what to do.
Important: Unless you're initially setting up your Support ID upon installing the lougin, don't change the text in this field unless required by your network administrator.
Updating the Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp
The Version field displays the version of our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp you're running. If you're running the current version, you'll see the message The plugin is up to date below this field.
If your version of the plugin is not up to date, you'll see an Update button next to the current version number, along with a message showing which version is available.
Click Update to update your plugin. (See Updating the Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp below.)
If you choose not to update SketchUp, you'll see a message that A new version of the Land F/X extension is available the next time you open SketchUp.
To update your version of the plugin, open the Settings tool and click Update.
You'll see a message asking you to verify that you trust the author of the extension.
To continue with the update, click Yes.
You'll see a message to Please restart SketchUp to load the update.
The update will take effect the next time you restart SketchUp.
Related Videos
Troubleshooting
SketchUp: Basic troubleshooting (adding, placing, importing plants)
Issue: Our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp freezes or becomes unresponsive
Issue: Clicking one of the Land F/X tool buttons in SketchUp does nothing
Contact
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