Trimble SketchUp Make 2013 (née Google Sketchup)

[Arthur]

The MSI can be extracted using 7-Zip or by looking in your %temp% folder after launching the installer.

 

Website / Download: www.sketchup.com/download/all

 

License

If you are a qualified instructor at an educational institution, or you are an enrolled student at an educational institution and use the Software in your classwork, you may use the Software for classroom teaching purposes, and classwork purposes. This includes installation and use of the Software in teaching labs at an educational institution, provided that use of the Software is by enrolled students who are engaged in classroom learning activities at the educational institution. However, if you are an employee of an educational institution and your job responsibilities are not those of a qualified instructor, you must purchase a SketchUp Pro license. For example, but not as a limitation, if you are employed as a member of the professional staff of an educational institution such as the facilities management team, you are considered to be engaged in for-profit activity and you must purchase a SketchUp Pro license.

 

Government agencies are considered to be commercial users and must purchase a SketchUp Pro license. (Source)

 

Edit. 10th October 2017. Please see post #89 for the license MSIs. Use these instead of the MSTs.

 

www.edugeek.net/forums/downloads/113711-trimble-sketchup-make-2013-nee-google-sketchup-4.html#post1617111

 

http://i.imgur.com/WK6dhV7.png

Edited October 11, 2017 by Arthur

[Sean]

Our ICT department wants to stick with the old V8 because of the forced 8hr trial of the Pro version, do you know of anything you can do to the MSI with Orca or a reg hack to turn it off/expired?

Cheers

[JSchlackman]

Our ICT department wants to stick with the old V8 because of the forced 8hr trial of the Pro version, do you know of anything you can do to the MSI with Orca or a reg hack to turn it off/expired?

Cheers

 

There's no way to do that at present. I raised this with the SketchUp team in May and followed it up again today; as per their advice, I have posted a feature request in their forums here:

 

Google Product Forums › SketchUp › Please provide a SketchUp Make installer that does NOT include the Pro trial

 

Anyone who would like to add their 2p and/or support to this would be welcome to comment.

[Sean]

Ah OK then, thanks for the reply

So it IS still a Google product then? Are these 'Trimble' people owned by Google then?

[JSchlackman]

It's not a Google product any more, but they are still working closely with Google due to the integration with Google Earth.

 

There has been a reply on my request this afternoon with a link explaining how to cause the licence to expire immediately, but you'd have to do it on every machine individually:

 

I ran SketchUp once, let it start the trial, closed it and then set my system clock back a month. While it was set back, I ran sketchup again, and it told me that the license was expired (It must think if you mess up the time like that, that you're trying to get around the timer.)

 

After agreeing to the free license terms, I set the clock back to today and now I can run it no problem, without the pro trial.

[Arthur]

do you know of anything you can do to the MSI

Try the attached files. I installed the latest version of the SketchUp MSI (v13.0.4124) using that MST and license file and when I launch the program for the first time the licensing status shows as non-commercial.

 

http://i.imgur.com/0vshoPZ.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/1Ep1fX8.png

 

Extract SketchUp2013.mst and SketchUp13.lf to the same folder as the MSI and when you run the installer with the transform file it should copy the license to the correct location automatically (%ProgramData%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013).

SketchUp2013.zip

[JSchlackman]

Sterling job, works perfectly. I tried something similar myself but never quite managed it. Thanks!

[Harry_Greatorex]

Hi guys, ive tried this installation method, and one from the sketch up site, but when i add the license file to the program, it says invalid. Can anyone give me a valid license file or tell me how to make one? Thanks, Harry.

[Arthur]

I have created a new MST for the latest version of SketchUp (v13.0.4812) - please use this instead of the one above in post #6. Does this work for you @Harry_Greatorex? It does for me.

 

To create the non-commercial license file, I installed SketchUp in a VM, ran the program once, set the date back several months, started the program again and then made a copy of the license file.

SketchUp Make 2013 (v13.0.4812).zip

[Arthur]

Attached is a new MST for the latest version of SketchUp Make 2014 (v14.0.4900).

 

 

The "License Info" dialog box should look like this...

 

SketchUp Make 2014 (v14.0.4900).zip

[Arthur]

SketchUp Make 2014 (v14.1.1282) was released today. The release notes are available here: www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/releases

 

The MST in post #10 still works for this version, although an updated MST is attached containing a very minor change.

 

SketchUp's default template can be set via one of the 'DefaultTemplate14' registry values below. I have only listed the metric templates.

 

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Simple Template - Meters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp01b - Simple.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Architectural Design - Millimeters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp02b - Arch.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Architectural Design - Meters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp02c - Arch.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Construction Documentation - Millimeters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp03b - AEC.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Construction Documentation - Meters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp03c - AEC.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Urban Planning - Meters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp04b - Urban.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Landscape Architecture - Meters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp05b - Landscape.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Woodworking - Millimeters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp06b - Woodworking.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]Interior and Production Design - Millimeters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp07b - Interiors.skp"

; [color="#FF0000"][b]3D Printing - Millimeters[/b][/color]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Preferences]
"DefaultTemplate14"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SketchUp\\SketchUp 2014\\Resources\\en-US\\Templates\\Temp08b - 3D Printing.skp"

SketchUp Make 2014 (v14.1.1282).zip

Edited June 4, 2014 by Arthur

[busby]

Thanks this will save me a bit of time.

[TechSupp]

Any one help, I download the Sketchup msi from the exe, downloaded the new mst from post #11, put them in the same folder and ran the msi manually to check its install and when I ran Sketchup it said I had no license and only 8hrs to go. What am I doing wrong? Had a version 13 that worked fine.

 

Edit:

Realise now the 8hrs is a trail! but how do I stop that. Have reset the clock, run it, accepted free version, run it again and its now the free version which is fine, so how do I stop it doing the free trial in the first place?

Edited July 10, 2014 by TechSupp

[Arthur]

I download the Sketchup msi from the exe, downloaded the new mst from post #11, put them in the same folder and ran the msi manually to check its install and when I ran Sketchup it said I had no license and only 8hrs to go. What am I doing wrong?

^ That's what you did wrong.

 

If you want to test it out, open an elevated Command Prompt, 'cd' to the folder where the MSI, MST and LF are, then run the command below. If SketchUp is already installed, uninstall it first.

 

msiexec /i SketchUp2014.msi TRANSFORMS=SketchUp2014.mst /qb!

 

 

Alternatively, copy-and-paste the following into Notepad, save it into the same folder as the MSI, name it SketchUp.cmd, then right-click the batch file and choose "Run as Administrator".

 

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set SCRIPTDIR=%~dp0
set SCRIPTDIR=%SCRIPTDIR:~0,-1%

msiexec /i "%SCRIPTDIR%\SketchUp2014.msi" TRANSFORMS="%SCRIPTDIR%\SketchUp2014.mst" /qb!

Edited July 10, 2014 by Arthur

[TechSupp]

Uninstalled it and reinstalled it using a cmd file I used to install 13 and it starts up without the pro trial. Now is this because the mst file is specified in the cmd line and if I just double clicked the msi it did not take any notice of the mst file? Next question is if I want to run this out using GPO do I have to specifiy the mst file anywhere in the GPO or do I just make sure its in the same folder as the msi?

 

Thanks Arthur, that's command looks familiar so it must have been your file I had a copy off! Had a look at the GPO, can I not just run the MSI via a GPO and specify the MST in the GPO software setting rather than using the cmd file (presume that would have to be done as a startup script?) Would the cmd file not try and install Sketchup every time it runs?

Sorry if the questions seem a bit on the basic side

Edited July 10, 2014 by TechSupp

[Arthur]

Now is this because the mst file is specified in the cmd line and if I just double clicked the msi it did not take any notice of the mst file?

Correct.

 

Next question is if I want to run this out using GPO do I have to specify the mst file anywhere in the GPO or do I just make sure it's in the same folder as the msi?

You need to add the MST under the Modifications tab after choosing "Advanced" as the deployment method.

 

 

Edited July 10, 2014 by Arthur

[DCUK6]

Cant seem to get it out of eval still for some reason.

 

Ran

msiexec /i SketchUp2014.msi TRANSFORMS=SketchUp2014.mst /qb!

[Arthur]

Can't seem to get it out of eval still for some reason.

How are you running msiexec (Command Prompt, batch file etc.)?

[atcoates]

Anyone looked at Sketchup Make 2015 yet? Seems to indicate the licence is done via the cloud but that was about as much as I could find.

[Arthur]

Anyone looked at Sketchup Make 2015 yet?

I had a quick look last week but didn't get very far.

 

When the SketchUp Pro trial ends I noticed the program modifies the contents of SketchUp.lic (%ProgramData%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015).

 

From

# DO NOT EDIT - Intentionally blank.

 

To

##NonCommercialUse

 

However it must be doing something else to convert the program into the Make edition since I tried replacing SketchUp.lic after it had been deployed to a computer and it still starts a 30 day trial of the Pro edition.

[atcoates]

Licensing in SketchUp Pro 2015

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:00 AM

 

Official SketchUp Blog: Licensing in SketchUp Pro 2015

[TechSupp]

Could you sum it up for me, its blocked here!

[Arthur]

Could you sum it up for me, its blocked here!

I've copied-and-pasted it below.

 

Licensing in SketchUp Pro 2015

We're very proud of the things we’ve added and changed in SketchUp 2015. One of the changes that I'm particularly happy about is a completely revised licensing system. Since when did licensing become exciting? Well, it isn’t. But the licensing system used for SketchUp Pro 2014 and older was very dusty, to say the least. It needed a facelift so that we could take advantage of modern technology and solve a number of long-standing issues. Now, let’s take a peek at what the new licensing can do...

 

• Cross-platform support. Microsoft Windows? Mac OS X? It doesn’t matter! Use the same license information on both platforms.
  
• 30-day Trial. The 8-hour trial that SketchUp used in the past was quite sophisticated but not very clear. We applied SketchUp-simplicity to this one: 30 days. Simple.
  
• Centralized Network License manager. For those of you who happen to manage a network license, the SketchUp Pro licensing server is hosted in the cloud. No more creating a shared folder on a server, setting specific permissions, generating a network license, and so on. We've taken care of that for you.
  
• “Checkout” support (network licenses). Need to work on a plane or show a model to client in a remote location? Now you can check out a network license seat for offline use. Just be sure to do it before you go offline, though.
  
• WAN support (network licenses). Network licenses of old were more like LAN Licenses, because they only worked across a LAN. Now, with the network license manager in the cloud, your users only need access to the Internet.
  
• Changing seat count without generating a new license (network licenses). So you found out that a 20-seat network license isn't enough and you need to add another five seats. Before, we would generate a new serial number and you would have to go out and update the license within SketchUp Pro. Now, we make the change for you on the server and you don't have to change a thing!
  

There’s one very important difference to note with regard to this new licensing technology: you'll need to have an active Internet connection to add a license and remove a license from your computer. Drop a line to your IT folks that SketchUp needs access to the Internet via ports 5053 and 50530 just in case your network whitelists those kinds of things.

 

You can add your single-user SketchUp Pro license to any two computers that you use. But you need to be the one using SketchUp Pro -- hence, single-user license. And only one computer can run SketchUp Pro at a time. If you need to install SketchUp on your third computer, you'll need to remove a license on one of the other computers first. To remove a license, open SketchUp then select Help > Welcome to SketchUp... > License> Remove License...

 

Lastly, if you see an error message while using the new license, check out this Knowledge Center article for some help resolving the problem. Or get in touch with us.

 

That’s it! The goal of licensing is to give you access to your favorite SketchUp Pro features then get the heck out of the way. If that’s your experience, then we've done our job and earned a slice of Trimble SketchUp cake:

Edited November 12, 2014 by Arthur

[Harry_Greatorex]

Any update on sketchup make 2015? Been asked to roll it out here...

[lmallet]

This is what I've been able to do:

 

-Download the latest installer for Sketchup Make 2015 (and not Pro, as it won't work with this). The location is not obvious from the front page. Download | SketchUp

-Modify the contents of SketchUp.lic (%ProgramData%\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015). The first line should be this:

 

##NonCommercialUse,NoTrial

 

And away you go.