The directives that are processed by the SketchUp writer are listed below. The suffixes shown are prefixed by the current <WriterKeyword> in a mapping file.
By default, the <WriterKeyword> for the SketchUp writer is SKP.
DATASET
The SketchUp writer processes the DATASET directive as described in Reader Directives. It does not use the IDs directive.
Workbench Parameter
Not applicable
MERGE_COPLANAR_FACES
If set to Yes, this directive instructs the writer to merge coplanar faces with shared edges into a single face.
If set to No (the default), coplanar faces will not be merged.
Required/Optional
Optional
Values
Yes | No (default)
Workbench Parameter
Merge Coplanar Faces
MOVE_TO_LOCAL_COORDSYS
If set to Yes (the default), this directive instructs the writer to reproject features into a local coordinate system. If any of the input features do not have an associated coordinate system, reprojection will be disabled.
If set to No, reprojection will not occur and all coordinates will be written as if they are in inches.
Values
Yes (default) | No
Required/Optional
Optional
Workbench Parameter
Move To Local Coordinate System
VERSION
If this writer directive is not present, the SketchUp Writer will write the SketchUp model as a version 2015 file.
If this writer directive is present, possible values are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2013, 2014, or 2015, each representing a version number. The SketchUp Writer will write the SketchUp model under the specified version.
Required/Optional
Optional
Workbench Parameter
SketchUp Version