Transfer SketchUp Models between Subscriptions/Accounts

Before you start, it is important that you understand this key principle regarding SketchUp subscriptions:

A few example scenarios when you might need to do this are:

• You have a new subscription and you want to transfer your SketchUp models from another subscription (using a different Trimble ID linked to a different email) 
• A business has multiple seats of SketchUp Pro and team members need to share files.
• Employee leaving a company and the drawings need to be passed to a replacement (new subscription user)

Option 1: 

The easiest way is to use Trimble Connect which is included in every SketchUp subscription. Even SketchUp for Web which is free, has access to Trimble Connect (basic) and saves models automatically to Trimble Connect. 

To learn how to use Trimble Connect within SketchUp to share, collaborate and transfer SketchUp files, please refer to the following articles:

Using Trimble Connect in SketchUp

Sharing a Model using SketchUp's Collaboration Bar

Option 2: 

Save your Sketchup files to a folder on your desktop and import the files after signing in to the new subscription. 

Method A — From the Welcome screen

1. Launch SketchUp
2. Click Open File
3. Choose My Device
4. Browse to your desktop folder
5. Select your .skp file → click Open

 

Method B — If SketchUp is already open

1. Go to File → Open
2. Browse to your desktop folder
3. Select the .skp file → click Open

✔️ Same result, just quicker when you're already working [help.sketchup.com]

 

Pro-tip:

• You don’t need to “import” a .skp file to open it
• Opening creates a new session with that model

Importing a file into an existing model

👉 Use this when you want to bring content into another model

Steps

1. Open your current SketchUp model
2. Go to File → Import
3. Select the file from your desktop
4. Choose file type (e.g. .skp, .dwg, .jpg)
5. Click Import

✔️ Imported files become components or geometry inside your model [help.sketchup.com]