Helix 2 - Installer & Compatibility for SketchUp 2022

[chrisd]

@Ben

Will there be an installer for SketchUp 2022? The current msi installer on the forum installs onto SU 2021 only.

If the Helix 2 plugin files are manually transferred from 2021 to 2022, can we expect the extension to work properly?

[Ben]

Copying the files to SketchUp 2022 works. @mark looked over the SketchUp 2022 API changes and they don’t affect Helix.

We’ve added support in the installer for SketchUp 2022 to our backlog.

[Ben]

Release 2.2.5 installs for both SketchUp 2021 and 2022!!

Helix - Release 2.2.5

[Helix Release 2.2.5 Graphic gray] Download new version here: Helix Installer Features Support for Floors! Support for Ceilings (Revit 2022)! Support for simple sloped Roofs Levels - Users can now bring their Revit levels over to SketchUp and have elements host to the corresponding Revit levels when generated in Revit Support for SketchUp 2022! Helix now provides “Starter Families” which allow a user to get straight into SketchUp to Revit without needing …

[timk]

@chrisd

les are manually transferred from 2021 to 2022, can we expect the extension to work properly?

i only have 2019…I am guessing I cant use Helix then?

[Ben]

@timk Welcome to the forums!! Thanks for the feedback regarding SketchUp 2019 support.

I just ran a quick test by manually copying the el_helix.rb file to the SketchUp 2019 plugins folder. It is not as straightforward as I would have liked. It does seem like there are some different API calls that we utilize that are not available in 2019. These might be minimal, but we need to further investigate.

I was able to map by layer using the unmapped visibility toggle, and running Helix right after SketchUp 2019 startup:

However, here are the known issues from my test:

• material display in the helix browser is not correct
• layer and material selection is not displayed
• selecting elements can slow downs unexpected, when the hub service is down
• can crash the hub service