I name my groups of lights linked from Sketchup but the names disapear if I close down sketchup, re-open and link again
Hi there; I apologize for the inconvenience this issue has caused. I have tried to recreate the issue that you are experiencing, but unfortunately, I do not have the same results. I have resynced the link between SketchUp and D5 Render multiple times and grouped the Lights (from SketchUp), but it has not reverted to its default name.
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Are there some steps I missed?
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What is the version of your SketchUp Livesync?
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- Would it be possible to send your SketchUp File and D5 Render File for further testing? Rest assured, we will uphold your privacy to the highest standards. If it is possible, you may send it to support@d5techs.com and have it titled “Clov-Forum” then briefly describe the situation or just copy paste your statements here.
Hi there,
I also have the same issue and was wondering if this has been resolved by anyone. I am running D5 3.1 & Sketchup 2025 with the most up to date livesync.
To explain again, yesterday i had named all my lights that i had imported in sketchup within my D5 file. Multiple syncs and saves later nothing went wrong. But opening the file this morning (I havent synced the sketchup this morning, literally just opening the D5 file) the lighting has all reverted back to Spot #4, Strip #1, etc. Just while im thinking is this possibly a link back to the sketchup where i need to change the name of the light in sketchup to amend this? i havent been able to find where to do that yet, hopefully someone has had better luck.
Hi @aaron
As a best practice, we recommend renaming the light component instances directly in SketchUp, as this is the most reliable way to maintain their names in D5.
Please try it and let me know if it yields the same results.
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Hi @Clov,
Thankyou for your reply. I just did that and it worked for the individual lights. That appeared to break the link for the group name meaning I could then change the group name and it would remain even after opening, closing and resyncing a handful of times to test my thory. Thanks @Clov
I have attached some images below for context if anyone else has the same issue to see what changes what.
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