larrymac Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I've been having an issue for a long time with Sketchup's Layout program using the same file extension as Chief's layout files, namely .layout It's annoying to see the file icons default to Chief's layout icon and remembering to use "open with" command all the time is tiresome. It's not a huge problem but would be nice to find an easy fix. Anyone find a reasonably elegant solution to this? I'm on a mac so not sure if same problem exists in Windows world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Larry: no solution - I doubt if either CA or Trimble will change the extension name I have long advocated that CA add the version id to the extension names such as .planX8 and .layoutX8 this is why I prefer using "Open with" as I usually have the current plus two prior versions of Chief installed this came from the days when many of our clients were fellow Chiefers once I get ver 8 installed it will be the only version installed - since I am retired still using X6, installed but never bothered with X7 Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrymac Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 It's surprising that two software packages that are likely to coexist on a significant percentage of users machines would share the same file extension. Oh well, it's not a huge problem so I will try not to lose any more sleep over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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