Licensed SU Podium V2.6 users

All Podium Browser 2022 content is included with the SU Podium V2.6 licensed version. To access your Podium Browser content, simply activate SU Podium V2.6 and then open Podium Browser.

Go to Extensions > SU Podium V2.6 > License to open the Podium license manager

 Stand Alone Podium Browser 2022 SketchUp extension

The stand alone Podium Browser 2022 is a SketchUp extension for customers that do not have SU Podium V2.6. It requires a purchase and with the purchase a license key, that is very different from the SU Podium V2.6 license key, is emailed to you.

If you are updating your Podium Browser 2020 to Podium Browser 2022, you will need to first deactivate your license on Podium Browser 2020 and then activate it again.

After installing Podium Browser 2022 stand alone, open Podium Browser

1. Click the box icon to open Podium Browser, then click the gear icon next to the home button.
2. Click Activate License in the license manager.
   
3. Copy your Podium Browser licene key into the field. Do not type any spaces before or after. License is case sensitive.

4. Click Activate license and then close the license manager.
5. The gear icon should turn yellow after you have successfuly activated your license.

6. Select Function key F5 or right click on the browser and select Reload. You must reload Podium Browser and then you will see that the arrow keys for each thumbnail have turned from grey to black.

 SketchUp Mac and Windows users, please quit SketchUp after activating license:

The Podium Browser 2022 license is saved to your local privatepreferences.json file on your computer. This is true for both Windows and Mac. This is a SketchUp file that saves your preference information. After you activate your Podium Browser license, you must quit SketchUp so that the Podium Browser license will be saved permanently.

It's often not clear if you have quit SketchUp or not. Make sure you use the Quit SketchUp menu item from the SketchUp drop down menu or ⌘Q. YOU MUST QUIT SKETCHUP for the Podium Browser license to be saved permanently. If you do not, you risk running out of activations.

 Web Version of Podium Browser (outside of SketchUp)

The web version of Podium Browser works outside of SketchUp. It was created for customers who are experiencing a SketchUp bug that does not allow internet access from inside SketchUp. The web version can be activated by both a stand alone Podium Browser 2020/ 2022 license or a SU Podium V2.6 license.

Open the web version from any browser. https://v4.pdm-plants-textures.com/index.html

1. At the top of the web page, click the gear icon next to the home button.
2. Click Activate License in the license manager.
   
3. Copy your either your SU Podium V2.6 license or stand alone Podium Browser licene key into the field. Do not type any spaces before or after. License is case sensitive.

4. Click Activate license and then close the license manager.
5. The gear icon should turn yellow after you have successfuly activated your license.

6. Select Function key F5 or right click on the browser and select Reload.

After license activation, the web version of Poidum Browser is ready to be used.

This is a web site that works outside of SketchUp, so after you activate your license, and reload (use the F5 key)the web page, click on a thumbnail and the selected .skp file will be downloaded to the folder you have designated as your download folder in your browser's settings.

Then go to that download folder and drag the .skp file into SketchUp. It is a two step process to get the content into SketchUp but it is a work around to the mysterious "internet connection" problem that some customers are having with Podium Browser 2020 inside SketchUp.