Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Perhaps it will help to consider the SketchUp file format (.skp) and the OpenStudio file (.osm) as containing the objects required to managing two completely separate object models. Aside from some links and pointers described above, they are independent files.
SketchUp related model objects (lines, circles, dimensions, views, etc.) will be saved in the .skp file when one saves using the SketchUp -> File -> "Save" command
OpenStudio related model objects (OpenStudio surfaces, subsurfaces, construction definitions, material definituions. schedules, etc.) will be saves to the .osm file when one saves the Plugins->OpenStudio -> File -> "Save OpenStudio Model" command.
