Fred,

You could of course read this message ... and have the faith that the advice given here actually works.

One suggestion: before you publish your message, use the Preview button to read your text and check your links. The link you provide doesn't work, and -when corrected- redirects to a Wikipedia page that doesn't relate to this discussion, as far as I can see.

EDIT
Here is the correct link to a page that translates Sketchup files to other formats.

Hans