You can change your password as often as you like. Or just to be safe, you can follow the Create Trimble password flow. What if I’m not sure whether I have a Trimble password or not?
If you ever want to use sign in directly with your email address you need to set up your Trimble password by going through the reset password process. When you create a Trimble account by signing in with Google, you won’t have a Trimble password for your account yet. Why do I have to create a Trimble password? Your username for your Trimble account will be your Google email address. Once your identity is verified, Trimble creates an account for you in our systems. Signing in with Google is only a way for you to verify your identity. Do I have a Trimble account if I use Sign in with Google? Version 2019.3 and future versions will support Sign in with Google. Which versions of Sketchup support Sign in with Google?
However, if you have a cracked or pirated version of SketchUp you could be at risk for hackers stealing your sign-in credentials. No, Trimble Identity is as secure as we can make it. Does this mean that Trimble ID is less secure than Google? As a result, we did a bunch of work to SketchUp 2019.3 to support the new sign-in methodology inside your computer’s default web browser. The way to prevent that is to handle all sign-ins inside an application like a web browser which can be verified as secure. The problem is that hackers can build applications with CEF which can steal user’s data.
CEF allows software providers to build awesome UIs. Sketchup’s sign-in UI is built on “Chromium Embedded Framework” or “CEF” for short. Google is improving their ability to protect your account data. Using your Google Sign-In with Trimble ID Why did Google stop supporting sign in from old versions of SketchUp? That doesn’t sound very Googly. Technical details and context are helpful! Also, please let us know what browser you are using, as well as what kind of device you’re signing in on, whether mobile or a computer.
If you can remember, please tell us the steps you took to get to what you are seeing. Please send your details (but not passwords, please) and screenshots, if possible, in a help ticket to our Customer Service Department. Nothing is working, and I’m stuck in an endless loop of trying to activate the Trimble ID.