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      chango70
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      Err.. Sorry for the silly question but, how do you open it?

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        juju
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        @chango70 said:

        Err.. Sorry for the silly question but, how do you open it?

        +1. Also tried by signing in with my Google login details. She don't work!

        Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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          ehaflett
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          +2, I got an 'Access Denied' error.

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            chango70
            last edited by

            Seriously! when I try to log in I just end up in googledocs? Whats happening?

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            • SketchUp Guide TommyS Offline
              SketchUp Guide Tommy
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              Hi Everyone,

              I'm sorry for the confusion. It looks like there's a bug with the gadget. I'm going to keep playing with the settings to see what's going on.

              Many thanks.

              UPDATE:

              Try going directly to the View mode for this spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pdV8e-LldOEpQw6k3-ovifg&hl=en

              Regards,
              SGT

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              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
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                I can see that spreadsheet just fine now.

                Chris

                Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                All my Plugins I've written

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                  plot-paris
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                  it works for me too! thanks Tommy.

                  but I can't really see, what is the most important factor that influences SU's performance...

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                    chango70
                    last edited by

                    I can't see a thing!?? If its just a spreadsheet can't you just upload it here? Surely it can't be that big.

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                    • SketchUp Guide TommyS Offline
                      SketchUp Guide Tommy
                      last edited by

                      Hey Chris,

                      I just wanted to say that it was awesome to meet you in person at Basecamp. Thanks for chiming-in on this thread 😄

                      Hi chango70,

                      Hmm. That's strange. Try clearing your browser's cache. I'd prefer to show the online version of the data because I have the data in a gadget that can be controlled with filters. Likewise, the gadget will be updated when new surveys are completed.

                      Hi Everyone,

                      As I mentioned earlier, I haven't had a chance to draw conclusions from the data myself. However, playing with the filters has revealed some interesting correlations. For example, the Radeon X1600 appears to be working well on MacBook Pros running Leopard. Feel free to poke around with the filters and see what comes up. This is all good feedback for when version 2 of the survey launches, which will be much more objective.

                      Enjoy!

                      Regards,
                      SGT

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                        chango70
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                        Thx I got it! Thumbs up for the hard work.

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                          bellwells
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                          The links get me to a "sign-in" page and when I log in, I get a blank google doc. How does one view the spreadsheet?

                          Ron

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                            Chris Fullmer
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                            I see that I am already logged in when I click on the link. So can you enable the always logged in mode or something? If you're logged in when you click the link, it should take you right to the spreadsheet. Or maybe log in, and then paste the link into your browser that you logged-in in. See if that works,

                            Chris

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                              bellwells
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                              Thanks, Chris. For some reason, it's working fine now.

                              Ron

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                                chango70
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                                After reading this forum I've decided to get the following rig for my Architecture Diploma:

                                Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550 (4 X 2.83GHz) 1333MHz/12MB (Overclocked to 3.6GHz)

                                Memory (RAM): 4 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x2GB)

                                Motherboard: ASUS® P5K WS: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, x16 VGA, 2 x PCI-E

                                OS: Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit Edition + SP1

                                HD: 300GB WD VelociRaptor® SATA 16MB CACHE (10,000rpm)

                                Graphics Card: 512MB QUADRO FX3700 PCI Express + 2 x DVI + Stereo Display

                                All for about £1500 from PCSpecialist

                                Hope it will be a killer.

                                What do you guys think?

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                                  remus
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                                  That does sound pretty killer chango, i can only dream of such machines 😄

                                  Only thing i would suggest is perhaps try to get some more memory, as if you plan on doing any renders (reasonably likely on an architecture course, i wouldve thought) they can really start to eat up the memory in larger sizes. Possibly worth getting a bigger HDD as well, youd be surprised how quickly you can use up 300gb.

                                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                    chango70
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                                    My past experices of using Vray to do renderings is that actually the Ram requirement isn't high, sort of hovering around 2GB utilisation while the 2 cores were working flat out. Is that because 2 core can only use 2 GB? Has anyone done really heavy textured renderings?

                                    Thanks for the suggestion Remus, Ram is so cheap these days I might as well get 8GB.

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                                      remus
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                                      I dont really know much about vray, although in indigo its certainly very easy to run out of memory on large renders.

                                      Either way having more RAM isnt going to hurt.

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        plot-paris
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                                        I experienced, that the ram is especially necessary, when doing renderings with high resolution.

                                        I processed a scene recently, which contained more than one billion polygons. the ram used by indigo was mere 70 MB, because my resolution was only 800 x 600.

                                        when I tried to render the same scene with a proper resolution, my computer ran out of memory...

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                                          kwistenbiebel
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                                          As for using render engines in a SU combo, RAM plays a very important role.
                                          Luckily, Skindigo launches Indigo as a separate process from SU, which enables the possibility to use more than 3.5 GB of RAM (if you run a 64bit OS).Same goes for Maxwell.

                                          Some of the other render engines however (Podium, Vray, etc..) share the same process as Sketchup.
                                          And since Sketchup is 'Not Large Adress Aware' and does not support 64 bit (a limit of 3.5 Gb Ram)or multi cores,it's easy to run short of RAM. It doesn't matter if your PC has 8 Gb or even 16 Gb. Every Gb over the 3.5 Gb limit will not be used. (actually the limit is even smaller, as the operating system claims a large chunck from that 3.5 Gb for hardware reasons)

                                          Sketchup actually handicaps render engines like Vray...A pitty, really. 😢

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                                            dsarchs
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                                            Kwistenbiebel --

                                            I've been looking into 64-bit architecture lately to see if it's worth it or not.
                                            Are you saying that if you are using 64-bit OS emulating a 32-bit software application [SU] that even though you are limited to ~3.5 GB RAM that this is only for each program?
                                            For example, each active program could use up to ~3.5 GB RAM? If so this would make it useful to have very large amounts of RAM [for multi-tasking] even if the software individually does not support more.

                                            Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

                                            -e.e.cummings

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