Sketchup Quits Responding?

solo

Upload it here: http://www.rapidshare.com/

then share the download link in thread.

Ric2L

Now that works, I should have thought of this myself.

Here you go:
http://rapidshare.com/files/215169821/Front_Fan_Grill.skp.html

Chris Fullmer

Yeah, unfortunately that is just too high poly count. The only thing you can do is to make it into a componnent and then move the component onto another layer that you keep turned off except when your exporting images or videos or something.

Otherwise you could remodel it with the circles having fewer line segments. Its so small of a part that it won't be that noticeable. Or you replace it with a an image that looks like it. I don't like that option presonally, but it might work out well in this instance.

Chris

thomthom

Yup. That mesh has 42K faces. Each circle of 1mm has 24 sides.
AT what scale are you working? Will you ever be close up to the mesh? Macro style views? If not, you can get away with 6-8 sides for the circles. Or even just a texture.

You will experience faster viewport if you turn of Profiles under the Edge section in the Styles window. Edge effects can slow down a model as much as shadows.

Ric2L

@thomthom said:

Yup. That mesh has 42K faces. Each circle of 1mm has 24 sides.
AT what scale are you working? Will you ever be close up to the mesh? Macro style views? If not, you can get away with 6-8 sides for the circles. Or even just a texture.

You will experience faster viewport if you turn of Profiles under the Edge section in the Styles window. Edge effects can slow down a model as much as shadows.

Scale is 1 to 1, won't really be close up, just want to be able to see through it.

Is there a way to change the circle tool to only draw at 6 ot 8 sides? or would I have to draw them by hand. changing the sides would definatly work if there is an option that I don't know about that changes the number of sides.

thomthom

You can change the number of edges and arches before your extrude them by using the Entity Into window.

You can also set the number of sides when you draw circles and arches. Type "8s" in the VCB to make 8 sides, etc etc.

Ric2L

@thomthom said:

You can change the number of edges and arches before your extrude them by using the Entity Into window.

You can also set the number of sides when you draw circles and arches. Type "8s" in the VCB to make 8 sides, etc etc.

I did'nt realize that, thank you. I'll give it a whirl.

Thanks for all you guys' help