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    • soloS Offline
      solo
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      Seen this?

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      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Thanks!
        (I'll continue in that thread. πŸ˜‰ )

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          solo
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          I did a performance video of the partial model, it's 126MB, has 1.8 million faces and double edges.

          Even with shadows on it was smooth, this does not orbit well on any other machine I tried, and not at all with shadows on.

          [flash=600,355:2xd6zd10]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/XlW0fYb7dZQ[/flash:2xd6zd10]

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            That's impressive. Didn't see it degrade to wireframe at all.

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
              last edited by

              I did a fast and dirty 8 second animation in Vue, just added two cars and an atmosphere, put extra motion blur for drunk effect. rendered in 26 minutes.

              [flash=640,400:2xa87muf]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/Mng2dgFxzIs[/flash:2xa87muf]

              http://www.solos-art.com

              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              • Chris FullmerC Offline
                Chris Fullmer
                last edited by

                Thats really impressive Solo!

                I still feel like I'm missing something about Vue. Hopefully I'll figure it out in time, I'd really like to use that software.

                Chris

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

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Animation in Vue? Another reason for me to check out that application.

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    solo
                    last edited by

                    This is the Vue 7 presentation video, all done with Vue animation, wind, sun movement, poser animation, avi alpha planes, solid growth plants, planets, atmospheres etc.

                    [flash=560,340:9g1mhfam]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/48LAOpVTVdY[/flash:9g1mhfam]

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      lucifer1101
                      last edited by

                      oo i may have to upgrade to vue 7 from vue 5.

                      I had never thaught of using that with sketchup cool idea....

                      Some of my 3d

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                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        I just tried the candle light test Solo did. Replicating his moves. I looked to get similar behaviour. Upon the beginning of an orbit there was a small lag, but thereafter it was smooth.

                        ASUS P5Q-E
                        Intel Q9450 2.66GHz Overclocked to 3.3GHz
                        8GB 800MHz RAM
                        Geforce 8800GT 512MB - 4X AA
                        Windows7 RC 64bit
                        Sketchup7
                        22" Monitor 1680x1050 (Primary which SU runs maximized on)
                        17" Monior 1280x1024

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Crud! Something went wrong when I made the computer go to Sleep. I refused to reboot until I reset the CMOS. Then my OC settings where lost. Fortunaly, the guy who helped me OC saved the settings which I then could load. Unfortunately, it was saved when it was set to 3.2GHz, and not when we pushed it up to 3.3GHz... 😞 meh!

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            Sir
                            last edited by

                            I just had a new computor built for me so i could get a project done in time... did it, but had to take the tower home for some weekend work!

                            Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3

                                  Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz with HT tech
                                     Memory: 2046MB DDR3 corsair RAM
                                Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512.0 MB
                            

                            gotta say it works like a dream for SKP, but other things that can actually use multi procs are a bit slower... AutoCAD 2010 im looking at you you pice of RAM hoggin VM sucking piece of c***

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                              Wazzer
                              last edited by

                              Hi Guys My search for a new company laptop continues

                              I would like your opinion on this note book for use with Sketchup and AutoCAD.

                              Its a Lenovo W500
                              Intel Core 2Duo T9400
                              4GB Ram DDR3 1066Mhz
                              ATI mobility FireGL V5700 512mb
                              200gb Hard drive at 7200rpm

                              I use it primarily for Designing Mechanical components with AutoCAD and Sketchup.

                              Cheers

                              Ben

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                              • R Offline
                                remus
                                last edited by

                                Looks good, although you might want to try and find out how well the graphics card will work with SU.

                                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                  Anssi
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                                  It seems that if you must have a 15-inch Lenovo workstation, you are stuck with the FireGL - all the models with QuadroFX seem to be with 17-inch screens. You should definitely test it.

                                  Anssi

                                  securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                                    Wazzer
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the reply guys

                                    The problem is that the Lenovo notebooks with QuadroFX and 17inch screens are Massivly more expensive than the 15 inch notebooks. I mean they are about 4 times the price!!!
                                    They tell me we just dont have the budget for one.

                                    I am also concernd that the FireGL graphics card wont play nicely with sketchup

                                    Does anyone have any experience of these cards with SketchUp?

                                    I wont have access to one to run any tests on it until we order it and recieve it. This is obviously far too late if its no good.

                                    The problem is I am being pushed into making a decsion very soon and i cant afford to make a mistake.

                                    Cheers All

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                                      remus
                                      last edited by

                                      The only info i can find on it is the following:

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      FireGL v3100 - 128MB; Windows XP sp3
                                      Problems selecting and painting.
                                      Shadows display incorrectly.
                                      OpenGL version 6.14.10.7660
                                      2D driver version 6.14.10.6822

                                      Not looking good so far 😞

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                      • W Offline
                                        Wazzer
                                        last edited by

                                        OK i think we may have a winner

                                        I have resigned to the fact that i will not find a suitable Notebook with the performance i want within the budget the company has set so i have relented adn decided on a Desk Top
                                        Please can you check out the specs of the following PC and let me know what you think, I quite like it.

                                        Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
                                        Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
                                        System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
                                        Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
                                        Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

                                        Cheers guys

                                        Ben

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                                        • AnssiA Offline
                                          Anssi
                                          last edited by

                                          @wazzer said:

                                          Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
                                          Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
                                          System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
                                          Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
                                          Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

                                          Last week I tested a desktop with a four-core Xeon with a clockspeed of 2.53 GHz and the same video card that you are contemplating. IMO SU worked OK with it. Comparing to a 3.6 GHz P IV with a QFX 1300 card it was somewhat faster but not stratospherically. So you should be OK. Frankly, as things now stand, it is about the fastest system for SU that money can buy at the moment. The graphics card is not the most expensive one but I am not convinced that it should be.

                                          Anssi

                                          securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                                          • C Offline
                                            chango70
                                            last edited by

                                            If you are only using SU then I strongly recommend against Quadro FX cards. The performance gain from optimzed openGL is marginal at best which doesn't justify the price difference. I have tested both Quadro FX 3700 and Geforce 9800 GT on my system (They are roughly equivalent hardware wise) and there is no difference in SU performance, however, Quadro is 6x the price. Don't fall for it. Quadro does play nicely with Rhino though thats why I stuck with it.

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