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  • A Offline
    ark
    last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 19:16

    Hurry Google!

    Just gave the free version a spin with old heavy model, and it's just much faster to update!

    It's a shame with the missing dwg/dxf import as I use it every time I start a project in sketchup, but now that Google takes this fine software seriously, I just might by the pro version πŸ˜„

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      fossa
      last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 19:32

      @unknownuser said:

      Hurry Google!

      Just gave the free version a spin with old heavy model, and it's just much faster to update!

      It's a shame with the missing dwg/dxf import as I use it every time I start a project in sketchup, but now that Google takes this fine software seriously, I just might by the pro version πŸ˜„

      Careful about that "taking it seriously" comment. IMO they have a long way to go before they even approach serious, when it comes to SU. Although this sure seems like a step in the right direction.

      Thank you SU team, let's keep things moving this way.

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        Gaieus
        last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:00

        Ehm...

        It seems that Google itself spilled out the beans a bit earlier than they were planning (good job IMO BTW - and I can still use some of nthese abbreviations more πŸ˜‰ )

        Has any of you looked seriously into our "hardware test " down in the Corner Bar?

        OK, here are my results with SU 7.0 (shadows on):

        SU70Shadow.png
        And here are the results with SU 7.1 (again, with shadows on)

        SU71Shadows.png
        4.1 per seconds against 63.1 frames per seconds should speak for itself.

        Performance improvement? I can consider it to be.

        Gai...

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        • D Offline
          dcauldwell
          last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:19

          Gaieus

          Amazing results - must update right away!
          Thanks Google.

          Sketchup 2017
          (vray 2.00)

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          • S Offline
            Stinkie
            last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:22

            Just tried the new release on my gf's iMac - there's a definite performance improvement. πŸ‘

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            • R Offline
              RonanR
              last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:24

              All my models just orbit and zoom so much better.
              For me the increase of performance alone makes this release a success...

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              Oh, and ditch incandescent light bulbs.]

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                dedmin
                last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:31

                @ronanr said:

                All my models just orbit and zoom so much better.
                For me the increase of performance alone makes this release a success...

                Agree 200%!!!! Sooo much smooth!!

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                • E Offline
                  ericschimel
                  last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:39

                  Don't forget dimensioning in LayOut! This is a HUGE feature for those of us that make construction drawings...

                  They really did a nice job with the dimension tool...

                  -Eric
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                  Custom Models

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                    drewpoeppel
                    last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:44

                    Here is the link to turn on dwg/dfx import for the free version of 7.1. Like they said "only for a limited time"
                    http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=161784

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                      jwlyon1
                      last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:47

                      Even though I have a pro license... I downloaded these just in case!!!

                      But otherwise, seems like a wonderful improvement.

                      Macbook Pro/ iMac
                      OSX 10.7.2 Sketchup 8
                      rogue-z is here!

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                      • B Offline
                        Bert
                        last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 20:54

                        I also noted that loading Scenes from Layout is much much faster

                        Salutations (Best regards) Bert

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                        • C Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 21:09

                          And to answer Drew's question from earlier, yes you can sort of install 7.0 and 7.1 separately. Well, you really make of copy of 7.0 before installing 7.1. I tried to write up how to do it here:

                          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22158&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

                          Chris

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                            paulside
                            last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 21:12

                            Dimensioning in Layout!
                            Its so much more useful now - thanks Google,
                            If you could now just give Layout: an offset line tool, a hatch pattern fill option and a parallel line tool (Maybe SketchUp 8 ?) I can ditch all my other CAD software.

                            It orbits so much more smoothly as well,

                            Thanks SketchUp Team πŸ‘

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                              matteo
                              last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 21:21

                              I've noticed that sketchup uses both cores of my processor when i change view (pan, zoom & rotate).
                              I'm running it on windows xp 32 bit sp3.

                              Does it explain all (or partially) that gain of speed, or was it the some before the 7.1 release?

                              /matteo

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                                Gaieus
                                last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 21:41

                                @matteo said:

                                I've noticed that sketchup uses both cores of my processor when i change view (pan, zoom & rotate).
                                I'm running it on windows xp 32 bit sp3.

                                Does it explain all (or partially) that gain of speed, or was it the some before the 7.1 release?

                                /matteo

                                Hm... Lucky you then - I don't think SU would (natively) make use of multicore yet.
                                But of course, I might be wrong. πŸ˜•

                                Gai...

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                                  Ecuadorian
                                  last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 22:10

                                  It seems Windows XP has the ability to distribute loads to both cores even if the program you're running isn't multi-threaded. I've seen this several times, especially in my Kerkythea animation tests. When I set it to use only one thread, it still used both cores, but it was an imbalanced load:
                                  http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=63700#63700

                                  But of course, it might be that they quietly mutithreaded SketchUp.

                                  -Miguel Lescano
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                                    solo
                                    last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 22:13

                                    I guess the Google guys looked here first at our concerns as the two longest gripe threads after version 7 was released was 1) performance and 2) the component back button, and as far as I can see they attended to those.

                                    I've stuck to SU6 pro until now, as now version 7 has grown up and a great reason to upgrade.

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

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                                      dale
                                      last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 22:33

                                      I always had some difficulties with SU7(PRO), nothing major, just glitches that never occurred in SU6, and even reverted back to 6 for some large models. So I thought there was nothing to lose and downloaded away.
                                      So far I like what I see. The performance on big gluttonous models is quite surprising. It will be interesting to see if the gremlins disappear.

                                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                        Aerilius
                                        last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 22:45

                                        Interesting: My both CPUs behave the same when I rotate and stop rotating my 300000 polygon model. Maybe someone knows how to get more info about cpu usage.

                                        I think the gain of speed is also due to the fact that during orbiting, SU turns off additional effects (inference engine, profiles, textures, shadows, bounding boxes instead of components...) as much as necessary for smooth orbiting.

                                        Great performance, but a bit disappointing is that I see the same bugs as before. Most suggestions for improvement in the Sketchup Group have been forgotten. I speak little easy-to-realize improvements, not about complex feature requests. Although for the first impression, there are not really features, we have to appreciate that they spent much time of this year for a completly new development of important parts of Sketchup:

                                        • 3d-pipeline in 3d-warehouse
                                        • new rendering engine of Sketchup
                                        • the new collada exporter which is better than both the versions of SU6 and SU7
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                                          Khai
                                          last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 23:28

                                          ok moving round a large model and monitoring both cores I am seeing distrubtion on both cores over 50% on each (more in the 75%-85% range on both at once!) it looks promising.....

                                          confirmed. just saw 85% on both cores at once from Sketchup.exe.

                                          (to be clear, on a normal SU 7 or non threaded app, I'll see 50% tops on both from Windows doing the sharing)

                                          edit it is uneven tho.... maybe I'm wrong shrug

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