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  • A Offline
    Anssi
    last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 18:25

    @agrazdi said:

    @Lastsoftware -- we need you back, urgent !!!

    Do you mean the free version should be discontinued? A free version was totally a Google innovation. Otherwise, yes, I liked @Last quite well.

    Anssi

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

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      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by 22 Sept 2009, 18:29

      In the blog statement they made a few weeks ago here:

      Link Preview Image
      Coming Soon in Google SketchUp...

      Follow the SketchUpdate blog for SketchUp news, modeling tips and tricks, user stories and more.

      favicon

      (sketchupdate.blogspot.com)

      They said this, towards the end (3rd to last paragraph)

      @unknownuser said:

      For those of you who depend on the importers we plan to remove, we'll be providing an optional download that enables them again. But remember! This installer will only be available for a limited time, and it will not be supported at all in our next major release.

      So they will support .dwg and .dxf for SketchUp FREE through the end of 7. But it will not be supported in SketchUp Free 8. It will continue to be supported in SketchUp Pro.

      Chris

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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        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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              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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                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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                  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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                      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
                      http://plugin.sketchthis.net
                      Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
                      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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                            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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                              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

                              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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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

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

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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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