SketchUp 7.1?

john.warburton · 23 Sept 2009, 08:06

Version 7.1 sounds worth the upgrade, and I did try to update my Pro on Vista this morning. But the update failed. I'll try again when I get back to my office this evening and post details of the error if it re-occurs, but has anyone else had problems with the upgrade?

Gaieus · 23 Sept 2009, 08:20

Did you try an automatic update from SU or a straight download of the exe file from the SU site first?

john.warburton · 23 Sept 2009, 08:46

@gaieus said:

Did you try an automatic update from SU or a straight download of the exe file from the SU site first?

I used the automatic update link, but this just downloaded the EXE any way. I used Run as Administrator on the downloaded file.

JuanV.Soler · 23 Sept 2009, 08:56

very nice update ¡
in both,
SketchUp and LayOut

did not even think about the possibility of this gift.

so, many thanks to whom corresponds

Gaieus · 23 Sept 2009, 09:11

@john.warburton said:

I used the automatic update link, but this just downloaded the EXE any way. I used Run as Administrator on the downloaded file.

Hm. I don't know what the issue can be - true that I am on an XP (hopefully someone using Vista can chime in).

If it fails again, can you report it in the Bug Reports subforum? I believe "Googlers" will be monitoring that department more frequently in the near future.

remus · 23 Sept 2009, 10:30

The download may have corrupted, so it might be worth downloading it again just in case.

Starling75 · 23 Sept 2009, 11:49

Great, it spins around SU7. Support of larger models is very helpfull and it seems that zooming was improved as well.
Switching on camera parallel projection I can zoom into small details almost indefinitely..

Omission of Dwg/Dxf import in free version ... well SU 6 will fix that....and I will probably upgrade to PRO 8.. 9 later ( depends on 2D tools improvements in LayOut..etc)

steelers05 · 23 Sept 2009, 11:55

very good news to wake up to. It is a step in the right direction and hopefully it is a sign of things to come. Lets see how SU likes some xfrog trees now.

Gaieus · 23 Sept 2009, 12:00

Well, take it easy with those xfrogs

Edson · 23 Sept 2009, 12:23

@chris fullmer said:

But there is a UI reset button.
Chris

is this what you are referring to?

steelers05 · 23 Sept 2009, 13:15

Ok how do I go about updating this...I tried the "check for updates" option within SU and it say that I already have the lates version, but I am still running version 6. Then I went to the website and cant find anything about a free update. It is free to go from 6 to 7.1 right?

solo · 23 Sept 2009, 13:16

6 pro to 7 pro?

steelers05 · 23 Sept 2009, 14:11

yeah pro

Stinkie · 23 Sept 2009, 14:18

Not free then. 7.1's a free upgrade - but 7 wasn't.

john.warburton · 23 Sept 2009, 14:45

SU Free users who want to retain DXF/DWG capabilities after the next major upgrade should probably just make sure that they keep a copy of version 6. A bit of a pain to load into 6, save a SU file, then open that in 8 (or 7.1) I know, but cheaper than upgrading to Pro.

sepo · 23 Sept 2009, 16:36

You can download dxf/dwg plugin from the Google site.

steelers05 · 23 Sept 2009, 16:41

thanks

Chris Fullmer · 23 Sept 2009, 16:43

@edson said:

@chris fullmer said:

But there is a UI reset button.
Chris

is this what you are referring to?

Yes, I think so. But I realized only after posting that it only resets the components window, materials, entity info, etc. It does not touch the toolbars from what Google has said. I have not used it actually. But I'm afraid it will not help with toolbars at all. Not even to reset them

Chris

Anssi · 23 Sept 2009, 16:59

I was quite happy to notice that SU orbiting got more speedy even with my old Pentium IV machines with graphics cards way below the spec recommended today.

Anssi

JuanV.Soler · 23 Sept 2009, 18:01

I dont know if this new locking feature has been mentioned yet or not,
I find it great ¡

again, thanks