SU 7.1 Shadows drop between scenes

Charlie__V

First,
Very pleased with the performance increase...especially with a old 108mb file I tested and SU 7.1 behaved quite nicely.
Also very pleased to see dimensioning in LO.

So my Q,
I am experiencing shadows dropping out between scenes, and immediately if I orbit the model or initiate any other command.
This is fine and I can get used to this.[the drop of shadows on orbit I mean]

More clearly, I have 2 identical scenes except for the time of day, when I toggle from first scene,say 8:00 am to 2nd scene, say 4:30pm the shadows go away untill the transition is complete.
IOW, no active shadow study while transitioning between scenes.
I have exported to avi and the shadows do present in all frames of a video.

My hardware maybe?
Specs:
Dell
XPS M1730, Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000(2.8GHz, 800Mhz 6M L2 Cache)
NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz
320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
OS: XP Pro SP3

Anyone else experience this.
FYI I have fussed with open GL settings etc with no change.

Best,
C

remus

Its done on purpose to speed up the rendering of your model. SU drops certain elements then redraws them when you dont move the display for a set period of time.

remus

Another thought: if you dont want it to do that, try putting this Sketchup.full_detail_render_delay_min=0.0 in to the ruby console. Havent tested it, but it should work.

Charlie__V

Remus,
Thanks for the quick reply, I am not surprised by your answer, just hoping to have all the cake....... :~)

The script I will try for my machine, but was hoping to send a very simple shadow study to a client.

Unless that will go with the file? [I am significantly Ruby challenged, among other things]

Thanks lots,
C

remus

unfortunately i think that setting is only persistent on your machine and isnt transferable with the model. If your client hasnt upgraded though you may still be in luck.

Charlie__V

Remus,

Ruby line you graciously wrote did not seem to work.
Though I did say I am Ruby challenged,
I pasted the code in the ruby console and hit enter, it appears as I believe it should without errors.
Though I notice no change in the model scene transitions.

It's ok, I'll just work it out with an AVI, or if with the client just use SU V6.
EDIT:
I can of course just use the shadow slider & or instruct the client to do the same.

Thanks so much,

Best,
C