sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    Oops, your profile's looking a bit empty! To help us tailor your experience, please fill in key details like your SketchUp version, skill level, operating system, and more. Update and save your info on your profile page today!
    πŸ«› Lightbeans Update | Metallic and Roughness auto-applied in SketchUp 2025+ Download

    Resetting sketchup

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Discussions
    sketchup
    15 Posts 6 Posters 11.5k Views 6 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • A Offline
      Ands43
      last edited by

      It is not a specific file as it happens to any drawing. I could turn off autosave, but why?

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • FrederikF Offline
        Frederik
        last edited by

        @tails said:

        I could turn off autosave, but why?

        @unknownuser said:

        try turning off the automatic save feature, it may not be the total answer to crashes, but it will help

        Cheers
        Kim Frederik

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • sketch3d.deS Offline
          sketch3d.de
          last edited by

          @tails said:

          I'm working on and imac...

          you may want test, if disabling "Window > Settings/Configuration (dunno?) > OpenGL > Hardware Acceleration..." improves stability... if yes, the OGL support of the video driver causes the problem.

          hth,
          Norbert

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            the thing about the autosave off 'fix' is that it still doesn't prevent crashes.. so, when sketchup crashes, i still want to recover the file when possible.

            if it were simply -- turn off autosave and sketchup won't crash then yeah, that's a good recommendation but really, it's not the best advice in the world..

            dotdotdot

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • V Offline
              Vicspa
              last edited by

              @frederik said:

              @tails said:

              I could turn off autosave, but why?

              @unknownuser said:

              try turning off the automatic save feature, it may not be the total answer to crashes, but it will help

              I can only speak from my experience on my PC.
              I believe the default auto save is set for every 5 minutes, and this would interfere with I was doing and crash on me.
              Someone suggested to me to turn off this feature, and I have had A LOT LESS crashes, but I do save often, and do not rely on autosave.
              Just my 2 cents worth, for something that works for me.

              By the way jeff, I never said SP was NOT going to crash on you. πŸ˜„

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • V Offline
                Vicspa
                last edited by

                yeah, i know.. i'm not trying to battle or anything. πŸ˜„

                No battle Jeff, far from it.
                SU can be finicky at times, saving often is important, I just feel more comfortable with doing my own savings, and of course getting pissed off when I crash, and I forgot to save. πŸŽ‰

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • V Offline
                  Vicspa
                  last edited by

                  Then again jeff, my old computer had only 4 megs of memory, and could not keep too many programs open.
                  But now I got 24 megs, and I'm pretty happy about it. 😍
                  So SU stays open all day long.
                  At the moment I'm rendering in kerkythea, photoshopping the renders, and constructing in SU, so far no crashes.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    the thing is, with autosave being on, i'll sometimes actually be able to recover the file at the same point i was working upon a crash so i keep it on..

                    but, now that i read myself saying that, (i can only recover some of the time) maybe it's in these instances where autosave is causing the crash??
                    sometimes, sketchup will crash and i don't get an AutoSave_(Name).skp

                    hmm...

                    dotdotdot

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      wow, i really screw this thread up..

                      i meant to make a new post that quoted some of what i wrote in my previous response but i ended up editing that post instead.. 😳

                      so, my last post may not make much sense in the threaded order.. sorry.

                      regardless, maybe autosave is causing 1/2 of my crashes ??

                      dotdotdot

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • V Offline
                        Vicspa
                        last edited by

                        @unknownuser said:

                        wow, i really screw this thread up..

                        i meant to make a new post that quoted some of what i wrote in my previous response but i ended up editing that post instead.. 😳

                        so, my last post may not make much sense in the threaded order.. sorry.

                        regardless, maybe autosave is causing 1/2 of my crashes ??

                        Jeff, try it with autosave on, and autosave off, and compare the amount of crashes. see which works best for you.
                        I did that a long time ago, and OFF works best for me. Either way, keep on sketchupping. πŸ˜„

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • 1 / 1
                        • First post
                          Last post
                        Buy SketchPlus
                        Buy SUbD
                        Buy WrapR
                        Buy eBook
                        Buy Modelur
                        Buy Vertex Tools
                        Buy SketchCuisine
                        Buy FormFonts

                        Advertisement