SU upgrade to 8.0.4811 (Maintenance 1)

leedeetee · 12 Jan 2011, 17:28

Just upgraded after I was prompted via a pop-up.

Anyone any ideas what the upgrade consists of?

thomthom · 12 Jan 2011, 17:32

Keep an eye on the Release Notes:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs

Don't think it's been announced yet, so details will come.

jeff hammond · 12 Jan 2011, 17:36

it addressed at least two bugs..

the follow-me icon is fixed as well as a tool-tip pop up error on mac (views were named with numbers instead of left,right, etc.)

probably a bunch of little things like that.

fountainhead · 12 Jan 2011, 17:37

I've tried downloading the file twice, both times 'file corrupt'. Also tried running directly from download site, 'file corrupt'. This is for Pro version Windows download. Could be a problem with massive downloading of the update maybe?

thomthom · 12 Jan 2011, 17:50

@fountainhead said:

Could be a problem with massive downloading of the update maybe?

Quite possibly.

Rich O Brien · 12 Jan 2011, 18:31

Thanks Google

Frederik · 12 Jan 2011, 19:38

Installing as I write this...

Gaieus · 12 Jan 2011, 19:55

No official announcement yet. Although there are exciting things!

boofredlay · 12 Jan 2011, 20:03

Well there you go, the release notes were just posted up.
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs

Many new fixes but most notably the Shadow Bug is fixed

chrisjk · 12 Jan 2011, 20:04

Looks like a pretty big bunch of stuff has been fixed or improved.

ken · 12 Jan 2011, 20:29

Just a question to the Sketchup team. Would it be possible to have the upgrade not upgrade the materials, components or plugins? Or at least give someone the choice of upgrading these three directories.

Other than that small quibble, thanks

Ken

Gaieus · 12 Jan 2011, 20:33

fixed shadow bug
LAA aware (on 64 bit OS)
bigger image export
codecs fixed
unicode character enhancements in LO-2-dxf/dwg (this affected me big time)
and a lot more...

@unknownuser said:

Would it be possible to have the upgrade not upgrade the materials, components or plugins? Or at least give someone the choice of upgrading these three directories.

I do not understand this, Ken...

ken · 12 Jan 2011, 20:49

Well, when you upgrade if you don't rename the plugin, components or material folders, you loose all you plugins, materials and components. So every time I have to rename these three folders and than re-name them back to the use able names after the install. I was just thinking, if the upgrade did not install/re-install these three folders without asking first, it would save me the worry I may overwrite these three folders.

Now, I just have a feeling I may be doing something wrong.

Ken

Gaieus · 12 Jan 2011, 20:55

I have never had this issue on my PC. In fact, I have upgraded like 6 times for the last couple of weeks/months now without any problem and losing anything. It only overwrites the default, native SU content 8that comes with the install), nothing else.

jeff hammond · 12 Jan 2011, 21:04

wow, ended up being a nicer update than i initially thought

i found an issue with the shadow string fix though.. it fixes the strings but introduces another problem..
i'll post an example a little later.

ken · 12 Jan 2011, 21:08

@gaieus said:

I have never had this issue on my PC. In fact, I have upgraded like 6 times for the last couple of weeks/months now without any problem and losing anything. It only overwrites the default, native SU content 8that comes with the install), nothing else.

Gaieus

I believe when I upgraded from 4 to 5 I lost all my plugins, materials and components. Never had the courage to try again. So, next upgrade I will save a copy of these three directory in another directory, and try your method to install over.

So, make this a duh!! moment for me.

Thanks Gaieus.

honoluludesktop · 12 Jan 2011, 21:14

Gai,

Shadow bug fixed! .animation (codecs fixed)? Wow!

Maybe my office machine will create animations now.

Per Google: "/Largeaddressaware". Does this mean that 64 bit computers can now address bigger files, while 32 bit machines retain the benefit of speed?

I hope the api fixes will not cause problems for "workarounds".:-)

Gaieus · 12 Jan 2011, 21:56

Ken; yes, testing it won't harm (just in case)

HDT: LAA, I believe, will only be useful on 64 bit. However you can also "hack" a 32 bit OS to be able to assign more RAM than 2 Gb to a single program.

d12dozr · 12 Jan 2011, 22:05

A comprehensive release! Toolbar fix fixed LAA

Thanks Sketchup Team!

kwalkerman · 12 Jan 2011, 22:08

model.raytest fixed!! with the optional boolean attribute as well. THANKS!

And the shadow bug fixed. That's a nice surprise.

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karen