Sketchup 64 bit?

[brodie]

@khai said:

look at this way.

Sketchup eventually will go 64bit. it has to. try running an 8bit or 16bit app in windows and you'll see what I mean... so Patience.... it'll get there in the end.

I think that's actually a pretty interesting point. Looking at it another way, why NOT start pushing for an 16-bit or even 8-bit version of SU? If 64-bit is slower, because of the extra info being pushed through, then it stands to reason that an 8-bit SU would be faster, would it not?

-Brodie

[Pixero]

@jbacus said:

Historically, every new SketchUp release is faster than its predecessor.

But is it more stable for "polygon heavy" models?
I'd rather have a slow but stable SU than a fast and unstable.
Do you mean that a 64bit SU wouldn't be more stable for heavy models?

[thomthom]

@pixero said:

But is it more stable for "polygon heavy" models?
I'd rather have a slow but stable SU than a fast and unstable.
Do you mean that a 64bit SU wouldn't be more stable for heavy models?

The only way it'd be more stable would be if SU ran out of memory while such a model where loaded. Personally I have not seen that, even with 1-2 million faces models. (Faces, not triangles, so the triangle count ( which most apps report in ) will be much higher.)

The only times I's crashed SU due to running out of memory has been when I rendered with a render-engine.

[jbacus]

@pixero said:

But is it more stable for "polygon heavy" models?
I'd rather have a slow but stable SU than a fast and unstable.
Do you mean that a 64bit SU wouldn't be more stable for heavy models?

New releases of SketchUp tend towards increased stability. I say that they "tend towards" increased stability because new major versions may be less stable than the preceding maintenance release for the last major version– actually, that's the whole reason for doing maintenance releases. We track "stability" metrics by watching submitted crash reports– so be sure that you're sending those reports in if you're having problems.

Unfortunately, as SketchUp's performance and stability increase you are at liberty to make larger and more complex models. Which put new and more taxing requirements on the system as a whole.

But, no– 64bit computing won't inherently improve the stability of SketchUp for large models.

john
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[anteolic]

Evrybody says that new sketchup not be 64bit but i got this answer from Trimble

Hi,

Thanks for the note. We don't have an exact date we can share with you to when the next version of SketchUp Pro will be released. We are working on the next version and plan to have it out sometime this year. The plan is to include 64bit functionality.

If you need anything else, please let me know.

[Rich O Brien]

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!

Did you reply? What did you say?

[anteolic]

i dont reply anything, for now thisi is enough information for me. I am very big fun of sketchup i now im very hame to hear that new sketchup will be 64bit.

[Pixero]

[pbacot]

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[thomthom]

@anteolic said:

Evrybody says that new sketchup not be 64bit but i got this answer from Trimble

Hi,

Thanks for the note. We don't have an exact date we can share with you to when the next version of SketchUp Pro will be released. We are working on the next version and plan to have it out sometime this year. The plan is to include 64bit functionality.

If you need anything else, please let me know.

@anteolic said:

i dont reply anything, for now thisi is enough information for me. I am very big fun of sketchup i now im very hame to hear that new sketchup will be 64bit.

64bit functionality not sure if that means SketchUp will be 64bit. Considering John Bacus's replies earlier it appeared that 64bit SketchUp wasn't high up there on the list. So I am surprised if the next release will be so. And more surprised they would mention this to anyone. They never reveal information prior to releases.

Until this is verified I hold back my "wow!".

[Rich O Brien]

Party pooper

[anteolic]

this was my question to Trimble maybe it will help you

When is comming new sketchup and will it be 64bit. Cause program is perfect but i can work with large scenes

and they answer me:

Hi,

Thanks for the note. We don't have an exact date we can share with you to when the next version of SketchUp Pro will be released. We are working on the next version and plan to have it out sometime this year. The plan is to include 64bit functionality.

If you need anything else, please let me know.

Kind Regards,
NAME SURNAME-i dont wont write name of agent cause i dont know it is good.
Inside Sales & Support | SketchUp Pro
Trimble Navigation Limited

[jason_maranto]

If this is correct (and you would hope sales dept. would know the facts) then I will definitely be upgrading to 2013.

Best,
Jason.

[solo]

Could this be true?

My skeptical look.

[sonder]

I'm hopeful! I need to start using all 64Gb of memory in my new machine!

[mitcorb]

You might get solicitations from organizations wanting to borrow number crunching time on on your machine, if the 64Gb is any indicator.

[thomthom]

@unknownuser said:

I'm hopeful! I need to start using all 64Gb of memory in my new machine!

Why? When have you run out of memory while using SketchUp?

[solo]

@thomthom said:

Why? When have you run out of memory while using SketchUp?

I often forget about which or where plugins are for something I require, so I can say I have a memory issues in SU.

[thomthom]

@solo said:

@thomthom said:

Why? When have you run out of memory while using SketchUp?

I often forget about which or where plugins are for something I require, so I can say I have a memory issues in SU.

Well played sir, well played!

[thomthom]

Firehose!

Ok, sorry to burst the bubble, but I contacted the SketchUp team to verify this and they replied that there is no 64bit builds of the next SketchUp version.

They have no knowledge of anyone in the team ever making this claim.

They also stressed that they have a company policy to never reveal specific information on new features about the next version prior to it's release.