Sketchup 2013 issues

Garry K

Does anyone know of a registry entry that would disable the Nag screen?

I have a ruby script that I run at startup that draws a complete kitchen.

Version 7 - 17 seconds
Version 8 - 19 seconds
Version 2013 - 52 seconds

For what ever reason Version 8's graphics have less jaggies than Version 7 or Version 2013.

So - I'm not impressed.

TIG

Does anyone know of a registry entry that would disable the Nag screen?

I have a ruby script that I run at startup that draws a complete kitchen.

Version 7 - 17 seconds
Version 8 - 19 seconds
Version 2013 - 52 seconds

For what ever reason Version 8's graphics have less jaggies than Version 7 or Version 2013.

So - I'm not impressed.
The nag [aka 'welcome'] screen 'show' setting is hard-coded into 'Make', it simply ignores the existing registry entry that is set 0/1 for 'Pro' by the check-box...
So don't waste your time trying to circumvent it

thomthom

@garry k said:

Version 7 - 17 seconds
Version 8 - 19 seconds
Version 2013 - 52 seconds

Interesting. Is the operation wrapped in model.start_operation? And is the disable_ui argument set to true?

Garry K

I am not using model.start_operation.

thomthom

See if it makes a difference if you wrap it up into one operation - and use the disable_ui argument.

Garry K

I added in the code as you suggested.

model.start_operation( "gkware", true )

did all the work

model.commit_operation

Version 8 increased its time from 19 seconds to 90 seconds
Version 2013 increased its time from 52 seconds to 64 seconds

So - for those who are using start / commit then 2013 is faster. But for me - it's quite a bit slower.

thomthom

That is bizzare. I've never seen disable_ui make things slower. It's always been faster as it prevented the UI from updating while the operation ran.

Garry K

When running code without the disable_ui I have to make certain that the Outliner is not visible - otherwise it is really slow.

Here are 2 images of a kitchen. One in Sketchup 8 and the other in Sketchup 2013

Sketchup 8

Sketchup 2013

thomthom

For the images - the edge appear more jagged because you haven't exported with anti-aliasing.

Garry K

These aren't exported - I used a snipping tool to grab exactly what I see on screen.

If you click on the images and compare them - Sketchup 8 is giving me better graphics.

Garry K

I figured it out - I had to play around with the OpenGL settings. Sketchup 2013 defaulted to 15 0x antialias whereas Sketchup 8 was using 40 4x.

Now they are both rendering the same.

Krisidious

@garry k said:

I figured it out - I had to play around with the OpenGL settings. Sketchup 2013 defaulted to 15 0x antialias whereas Sketchup 8 was using 40 4x.

Now they are both rendering the same.

I'm glad you got it working, but I'm interested in this kitchen plugin... Do you have your own thread? I'd love to know more about it.

Garry K

What I have is a C++ program that I built called CabMaker32. It handles the sizes, # of doors / drawers etc. It builds a complete cutting list and lets you fill in a few details about rendering. It then calls Sketchup with a ruby script. The Ruby script then renders the cabinets.

I did create a door plugin - that will give you door and drawer fronts in lots of wood textures and pretty much what ever size you need - inches or metric.

There are many door styles.

My web site is CabMaker32.com - you can download the free door plugin and trials for cabmaker32 and cutmasterpro (a parts optimizer that I built in C++).

I have 2 threads here
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=50636

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=51717

Krisidious

awesome... thanks.

circus

I am using SU 2013 education and I can not export anything and I have only a few selection to import? Is this a issue with 2013 or is it a part of the new license? My previous education licenses would let me export and import DWGs.

P.

Gaieus

@circus said:

I am using SU 2013 education and I can not export anything and I have only a few selection to import? Is this a issue with 2013 or is it a part of the new license? My previous education licenses would let me export and import DWGs.

P.

An edu license should work exactly like a full pro license (the only difference is that it's time limited for an academic year). Have you actually renewed your license for 2013? It should be free for edu license holders (AFAIK).

Krisidious

That is a fantastic plugin Garry. Excellent work. This is http://cabmaker32.com/ going on my Christmas list.

Dan Rathbun

Your SU 8 license will NOT work with 2013.

You must get a new license for 2013.

circus

Yes got my code on friday and activated?

Dan Rathbun

@circus please update your platform info here so we can help you better.

ALso what format are you exporting to ? (There are separate libraries for each export file format.)