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  • J Offline
    John Sayers
    last edited by 7 Oct 2013, 13:03

    Wow - thanks Thomas - I've never noticed that before 😄

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      smicha
      last edited by 24 Oct 2013, 12:33

      SAVING LARGE FILES IS SO SLOW!!! 😡

      I have a 150MB file (about 25m edges). When I hit ctrl+s it takes about 1 minute to save to file. I created a ram disk so speed up the saving process. The time was reduced to 25 seconds. But still IMO this is irritating. 25 seconds? I converted the model to 3ds max format and checked how fast it is saved under 3ds max. Ctrl+S and ... it's done. Not even a second.

      SU TEAM please do something with speeding up the saving process.

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        matt.gordon320
        last edited by 24 Oct 2013, 18:20

        I'm sure I'll have to edit this as I think of more "wishes", but here's one:

        A more accessible way to work with large (100+) numbers of scenes. I frequently have to create views for lets say 10 different homes with a view from 4 different rooms. I typically export linework, shadows, textures, false Z-Buffer, and other maps separately so I can comp them in photoshop. Obviously, this leads to a LOT of scenes. Scrolling through the scene manager or the scene bar gets a little tedious.

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          dukejazz
          last edited by 25 Oct 2013, 06:29

          In 2014 sketchup I want is see an animated gif as a texture, so essentially it will be a animated movie texture. just like we apply normal textures.

          This would give much more action to sketchup

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            Box
            last edited by 25 Oct 2013, 13:12

            Perhaps you'll find this layer plugin by jiminy-billy-bob useful.
            http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=53906

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              matt.gordon320
              last edited by 28 Oct 2013, 17:43

              @box said:

              Perhaps you'll find this layer plugin by jiminy-billy-bob useful.
              http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=53906

              Hi Box, could you share what way you'd recommend using it to manage scenes? I'm mildly familiar with the the Layer Panel Beta, but I can't seem to figure out quite what you meant. I was more speaking to scrolling through either the scene bar/scene dialog box and updating scenes, but if there's something I missed or you have a cool tip, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

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                Box
                last edited by 28 Oct 2013, 18:40

                My mistake there Matt, I was thinking scenes but got layers. I'm sure there is a good scene manager somewhere, but I can't get my brain to it just now.

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                  jiminy-billy-bob
                  last edited by 28 Oct 2013, 18:45

                  I was thinking of adding a "scene" tab to my plugin, with the same sort/nest features than for layers. Now seeing that it could be usefull to some people is motivating 😉

                  (Don't expect this soon, but maybe one day...! 😄 )

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                    JClements
                    last edited by 4 Nov 2013, 16:54

                    @aerilius said:

                    Undo scene changes/creations (especially to make plugin actions fully undoable).

                    ++1

                    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      Anton_S
                      last edited by 11 Nov 2013, 07:56

                      Currently on MS Windows web-dialogs use Internet Explorer Server, I don't know about Macs. It would be nice to have the user to decide which browser server should the WebDialog use when they create their own WebDialog. For instance, the chrome server, opera server, or internet explorer server (default).

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                        tt_su
                        last edited by 11 Nov 2013, 08:49

                        @anton_s said:

                        Currently on MS Windows web-dialogs use Internet Explorer Server, I don't know about Macs. It would be nice to have the user to decide which browser server should the WebDialog use when they create their own WebDialog. For instance, the chrome server, opera server, or internet explorer server (default).

                        I'm afraid it is not possible to let the user decide. To use other engines we would have to bundle frameworks for them. We cannot just pick up whatever the user has installed.

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                          notareal
                          last edited by 5 Dec 2013, 16:06

                          @kaliphegtu said:

                          why not replace photo match by video match !!
                          Ex:
                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vda2RAEuW_g

                          +1

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                            Bob James
                            last edited by 27 Dec 2013, 08:44

                            For large projects, I often have multiple complex SU files open. This means I have multiple Layers, Entity Info, etc. windows open. But there’s no way to quickly tell which SU instance they belong to.
                            Would it be possible to have the file name appear in each window?

                            For example:
                            Layers - Airlock
                            Layers - Highbay
                            Layers - Transfer Tower

                            Entity Info - Airlock
                            Entity Info - Highbay
                            Entity Info - Transfer Tower

                            etc

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                              bigstick
                              last edited by 28 Dec 2013, 19:31

                              @unknownuser said:

                              More than one viewport is complicated? Really?!?

                              Yes, really. The single viewport principle employed by SU is one of the big reasons for its success. It's central to the way SU works. In fact it's the antithesis to the 4 view approach. If that's what you want, you are missing the whole point of the application.

                              @unknownuser said:

                              This simplicity thing is really a joke. You have to install a massive amount of plugins to make sketchup really usable.

                              No it's not, and no you don't. The main reason you need plugins is to improve productivity. It's true that plugins enable you to model things that would be extremely difficult without them. But this statement is kind of absurd.

                              My main wish list items are:-

                              1. Fix the distorted texture scaling issue in DCs
                              2. Implement much better texture/UV mapping in SU
                              3. Improve performance with large/complex models. Because it's so easy and so much fun, you find yourself adding detail to your models almost without thinking. This means you need a high end graphics card to work effectively. However, even then, performance is so much worse than an app like Maya, Lightwave or 3ds max.
                              4. Improved scene management. A means of organising scenes by tabs, or having a series of scene tab sets would be really excellent. Imagine a way of managing groups of scenes where you have tabs which act as hierarchical containers, so that you could have a tab which contains scenes for display styles, another for elevations, another for interiors, another for exteriors, another for sections, another for animations. So much more powerful.
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                                JClements
                                last edited by 28 Dec 2013, 22:04

                                For example:

                                1. when clicked, trigger the model animation.
                                2. a print this scene option

                                John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                                • dane.teegardinD Offline
                                  dane.teegardin
                                  last edited by 6 Jan 2014, 05:15

                                  1. Improvements to export and import for CAD and Revit.
                                  2. Generating faces. Often Ill attempt to break up a surface by drawing a box on it, but it doesn't form a face. I end up having to run the through the model using plug-ins to create the faces.
                                  3. Support for working in small detail models. Trying to create a small detail like a door knob is nearly impossible in perspective view. The only way I can zoom in and create it is to switch to parallel, and that often cuts out much of the viewport.
                                  4. 64 bit version and multiprocessor support. My models average 100mb, and using renders within SketchUp such as Vray, the memory reaches over 1.5gb and becomes unstable.
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                                    Play404
                                    last edited by 10 Jan 2014, 05:35

                                    More functionality with the "Entity Info" window like:

                                    1. able to change the volume or area to m2 or cm2 (mm2 has too many decimal places to be useful unless your designing jewellery)
                                    2. adding height, length & width so I can see overall dimensions of group/component at a glance.
                                      3)Check boxes in preferences to add, subtract or change the functions of entity info.

                                    Control of SU layers in Layout

                                    Ability to delete multiple scenes at once rather than 1 at a time

                                    Support in preferences to change anti aliasing on mac like on windows

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                                      tt_su
                                      last edited by 10 Jan 2014, 10:55

                                      @play404 said:

                                      Ability to delete multiple scenes at once rather than 1 at a time

                                      You can do that in the Scenes tool-window.

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                                      • FBPrescherF Offline
                                        FBPrescher
                                        last edited by 11 Jan 2014, 16:20

                                        Would like to have a way to keep a journal to each project. Without having to search for it each time i return to a project. I work with many different projects daily and i spend a lot of time searching to keep up with references or to create an outline to work from on projects.

                                        Maybe under Windows a link to open WordPad... but then automatically set the file name to the same as the project open. It would be operable each time you return to the project. And, not have to search for it.

                                        I have something set up to open WordPad, but I would like it return to the immediate project and not open a new WordPad.

                                        A ruby would be ideal as well. i agree that we want to keep SketchUp simple.

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                                        • studio43S Offline
                                          studio43
                                          last edited by 23 Jan 2014, 14:43

                                          Would like to see grips function added to line segments, in order to grab a line at the end or mid point for quick edit of line work

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