Edge line quality

[sultony]

Some of the edge lines on my 3D drawings are jagged depending where I stop the rotation of the drawing. How do I achieve smooth edge line quality?

[Dave R]

What operating system? Could you at least complete your profile so we don't have to guess?

You might try changing the OpenGL settings to see if that improves it. Look under Preferences. You might also have a choice of Anti-Aliasing settings there. That depends on your graphics card, though. Depending on your hardware you may not be able to get rid of all the jagged lines but you can probably improve it.

[sultony]

I have a Mac OS X version 10.6.8 and Sketchup Pro version 8. OpenGL has three boxes: 1) Use Hardware acceleration - ticked 2) Use maximum texture size - unticked 3) Use fast feedback - ticked. Should I tick no. 2?

[Dave R]

You can tick that box but it doesn't have anything to do with the appearance of edges.
Ticking 1 and/or 3 can change the appearance of the lines. You'll have to experiment. Keep in mind the lines are only one pixel wide. Depending on the display you have, you may not get better than you're seeing.

[Play404]

I had this problem of my $2700 MacBook Pro showing jagged lines compared to my $1200 old acer, the osx version of sketchup does not give anti-aliasing options as on windows machines, but after a lot of digging on the inter webs you can force it using this line in the ruby editor:

Test.set_AA_method(4)

Now it looks much better

[JasonWD]

@play404 said:

I had this problem of my $2700 MacBook Pro showing jagged lines compared to my $1200 old acer, the osx version of sketchup does not give anti-aliasing options as on windows machines, but after a lot of digging on the inter webs you can force it using this line in the ruby editor:

Test.set_AA_method(4)

Now it looks much better

What are the controls for this command?

[Play404]

@unknownuser said:

@play404 said:

I had this problem of my $2700 MacBook Pro showing jagged lines compared to my $1200 old acer, the osx version of sketchup does not give anti-aliasing options as on windows machines, but after a lot of digging on the inter webs you can force it using this line in the ruby editor:

Test.set_AA_method(4)

Now it looks much better

What are the controls for this command?

Window>Ruby Console>
Type in or copy & paste the line of code
press enter
restart sketchup
the number in (brackets) is the level of anti-aliasing (0) being the default (4) being the maximum.
SketchUp will remember the setting until you change it

[bjornburgh]

Thanks Play404, this is a great options for Retina screen. Do u know how to change the 'intensity of the anti-aliasing' if possible? I'm trying to find the perfect settings for my external (non-retina) screen as well

[bjornburgh]

Thanks Play404, this is a great options for Retina screen. Do u know how to change the 'intensity of the anti-aliasing' if possible? I'm trying to find the perfect settings for my external (non-retina) screen as well

[bakerl]

I've just updated that ruby setting and its such better !