OpenGL Driver

matt.gordon320 · 7 May 2014, 19:08

Hi guys,

I just upgraded to SketchUp 2014, and I have a quick question. It loaded by default with OpenGL driver #(either 197 or 397), and it looked absolutely fantastic, worked great. I normally switch drivers to #40 (Anti-alias 4x) on previous versions because that looked and worked mostly smoothly. I did this, and now the previous driver is no longer available. Any thoughts on why and how the option for that driver would disappear after changing it, and is there any way to get it back? I've already made sure that all my videos drivers and everything are up to date. Is my best course just to uninstall and re-install?

Thanks!

Matt

Rich O Brien · 7 May 2014, 19:18

There's a ruby snippet somewhere that resets the opengl setting that SU declares on first launch.

But I can't find it...where's cotty when you need him?

cotty · 7 May 2014, 19:58

Im here, but I dont know the snippet

Rich O Brien · 7 May 2014, 20:06

OK....

then we need TIG or Thomthom to bail us out.

I know for a fact that there's a snippet for this.

matt.gordon320 · 7 May 2014, 21:13

Thanks for the help guys! I'll keep an eye out for TIG or Thomthom

Krisidious · 7 May 2014, 21:24

??

@unknownuser said:

OpenGL settings on the Mac OS X version of SketchUp are different than on Windows, but you should be able to get something nice to look at on either platform. It looks to me a little like you're not running your display at its native resolution, but I can't be sure. Typically, the Mac OS picks a pretty reasonable setting for you- you may (however) want to try forcing FSAA (Full Screen Anti-Aliasing) 'On' manually if you don't like the default appearance.

CAUTION: This is an undocumented hack that isn't habitually tested by our QA team– though it may give you the 'look' you're after, it may cause unexpected issues elsewhere in the application.

Choose "Window > Ruby Console" to open the Ruby Console

type the following into the console:

Test.set_AA_method(4)

...and hit Return.
3. The console should echo back to you something like:
0
...indicating the previous anti-aliasing setting was "0x"

Quit SketchUp and restart. All SketchUp windows will now have 4x anti-aliasing enabled.

Hope this helps- and remember: this isn't guranteed to work on all Macintosh models.

john

driven · 7 May 2014, 21:31

tells you what it's set at...

Test.get_AA_method

will set it to 4 [ choices 0,1,2,3,4 ]

Test.set_AA_method(4)

v2013 sets it at 4
v2014 sets it at 0, due to some performance issues on some machines, I believe...

sorry I'm not TIG or TT

john

Rich O Brien · 7 May 2014, 22:06

@driven said:

sorry I'm not TIG or TT

...but you'll definitely do.

Thanks it was wrecking my head but....

Test.get_AA_method
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `get_AA_method' for Test;Module>
<main>;in `<main>'
-e;1;in `eval'
nil

matt.gordon320 · 7 May 2014, 22:39

@rich o brien said:

@driven said:

sorry I'm not TIG or TT

...but you'll definitely do.

Thanks it was wrecking my head but....

Test.get_AA_method
> Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `get_AA_method' for Test;Module>
> <main>;in `<main>'
> -e;1;in `eval'
> nil
>

I'm getting the same error message

driven · 7 May 2014, 22:44

@rich
maybe it's a mac thing???
what does

Test.methods.sort.join("\n")

return...
john

matt.gordon320 · 7 May 2014, 22:48

For me, console spit this out:

Test.methods.sort.join("\n")
!
!=
!~
<
<=
<=>
==
===
=~
>
>=
AutoClickTime
AutoClickTime=
AutoDragDistance
AutoDragDistance=
CorruptModel
FindFile
__id__
__send__
ancestors
autoload
autoload?
class
class_eval
class_exec
class_variable_defined?
class_variable_get
class_variable_set
class_variables
clone
const_defined?
const_get
const_missing
const_set
constants
define_singleton_method
display
dup
eat_mem
enum_for
eql?
equal?
export_animation
extend
flip_images_for_origami
freeze
frozen?
hash
include?
included_modules
inspect
instance_eval
instance_exec
instance_method
instance_methods
instance_of?
instance_variable_defined?
instance_variable_get
instance_variable_set
instance_variables
is_a?
kind_of?
method
method_defined?
methods
module_eval
module_exec
name
nil?
object_id
private_class_method
private_constant
private_instance_methods
private_method_defined?
private_methods
project_textures_from_photo
protected_instance_methods
protected_method_defined?
protected_methods
public_class_method
public_constant
public_instance_method
public_instance_methods
public_method
public_method_defined?
public_methods
public_send
remove_class_variable
remove_instance_variable
respond_to?
send
show_fps
singleton_class
singleton_methods
taint
tainted?
tap
time_display
time_pick
to_enum
to_json
to_s
trust
untaint
untrust
untrusted?
use_sg_off_screen
use_sg_on_screen