SketchUp 7.1?

Anssi

Anybody know if the shadow bug is still present?

Disappointingly the shadow bug is still there. AFAIK mending it is more a legal than a technical issue, there is some aggressively maintained patent where the fix ix owned fy someone who does not want to license it.

Anssi

richcat

Found this http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94927
They're actively working on solutions and hope there may be a fix in a future release.

remus

@unknownuser said:

Personally I think the speed increase is most welcome, I've downloaded but have to install still. I'm not too fussed with the other improvements, might start using LayOut some more now... Can't wait for a 64-bit version to hit the market though, would REALLY make my day. Anybody know if the shadow bug is still present? Mind you, with the rendering engine re-write this problem might be something of the past in the near future!

A 64 bit version probably wouldnt be as good as you think, as the only real advantage would be in exporting large models/images/stuff where a lot of memory is needed. Other than that you may even get a slight decrease in speed.

honoluludesktop

I wounder how long it will take for an intense SU user to use up the current speed increase ?-)

Ecuadorian

It has halted several times already with only 4,900 trees in the scene.

Mike Lucey

Only 4,900! Damn useless application. I must write a strong letter to Google

AndrewS

@remus said:

@wacov said:

I really noticed the speed increase, especially with textures on. Seems strange they didn't do this before

It does take time you know.

jeff jacobs

Try changing the size of the smoove tool on a mac.

arail1

Very happy! I've been working on a project for one of the NY department stores with a large SketchUp model they supplied. Even after stripping it down for them I was having a hard time moving it around. Just opened it and it spins like a top!

arail1

And both modo and SketchUp are actively working on Collada support so hopefully the pipeline between the two programs will be improved -
http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=39580&show=collada%20beta

remus

Any particular issues? anything reproducable? oh and what OS are you using?

arail1

Yes, please clarify.
I haven't had any issues but I'd like to be on the look out for problems I haven't yet encountered. Forewarned is better than surprised.

Chris Fullmer

I agree, I'be had no issues with the new version. Its stable and working great in all aspects of how I use SU. Please always give some precise details about what your experiencing. Its easier to help troublshoot that way

Chris

AndrewS

@fletch said:

Great work Google SketchUp team, and all beta testers hard at work back there... SketchUp just took a giant leap for me today.

Fletch,
Thanks for the kind words. The SCF forums here are filled with particularly advanced SketchUp users and have lots of opinions about what they want to see in an upgrade. As such, it's not often that we get such uplifting responses. I'm glad to hear it's working well for you!

AndrewS

@unknownuser said:

I can honestly say I have never had as many issues with any previous version of sketchup, I am on the verge of walking away from this program for good. I have not got a single item completed and system stability is also now suspect. I really have had enough of this and then some.

Mike,

I believe SU 7.1 is the most advanced and most stable verison of SketchUp I have had a part in producing. Based on the number and type of BugSplat reports we are receiving and the general feedback seen in the forums, I believe the statistics back that statement.

I, and I'm sure many others, would be interested to hear the specific types of problems you are encountering, the platform you're working on, etc. A few people have found that problems with their hardware or video drivers caused instability with SU 7.1 until those were upgraded, but then the problems have gone away. There are a wide variety of things we could try to do to help if you are willing to post some of the details of your experiences.

Best of luck.

michaliszissiou

Sandbox does not work on MACOSX 10.5.8. Ups major bug.

phy

I really like speed increase in 7.1. Good work developers.

@michaliszissiou said:

Sandbox does not work on MACOSX 10.5.8. Ups major bug.

Did you enable the sand-box extension?

michaliszissiou

Sorry, I mean that I can't change parameters, so sandbox became useless.

But I'm not the only one.

@jeff jacobs said:

Try changing the size of the smoove tool on a mac.

phy

The VCB or parameter box is disabled by default; try this command to enable it:
enableVCB
place it in the WebConsole
click eval and restart sketchup, it should work.

I had to do this to get mine to work too.

michaliszissiou

Its simply not working. Thanks anyway. Maybe google should fix this major bug, otherwise its really useless for me.
BTW this webconsole doesn't seem to work.

update:

Re: Problem with specifying measurement when drawing
by bjanzen on Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:00 pm

Yea, on PC, the Measurements box never gets highlighted, and for some reason on Mac, it does and then doesn't accept input. You can make it go away by tabbing out of the Measurements box or making sure it isn't highlighted. We're looking at it.

b

(see, I can forget "VCB" if I want too)