SketchUP 8
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Just found this news article on the Google pages:
http://sketchup.google.com/product/newin8.html
Here is the upgrade link:
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Solid tools...bool tools cost around 20 $...I hope there're others improvements...does google knows what RPO means ? I don't want to throw the stone as I did not test this 8 version for the moment, but I really hope they do not fool us again...
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http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu7/download.html now refers to 7.1 again.
SU8 download link: http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu8/download.html
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Just installed the free version, it seems I can run both the new one and the old 7.08, this is great to discover the new features "safely"
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It appears that the implementation of OpenGl is improved. V8 runs with hardware acceleration on my graphically impaired home PC. However some of my plugins do not load.
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I guess my main question about this is
Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?
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@honoluludesktop said:
However some of my plugins do not load.
Can you please make a post in the affected plugin's thread? (include any error if you get any)
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@unknownuser said:
I guess my main question about this is
Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=release_notes.cs
@unknownuser said:
We upgraded our API's Ruby interpreter from version 1.8.0 to 1.8.6, which is a better supported, more stable version. This gives API users the benefits of hundreds of Ruby bug fixes, but version 1.8.6 is also more strict on Ruby syntax. If a script is broken, you may need to contact the script's original author to get an upgraded version.
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More expanded changelog for SU8: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=115424
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Looks like they removed the solar orientation setting in the geolocation area for manually setting the north angle in you model, along with dwg/dfx import, in the free version.
I wish they wouldn't take away features. -
Solid volume display in entity info is much welcomed.
though it'd be nice to be able to change the units.. i draw in feet&inches but volume (for me at least) is always cubic yards..(concrete)
/27 for now. -
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
Just installed the free version
I see only Pro version!
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@unknownuser said:
Solid volume display in entity info is much welcomed.
though it'd be nice to be able to change the units.. i draw in feet&inches but volume (for me at least) is always cubic yards..(concrete)
/27 for now.Yea - we use mm - but area and volume in m.
Good thing is that total area for materials are now calculated correct for skewed groups/components.
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YAY and bugsplatted it first run
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Wow, solid tools are super fast! Toolbar fix is also huge. So far so good! Ruby calculations seem faster as well.
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@earthmover said:
Ruby calculations seem faster as well.
From what I've heard, Ruby 1.8.6 is faster than 1.8.0 - though I've yet to run any number on this.
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Thom, i have recollections of jim running some tests after changing to 1.8.6 and finding it was indeed faster.
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You guys are so un-grateful...
I like "Susan"...
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@thomthom said:
@earthmover said:
Ruby calculations seem faster as well.
From what I've heard, Ruby 1.8.6 is faster than 1.8.0 - though I've yet to run any number on this.
I ran Make Fur on a sphere and it calculated over 200K polygons in 28 seconds clean. Ran the same test in SU 7.1 and the screen went white and I got the spinning circle for over two minutes.
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