sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    How Many Susans Can Your Computer Do?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Discussions
    sketchup
    35 Posts 18 Posters 3.4k Views 18 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • A Offline
      Aerilius
      last edited by

      Once I had 300 000 000 components (not Susan). With only 1GB ram - and SketchUp layers.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • honoluludesktopH Offline
        honoluludesktop
        last edited by

        I guess girls have more curves, edges in this case:-)

        Temp00.PNG
        Temp01.png

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • A Offline
          Aerilius
          last edited by

          @solo said:

          SU just ceased working...

          Just wait (long). Often SketchUp looks like not responding but in fact it is still working: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d661c13436861c968d1fe8cdc415f4c5
          (you would need to download it. 3D warehouse neither managed to process the correct preview image nor a collada file nor the swivel view)

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • E Offline
            ericschimel
            last edited by

            I got to 100,000. While Sketchup still "works" I wouldn't say that its really "working"

            I can orbit, but there is about a second delay when I do.


            susans.png

            -Eric
            http://plugin.sketchthis.net
            Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
            Custom Models

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              @honoluludesktop said:

              I guess girls have more curves, edges in this case:-)

              [attachment=1:3gt4u24j]<!-- ia1 -->Temp00.PNG<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3gt4u24j]
              [attachment=0:3gt4u24j]<!-- ia0 -->Temp01.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3gt4u24j]

              A more detailed comparison - taking into account the amount of triangles in each model:

              Susan

              
              ========================================
                          Model Statistics            
              ----------------------------------------
                         Temp02b - Arch.skp           
              ========================================
              Edges                    463
              Faces                    22
              Triangles                629
              ========================================
              
              

              Sang

              
              ========================================
                          Model Statistics            
              ----------------------------------------
                         Temp02b - Arch.skp           
              ========================================
              Edges                    392
              Faces                    19
              Triangles                487
              ========================================
              
              

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                200,000 Susans...

                200000 susans.jpg

                shoot for 1 million tomorrow.

                By: Kristoff Rand
                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  @krisidious said:

                  200,000 Susans...

                  That would be:
                  Edges: 92 600 000
                  Faces: 38 000 00
                  Triangles: 97 400 000

                  @krisidious said:

                  shoot for 1 million tomorrow.

                  Edges: 463 000 000
                  Faces: 22 000 000
                  Triangles: 629 000 000

                  Good luck with that!

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • bmikeB Offline
                    bmike
                    last edited by

                    100,000
                    pretty slow... to even snag a screen pic.
                    dell m6400. not exactly a high horsepower machine.

                    i did explode the original and made a new component with 'face camera' off. πŸ˜‰


                    susan.png

                    mike beganyi design + consulting llc

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • bmikeB Offline
                      bmike
                      last edited by

                      orbited slowly @ 100,000.
                      almost made a 100k selection.
                      and then 'sketchup has stopped working'.

                      !!

                      no 200k for me.

                      mike beganyi design + consulting llc

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @bmike said:

                        i did explode the original and made a new component with 'face camera' off. πŸ˜‰

                        No need to explode for that. You can change the component properties from the Component Browser.

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • bmikeB Offline
                          bmike
                          last edited by

                          @thomthom said:

                          @bmike said:

                          i did explode the original and made a new component with 'face camera' off. πŸ˜‰

                          No need to explode for that. You can change the component properties from the Component Browser.

                          thanks... never use that feature (face camera).

                          mike beganyi design + consulting llc

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                            jeff hammond
                            last edited by

                            click pic for bigger

                            i think it's just a matter of how long you're willing to wait.. going from 100,000 to 600,000 took around 40 minutes.

                            dotdotdot

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • KrisidiousK Offline
                              Krisidious
                              last edited by

                              nice Jeff... how many did you select at the largest copy?

                              By: Kristoff Rand
                              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                @krisidious said:

                                nice Jeff... how many did you select at the largest copy?

                                100,000 was the most selected at once.

                                @tourniquetmaster said:

                                My result was 10,000 Susans (on a MacBook pro). Can you do better?

                                nah, you can do more than that.. those 600,000 susans are on a mbp also..

                                dotdotdot

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • B Offline
                                  Builder Boy
                                  last edited by

                                  YES!!! ONE MILLION!

                                  I cheated a little 😳 I used guide points instead of Susans. and I kinda grouped them together as well. 😳

                                  All my plugins

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • A Offline
                                    Aerilius
                                    last edited by

                                    @builder boy said:

                                    😳

                                    You can download a million here.

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • jgbJ Offline
                                      jgb
                                      last edited by

                                      Way back when I first started with SU I did a comparison of groups to components on SU speed, response and file size.

                                      Keep in mind, there is only ONE Susan component definition in SU, but the graphics processor (either hardware or software) is doing ALL the work here. The graphic engine calls up the components definition and reconstructs it for each instance it is displayed. Only a components definition pointer is retained for each instance in memory or file.

                                      So what you are really measuring is how good the graphics portion of your computer is, not so much the computational portion, or even memory.

                                      Now a group is fully defined in memory and file for EACH and EVERY instance in the model. Both the computation AND graphics engines are working here, more computational, less graphical.

                                      Try your million Susans again, but first explode Susan's comp and group her. I'll bet you won't get anywhere near as many, but the pan speed may actually improve a bit.


                                      jgb

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        @jgb said:

                                        Now a group is fully defined in memory and file for EACH and EVERY instance in the model. Both the computation AND graphics engines are working here, more computational, less graphical.

                                        Try your million Susans again, but first explode Susan's comp and group her. I'll bet you won't get anywhere near as many, but the pan speed may actually improve a bit.

                                        Not quite - groups acts as components internally. When you copy a group you are making a new instance of that same group definition. The only difference is that groups are automatically made unique once you modify them.

                                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • jgbJ Offline
                                          jgb
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          Not quite - groups acts as components internally. When you copy a group you are making a new instance of that same group definition. The only difference is that groups are automatically made unique once you modify them.

                                          I stand corrected. However the correction still maintains my statement that groups are defined fully in every instance, unlike just once for a component.


                                          jgb

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            Only when it's made unique.
                                            When you copy a group, you have two instances that both points to the same definition. You see in Entity Into that it lists how many copy there are of a given group. When it says you have more than one it's the same thing as if you had a component.

                                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 1 / 2
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement