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

    On a Mac wondering if anyone has this problem, Image on File

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SketchUp Discussions
    sketchup
    30 Posts 5 Posters 2.7k Views 5 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.
    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      @mwm5053 said:

      That worked better that why I don't code

      and a big thanks to you too for helping this afternoon

      wait..
      so is it working properly now?

      dotdotdot

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • D Offline
        driven
        last edited by

        that's why I use Copy/Paste code blocks
        

        But, I should have done -r in the first place....

        john

        EDIT:had a typo in my code block

        learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • M Offline
          mwm5053
          last edited by

          Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load that's ok I don't want to take up all your time, I probably owe you at least a 6 pack for sure by now.


          a1.jpg

          2011 iMac
          SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
          V2 Twilight
          macOS Sierra 10.12.5

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

            @mwm5053 said:

            Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load that's ok I don't want to take up all your time, I probably owe you at least a 6 pack for sure by now.

            nah man.. it's ok.. i'm youtubing on one computer.. messing around in two other apps.. and reading two forums..

            whheeeeeeeee

            dotdotdot

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

              @mwm5053 said:

              Sorry guys still getting this took 45 sec for icon to load

              at this point then, we would be getting into some areas of riskier things to try which i personally would do on my computers but i'm not going to advise someone else.. i'm not confident enough in my knowledge of the depths of OSX to be talking about it.. (i.e.- i know osx strictly from a user's point of view.. but there comes a point where i have absolutely no idea what these cupertino boys have going)

              dotdotdot

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • D Offline
                driven
                last edited by

                It's the only place I'm allowed to smoke, and there's snow outside,,,

                close all QuickLook windows
                In Activity Monitor
                type in Qu to get to bring QL to the top
                if it's not there, then that's good... it's not being used
                if it is, select it
                then hit you Sample Process button
                try and work out what's keeping it turned on...

                simple

                john

                learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • D Offline
                  driven
                  last edited by

                  the other simpler test is
                  click on your Macintosh HD folder Icon in the sidebar then
                  Finder>>View>>Arrange By>>None

                  it should remove any 'fancy' labelling and can be turned back on if it's not the culprit...

                  john

                  learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • S Offline
                    slbaumgartner
                    last edited by

                    You could also try the sketchup quicklook generator I posted in

                    http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=16015&start=90#p440924

                    I had issues early on because SketchUp did not register a quicklook generator of its own, which somehow caused quicklook to try to treat a .skp file as text. It took a long time and then displayed useless info.

                    Steve

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • G Offline
                      glitchdesign
                      last edited by

                      Hi,
                      I found this thread because i have the QL helper issue too. I've tried the ql manage steps listed above. I can't say for sure if .skp is the only thing that makes ql go nuts, but there's no doubt that it is a trigger. I've never come across anything like the quicklook generator posted above, will it help specifically with this problem, or is it more just for being able to view files before opening them? Where should i put the .qlgenerator file? I'm afraid i'm not too experienced with this stuff...

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • S Offline
                        slbaumgartner
                        last edited by

                        @glitchdesign said:

                        Hi,
                        I found this thread because i have the QL helper issue too. I've tried the ql manage steps listed above. I can't say for sure if .skp is the only thing that makes ql go nuts, but there's no doubt that it is a trigger. I've never come across anything like the quicklook generator posted above, will it help specifically with this problem, or is it more just for being able to view files before opening them? Where should i put the .qlgenerator file? I'm afraid i'm not too experienced with this stuff...

                        So far as I know, nobody ever conclusively proved the cause of this problem, so there is no guarantee of what will work. My theory was that it could be due to SketchUp not registering the .skp extension correctly with Mac OS X, which would cause Finder's preview to scan the file trying to decide how to display it and could clog up the quick look cache. I am sure that SU 8 did not register .skp, but I haven't checked on 2013.

                        Unzip the qlgenerator into ~/Library/QuickLook and the ruby into your plugins folder (the path varies depending on SU version). You may have to run "qlmanage -r" from a console window before the quick look daemon will pick up the new generator. You also have to save a file once before you will get a preview image instead of the sketchup logo.

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

                        Advertisement