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    • B Offline
      Buckyman
      last edited by

      As I was working on a project, I realized that shadows were getting slow to paint on the screen and orbiting was getting choppy. Using a back up of a day or so ago, the model moves smooth as silk. The changes since the back up were only minor, but the file has grown from 6MB to 9MB. Turning off shadows does not help. Is there an skp analyzer/diagnostic tool that will allow me to look at the elements in the file?
      Thanks

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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Window > Model Info > Click the Statistics tab

        Here you get the info on what is in your .skp

        Also look in Window > Outliner to see what in in your scene

        And look in Window > Components to see what is loaded into the browser

        And Window > Materials to see what materials are loaded.

        Use Window > Model Info > Statistics > Purge Unused to removed unwanted assets.

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          Textures, transparency and edge styles also affect the performance of a model as much as shadows.

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • B Offline
            Buckyman
            last edited by

            Thank you gentlemen.
            I thought I had saved a draft response, but looking all around the page I could not find a link to it πŸ˜„ So here goes again...
            Sorry I did not give the complete details at first. I have purged unused elements, I also have CleanUp plugin however that did not reduce the file size (well maybe a few kb). The newer version of this model has some very benign groups and some more text, including 3D text. Nothing that explains the 3MB file size difference.
            I have done some further experimenting, turning off cast/receive shadows for the 3D text makes the model perform well. I have also noticed that using shadows in a scene where many components are visible will slow things down. So no shadows for this model 😞
            Regarding the Statistics window Rich, I could see some more groups, edges & faces in the newer version, but I went so far as to delete the changes in the newer file and save it with a new name. It is still 3MB bigger!
            At this point I think I'll work with the backup. Ooops, better back it up first!

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            • Rich O BrienR Online
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              What specs are on your computer?

              What have you enabled under OpenGL?

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              • B Offline
                Buckyman
                last edited by

                Hi Rich
                Use hdwr acc. is checked
                Use max texture size is unchecked
                Use fast feedback is checked
                According to Capabilites:
                #9, True color, Precision Medium, Shadows Yes, Anti-Alias 0x

                PC is Intel i3-2120 3.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64 bit Winblows 7, onboard Intel video

                Thanks

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                • B Offline
                  Buckyman
                  last edited by

                  My original file (I have been referring to as my backup) is deck_installation.skp, it has been hovering around 6MB
                  I added a couple of minor things, then saved deck_installation_backup.skp - only 1.5MB !!
                  Screen shot:
                  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8dxtmuWwDQvckpxR1NzZmNrTkU/edit?usp=sharing

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