Sketchup Crashing frequently

[fantoosh420]

Hi all,

I have lately been encountering a particular crashing behavior of sketchup in my home computer.

First of all, i have zipped entire installed sketchup folder and uploaded with this link - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8lSWjo4BRjaZEc4N3pJa2VPY2M/edit?usp=sharing. anyone who wants to replicate the bug can download this zipped file, unzip it and run sketchup from unzipped directory.

Now the bug -
create a simple cylinder or a cuboid. now use round corner plugin on it to create smooth and round corners. now triple click to select everything and use right click menu to create a group. the moment i click on create group, sketchup crashes.

i don't know what has caused this bug to happen but i do know that recently i have updated a few plugins in my home computer and since then it has been crashing. i have sketchup in my office too and it runs extremely stable and handles very large and complex model without crashing. so i am providing here versions of the plugins which i am using at office and home so that the bug can be tracked.

1. at home - fredo tools 1.2 and libfredo 4.9c.
   at office - fredo tools 1.2 and libfredo 4.6c (i do remember that it is 4.6 but a or b or c, that i don't remember exactly).

2. at home - LibTT 2.8, tt edge tools 2.0.4, vertex tools 1.1.4, cleanup3,
   at office - LibTT 2.6 (i am not sure of it but i think it is most likely version 2.6). rest plugins has same version number as above.

3. at home - vray 1.60.22
   at office - vray 1.49.01

rest all plugins are exactly same in my home and office computer.

Can anyone help me figure out what is causing this bug to happen... please.

[Dave R]

Something like this? http://youtu.be/XK4kedPI0us

No crash here. Temporarily disable the Vray plugin and see if it works. There have been complaints of vRay causing issues.

This couldn't be the same Amit I already 'know' could it?

[Gus R]

@dave r said:

Something like this? http://youtu.be/XK4kedPI0us

No crash here. Temporarily disable the Vray plugin and see if it works. There have been complaints of vRay causing issues.

This couldn't be the same Amit I already 'know' could it?

I was able to reproduce the bug splat here. Disabled Vray and it's back to normal. I assume this has already been reported.

[fantoosh420]

@dave r said:

Something like this? http://youtu.be/XK4kedPI0us

No crash here. Temporarily disable the Vray plugin and see if it works. There have been complaints of vRay causing issues.

This couldn't be the same Amit I already 'know' could it?

Hi dave,

i think we haven't met or talked before so i am not the same amit, you might have met previously. It is quite a common name here in india. in my class in school, there were 3 more amit in my class apart from me and in my college there was 2 more. you can imagine my trouble which is going to last as long as i'm going to last.

thanks for your advice and the illustrative video... i will try your suggestion now... hopefully it should work.

[fantoosh420]

Thanks Dave,
your suggestion really worked.

now sketchup is not crashing anymore... thanks again for your valuable advise...

[zinha10]

Has anyone found a solution so sketchup will not crash while using vray?

[Dave R]

Amit, I'm glad you have it sorted out. My apologies for confusing you with another Amit.

Jonathan, I haven't been following any progress on updates to the plugin but it seems to me the onus for fixing the vRay plugin lies on the author. Perhaps they have fixed it. Make sure you are running the most recent version.

[fantoosh420]

I am running thre most recent beta releaase. and i know that it has not been fixed. it had kept crashing in my computer... lets see what happens in the newer release...