Sketchup 8 LAG - window maxmise/minimise

ptasznick

Hello

My System:
Core i7-930
GeForce GTX 480
12 GB RAM
Win7 x64 Ultimate
SU 8 Pro 8.0.16846

Sketchup 8 started to lag severly when switching between windows (in-program windows ie: material editor, component window, entity info, etc.) and when minimising/maximising program window. This started about a month ago. Been using Sketchup 8 on this machine from 3 years. No lags till about a month ago. Missed a definite moment LAGS started. While working - even on big models - framerate is fine, and everything is fast and smooth. When I open any window overlayed on workspace, window opens slowly. There is a slight (0,5s) lag when switching from workspace to any in-program window, and between in-program windows. When I minimise Sketchup, and maximise it, it redraws all windows slowly (lots of flicker and LAG). There have been problems with not been able to "save as" because dialogue window didn't show up (from time to time) - Ctrl+S works. The program starts-up slowly (got 5-6 plugins loeaded - FredoLib, .

I installed sketchup 7 (bare - without any plugins), and it starts fast, and windows are responsive and without lag.

I haven't used 2 monitors (pop-up windows show in the warking area, but are very slow to render/refresh).

I tried hardware acceleration (on/off), setting AA on/off, switching off Aero in Windows, Reinstalling sketchup to the same folder (plugins), different video card drivers - from 2012 to 2014 - all certified versions.

Here are links to videos showing what the problem looks like:
SU 7 - no problem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8yxSLSNVjU%26amp;feature=youtu.be
SU 8 - big LAG problem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt24qGas3-M%26amp;feature=youtu.be

Please help me...

P.S. I'm using Space navigator - since 3 years
P.S.2 - list of my loaded plugins:

SketchUcation
3DxSketchUp
Profile Builder Free
Eneroth Texture Positioning Tools
Enertoh Upright Extruder
Fredo6 LibFredo6
Fredo6 Curviloft
Fredo6 Fredo Scale
Fredo6 Round Corner
Fredo6 Tools on Surface
Fredo6 TopoShaper
Joint PushPull
Weld
Rectangle Tool
Solar North Toolbar
Taper Maker
Edge Tools
Dynamic Components
Sandbox Tools

P.S.3 - Switching off all plugins doesn't change antyhing. Slow start-up and LAGing persist...

Rich O Brien

Did you try cleaning the registry. SketchUp tends to store alot of entries regards toolbar positions.

There a .bat file somewhere here that cleans the toolbar registry

cotty

@rich o brien said:

There a .bat file somewhere here that cleans the toolbar registry

here...

ptasznick

Thank You for your help. Registry entries seem to be a problem.
Generally things work nearly perfectly now. Nearly, because after cleaning up registry some toolbars refuse to work. I will install non-working plugins once again. But performance boost is undeniable. Thanks again.