Layout takes ages to update the model/reference

[zain01]

Hi all
Can someone tell me why layout takes so long to update the model/reference?

I have 2 x 3.06 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
64GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4095 MB
The skp is 406.7 MB
And the layout doc is 245.1 MB

It takes about 7 sec to save the skp and about 10 sec for the layout doc to reflect the changes made.
Is this normal, seem a bit slow to me.

Many thanks for any advice.

[Rich O Brien]

7sec save on a 400mb file isn't slow.

That's quite a heavy file to work with.

[sonder]

Agreed, that is a really big .skp file. Most of mine are in the 40-70 mb size.

[JakeMM]

A lot of Sketchup (and Layout) is limited to a single core speed, even the 64 bit versions.

A 12 core computer is amazing for rendering with external plugins, but a higher clocked dual or quad core computer will probably get you a lot better performance modelling and producing documents in Layout.