Macintosh export says exporting 3 d for 2d
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This is not a problem but an error that has existed for many years. When I export a 2d drawing from SU (currently v. 22 mac - another story) the dialog box says "Exporting 3D model…"
Doesn't affect the export but still a visual problem after SOOOOO many years.
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Does it do the same thing in SketchUp 2023 on Mac?
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Dave,
Unfortunately I can't use V 23 as I am stuck on OS Mojave for a while longer - there are a few of us here who use Mac PowerCADD for 2d drawing and it hasn't been updated much in 10 years. It was taken over by FormZ a couple years ago and we are told that an update is forthcoming… It required almost a complete rewrite as it was still using ancient Mac graphic APIs.
Ralph
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Understood. Probably not much point in reporting bugs in SU2022 at this point since they won't get addressed now anyway.
Have you heard anything recently about PowerCADD? A friend of mine was using it but gave it up when they went to a new Mac. They might be interested in an updated version.
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Dave,
Several years ago the primary original programmer (he was a kid when it came out) starting working on an update but the project proved to be too daunting, far more than he thought. It turns out he studied computer science at the same place and time as the owner of FormZ. After help and pressure from the guy who wrote over 500 tools that we all use (WildTools by Alfred Scot) FormZ took over the development on condition that the original programmer be part of the update team. Originally, we expected a beta last winter but the difficulties, especially with ancient graphic APIs, has caused numerous delays. We were told 1 months ago that it is 80–85% complete and in the last few months the forum has become very active. Both FormZ and PCADD have both been posting progress and I keep my fingers crossed. I now have lots of software that I cannot use on my primary Mac due to being restricted to OS Mojave. I'll post here when more is known…
Ralph
btw PCAD is probably the fastest and easiest to use 2D program ever written and can produce incredible drawings, and I've tried almost all of them going back to ClarisCAD in 1985.
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