Posts made by Alfani

Thanks! It worked perfect with "Follow me" too. Much easier than I was thinking!

Just the form of the top surfaces of the roof. I will do it on Sketchup Pro 2017.

How can I model a roof with curved hips using Sketchup basic tools? I really don't know how to make these curved faces and join them along the curvy hips. This page shows an identical roof that I am trying to create.https://www.contractortalk.com/f14/curved-bay-roof-157282/

By looking again at my options in Greek market, I found an Asus laptop with AMD R7-2700U processor, 12 GB - DDR4 RAM and AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics.
Do you see any problems with AMD?

@solo said:

Try this:

https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/363278/the-best-cheap-gaming-laptops

This article is exactly what I need! Thanks for all your help

@solo said:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-Overclockable-Aeroblade-PH315-51-78NP/dp/B07CTHLX8C?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAJV4KMHBMUG36SMIQ&tag=pcm_rounduptable-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07CTHLX8C&ascsubtag=e176ba62-afd3-4bd8-983f-5364dd2a95da

Woow solo this is great! Only issue is that I can't find it in Greece. Thank you

Someone on another forum suggested me this:
"Basically get the highest processor speed you can afford and a dedicated GPU (Geforce 1060 for example)."

@solo said:

@alfani said:

Just checked prices for GTX 1070 and they cost around half of my budget, so I need to look for cheaper alternatives

What rendering software will you be using? is it GPU based?

Vray for Sketchup and also Archicad and Revit.

Just checked prices for GTX 1070 and they cost around half of my budget, so I need to look for cheaper alternatives

yes 15" is enough. I will check your suggestions. Actually with my budget, I can only get 256GB SSD and in limited machines, an extra HDD disk with 1 or 2 TB

Thanks for the advice solo. I have heard this suggestion from some friends too. However, personally I am more used to work on a laptop which takes less space and gives me always the flexibility to work from any location. I think also that desktop pc's are not so much cheaper although I understand they offer more flexibility to upgrade.
Anyway, if you had to go for a laptop, what would be the best way to approach it and compare the different machines?

Hello To the group!
I would like to hear your advice, tips and suggestions as I am starting to search for a new laptop. I plan to use it for small scale architectural projects using Sketchup + VRay. My budget is limited (800-900 Euro) and this might sound to be not enough, but I don't require very high detail photo realistic renderings. I would like your opinions about the best approach to choose the best machine without exceeding my budget.
The characteristics I should look are:

1. Processor type
2. Processor frequency
3. RAM
4. Graphic card and memory
5. SSD disc

Looking at the options I have in my country, the more realistic options is to go for 8GB RAM (I can add more RAM in the future) and the processors intel core i7 from 1.8 to 2.7 GHz.
For SSD discs I only can get up to 256GB and some machines have a second HHD disc for backup.
How would you approach all these characteristics and in what priorities?

Thanks in advance for all your help!