Jeff,

There is a whole team of people that provide support and answers for our users (or potential users). Wouldn't it be confusing to get a series of official company replies -- one from Dan, another from John, or Dave, all on the same topic?

I would think that it would be a bigger concern to get a polite and correct reply as quickly as possible. No?

Mukul.ar et al,

Thanks for your interest in bonzai3d. We just posted a response to a similar question you had here:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=38102&p=370239#p370239

(We don't want to post the answer twice and appear to be spamming the forum, so please find your answer there...)

Mukular,

Thanks for your interest in bonzai3d. We have been hard at work on bonzai3d version 3.0 -- and formZ 7.0 at the same time (which utilizes an updated / extended version of the bonzai3d interface). If you would like to sign up for the formZ 7.0 Beta version, you can do so here:

http://www.formz.com/products/formz/formz7beta.html

Large numbers of objects in a file can eventually cause formZ or bonzai3d to slow down, but if you convert them to a Reference Object (with the tool on the Group tool row) then you should be able to generate a file that performs very quickly with large data sets. We are also working on enhancing large data sets right now, so the next few updates should show some dramatic improvements in this area.

We should probably note that formZ and bonzai3d are probably best though of as "hybrid" modelers -- that offer Solid Modeling, Surface Modeling, and NURBS Modeling -- all side by side in the same project -- so you can choose which methods work best for you at any given time.

Also, we have been expanding the Webinars for formZ and bonzai3d (and we will continue to do so). If you like, you can see replays of past webinars here:

http://www.formz.com/webinars/webinarReplay.html

Give it a try, and let us know what you think! (And if you post on our forum we can give you a reply much more quickly...

Gentlemen,

There have been a lot of improvements to bonzai3d, and we are currently at version 2.5, and it should be quite stable. (If you are using Windows, you should make sure to have an updated video driver.) If you like, you can download a free Trial version from here:

http://formz.com/products/bonzai3d/bonzai3dDownloadTrial.html

It offers another 30 days if you used an old trial version, and if you find that you need an extension to the trial, we can give you one of those. (Just email support@bonzai3d.com and ask.)

If you are curious as to what it can do, you can check out some of the Webinar Replays Here:

http://www.formz.com/webinars/webinarReplay.html

or here:

Youtube Video

We have many more great things in store for the future, and many SketchUp users are currently enjoying bonzai3d. Why not give it a try and let us know what you think. It makes a great companion to SketchUp!

Absolutely no other sites.

If the page will load, it basically loads fine (in the first few seconds). But if the page will not load, then it hangs for a few minutes before timing out.

Which is why we suggested canceling the action if it does not work in the first few seconds, and trying again. Normally after retrying a few times like this, the page will then load...

If you are having this problem, also remember to copy your posting before clicking Submit -- or else you will lose it if you wait for the page to time out...

@thomthom said:

How long does a normal ping take?

8 tries later:

(EDIT -- To clarify, the pings occur right away -- the posting of the image took the 8 tries...)

@xrok1 said:

@bonzai3d support said:

@xrok1 said:

@xrok1 said:

anyone who's having trouble try this. click whatever link (reply, new posts...) then hit your browsers stop loading then click the link again. seems to work for me. ??!!! very strange.

i was wrong, i don't think this actually works.

I does work -- but only sometimes. If it takes more than 5 seconds, ESC and F5...

thats the same thing. esc is stop and f5 is reload.

RIGHT -- If it takes more than 5 seconds, do that.

If that takes more than 5 seconds, do it again.

And again.

And again if necessary...

two tries...

@xrok1 said:

@xrok1 said:

anyone who's having trouble try this. click whatever link (reply, new posts...) then hit your browsers stop loading then click the link again. seems to work for me. ??!!! very strange.

i was wrong, i don't think this actually works.

I does work -- but only sometimes. If it takes more than 5 seconds, ESC and F5...

Wired T1 here with regularly over 1000 kb/s download speeds.

No problems with any other sites (and even YouTube works for us).