@gaieus said:

Like Jim says, there is no difference between the Free and Pro (or eval) version of SU so if you experience anything like this, it MUST be something else.

Is there a bunch of boxes that need to be checked or unchecked for optimum performance? If so, can someone provide me with a list of what to have checked and unchecked and I'll see if that makes a difference?

Thanks.

I'm right there with you DaveJ, that's why I started this thread. Since we only have one pro seat in the office whoever opens sketchup 7 first uses the pro and the rest of us that open it after that have to use the free version and it says "Sketchup Pro [EXPIRED]" at the top of the toolbars. And when we're in that one, every move has a delay to it. Rotating view has a second or two hickup, drawing a line has a second or two delay in when the marker shows up, etc... Everything has a delay including selecting the tools and turning layers on or off and that's with shadows off.

I still haven't really received any info on here as to how to fix this problem and it's really getting to me. Making me save all files back down and use version 6. Please some one give me a cure.

Thanks.

Chris,

No kidding, 8 hours? Wow. That stinks, guess I'll have to set it up today at end of the day and have it crunch on it over night. Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah, I've tried it in 6 and 7. I tried grouping, exploding filling in the spaces on the site plan to drape, putting topo and site plan in same group, just about any kind of configuration I could think of and just can't seem to get it to function properly.

@jim said:

Did any of the suggestions help, dficarra?

Well I updated my driver and made sure the settings in the openGL were set as noted here, and it seems it did help some. But God help me if I have shadows on. It hangs pretty bad if I'm using a decent sized file or have the model within a site plan.

I've also had a really tough time yesterday trying to get the drape tool to work properly on a topo model I created. I tried it several times, sometimes it crashed, other times it just stopped progressing and hung up at anywhere between 42% and 53%. And I've been able to use it in the past on even larger and more complicated site plans so I don't know what the problems is now. I'm hoping sketchup doesn't bring me to the same aggravated and frustrated level that autocad architecture has!

Hello,

We upgraded in our office from SKU 6 pro to 7 pro a couple of weeks ago. We have one licensed seat (so whoever signs in first is using pro version) and anyone else who logs in uses the free version. But ever since we did this upgrade, version 7 is sooooooooooo slow and when you try to click and scroll, there is a delay in the model moving compared to the mouse movement. And every function seems to take longer. I had to start saving files back down to version six and use them in there to get anything done without driving myself nuts.

Has anyone else had this problem and knows how to fix it other than going back to version 6 and giving up and uninstalling version 7? It's been horrible and my bosses are sorry we upgraded.

Thanks.

For some reason sketchup cuts off part of the model image when I'm zooming in and out of our models, one in particular. It's a large sketchup file because of how large a site the project is on, but it wont allow me to zoom in real close to anything without it looking like a section through the model. And it shows up in the jpegs when you try and export the 2D image. I've attached a few screen shots of what I'm talking about here.

Does anyone know how to fix this if it actually can be fixed?
Thanks.