Maybe it was so slow in multicore that nobody realised it was.
I have a mac, so i've never seen multicore LO.

Please, don't take this that I don't LOVE SU and LO - but they are causing me to pull my hair out being so slow! I'd just love for SU team to rectify!

Thanks

Hi everyone
I know that its been asked for, but please please Sketchup could you get Layout working on Multicore computers. It is criminal that my large Layout file is taking H O U R S to work on my Multicore Mac Pro!

Message from me..... MULTICORE MULTICORE MULTICORE MULTICORE MULTICORE MULTICORE

Please all others who feel the same add to this post like a petition!
Thanks
(PS - this is not to say SU and LO aren't great, they are, but they are so SLOW)

Hi
I upgraded to SU8 and LO3 the day it came out - and thanks for including many of our requests! Page numbering still missing though!
Cheers

WIND-BORNE THANK YOU!!
Your little fix in System Preferences did the trick. I must have flicked that on when I was fiddling about with trying to setup iTunes volume controls! It did the trick immediately.
Thanks very much.
Shannon

Hi
Hopefully someone can help me! I've had SU installed for ages (Pro version) and all of a sudden something has gone wrong with the shortcuts. Basically - when I hit the space bar, rather than getting the select arrow, the 'Model Info' window opens (on the Location tab) and expects an input. As you can imagine this is pretty frustrating!
I have looked at the Shortcuts preferences, and all seems to be ok. I have even (tried) to completely uninstall SU and reinstall, but hasn't solved the problem (I don't think I managed to uninstall all folders).
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks very much.
Shannon

Hi, an old post I know - but time to reinvigorate it maybe with a version update looming (well here's bring hopeful anyway!). Agree, LO has revolutionized the way I use SU for my commercial business - well done SU team.

Strongly agree with:
1.-Hatch patterns (vector) - AGREE!!! Patterns such as cross, dot, etc and then other more standard construction hatches like concrete, grass, etc.
5.- Ability to import (AND EXPORT!!) dwg/dxf vector files - please! This would be HUGE!!!!!

And
9. -Ability to have layered title block, so that it is fundamentally same on every page, but with ability to change page number (automatic!), scale (automatic!), page title, etc.
10. -Better dimensioning - it is just a bit 'clunky' and I have problems with the dimensions snapping back to actual page measurements not scale model measurements.
11. -I don't know if there is anyway that if an ortho scale drawing of a model was dimensioned and labelled, and then it was decided to change the scale, whether all the dimensions and labels would automatically be relocated to work with the new scale (LO sort of manages this already, but not well, and its usually easier just to start again).

There are plenty of others. Any sneaky whispers on pending updates?

Thanks. In Apple-land we are lucky to have 'Preview', the default PDF and image viewer, which also allows splitting and merging! Thanks to your help I was able to PDF the doc today as a whole and send to the client. Cheers.

Thanks for the suggestion about merging PDFs - I hadn't thought of that option which will work nicely. Means too that it keeps the file size down.
Cheers
Shannon

Hi
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately the issue of losing my dimensions is still a problem - they jump from being scaled correctly to being real mm measurements. Pity.

Yes - merging docs is something I would find very helpful. It comes about from having 2 or 3 people working on a presentation, which is easiest done by them creating their own separate files, and then we merge them all together at the end for the client.

I look forward to the updates!

Hi Jody
I'm pleased you are reviewing sketchup! It's a great program, and I can't wait for the new improved version!

Largest file I have created is 59.8MB, using over 10,000 2D plants with textures. It takes about 20 minutes to render shadows on my Mac Pro 8-core. I too would love to see SU using more of my available power!

One of the biggest issues I find is faces - especially large ones made with circles/arcs. This constantly causes frustration and often crashing, when trying to make a face re-establish.

For LO the biggest file I have is 298 MB, which contains several copies of the 59.8MB SU document from above, with various annotations, etc. It loads relatively quickly, but is slow to change pages (up to 2 minutes), even on my big machine.

If you are really looking to put out new version, I beg you to read SU and LO wishlists - there are so many things we'd love to have - and personally, I'd pay for an upgrade if they had them.

Thanks.
Shannon (Landscape Architect)

Hi
I have two layout docs that I want to merge together. I find that when I cut and paste each page, not only do I have to rename the page (slightly annoying) I also lose all the references for my dimensions (massively annoying - it converts them to real measurements, not scaled measurements).

Does anyone have any fancy methods to merge the docs together?

I'd be most grateful!!

Thanks.
Shannon (Landscape Architect)

Thanks Dedmin - Looks like exactly the program I need. Anyone know if there is a Mac version or similar equivalent? Thanks.

Hi all
I'm having trouble finding out how to tile printing in LO. It seems possible from some Google searching I did, but the SU help documents don't seem to show me how to do it.

Basically - I have a long banner-type drawing created in LO, styled for 3x A3 paper laid in landscape side by side (297x1189mm). I want to print this at scale on my A3 printer - essentially tile the image over 3 pages - so that I can just tape them together. Not perfect for a final presentation, but invaluable for a quick client meeting.

Anyone have any ideas how I can do this easily?

I operate latest SU & LO pro versions on a Mac Pro with OS 10.6.3. I have a Brother A3 colour printer connected to my wireless network.

Thanks for your help!

Thanks Gaieus - creating images is something I thought of doing, but not ideal! Yes a LO viewer would be great!

Add another vote to automatic page numbering - essential. Ideally would be a field that could be put anywhere on the page and prefixed by user-defined text (for example, I often use 'Sheets' rather than pages)!

I use SU and LO pretty much exclusively for my landscape architectural practice. However, my clients don't use LO (obviously!), so whilst it is ok to give presentations from my computer, the difficulty comes when I need to hand over a CD or DVD with the presentation (for them to present to internal clients). One solution of course is to save the entire file as a PDF, so that they can scroll through each page, but what may be better would be a way to export the LO document to PowerPoint.
I'm not a computer whizz, and I suspect what I'm suggesting is near-on impossible, but it would be a useful plugin to have!