Hi
Can anyone advise me on the best kit to buy to speed up rendering times using Vray.
I currently use a 15inch MacBook Pro 2017. It has a 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7. Memory 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR 3. Graphics Radeon Pro 560 4 GB Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I want to remain using Mac rather than switching to Windows. Is there an external GPU that I can buy that will speed things up or if I switch to a desktop iMac Pro or a Mac mini bolted on to my current laptop will this help?

I am about to switch from SU2019 to 2020 and have the latest release of Vray

Any advice on this matter will be gratefully received.

Many Thanks

MW

I have just bought a new mac book pro and updated to SketchUP Pro 2018 and I am still encountering the same bug as I had on my old machine and ver2017. When I hit the space bar to activate the select tool the model info window opens on the geo-location option. I have tried hitting the tab button 4 times and also gone into the keyboard preferences on the computer, selecting shortcuts and then selecting the option for text boxes and lists only but this has not rectified the problem. I also reset the SketchUP shortcuts within the programme itself and still no luck.
Can anyone help?

I have turned off extensions in Preferences and also removed everything out of the plugins folder in the library via Applications leaving the extensions that come with SU (sandbox, dynamic components etc) and Shaderlight. The result is that it is still crashing?
Does this mean there is a problem with the renderer?
Is it worth uninstalling SU14 and Shaderlight and reinstalling?

To improve my understanding of best practises;

What is the best method of installing plugins in SU. 2014? Is there anything I should avoid doing?

Thanks

MW

Since buying a new 15" Macbook, upgrading to SU2014 and the latest version of Shader light, SU is crashing all the time?

The plugins I use are:
Bezier Curves
Chamfer Along Path
Set Centre Point
Drop GC
Stray Lines
Weld

Can anyone advise me on how I go about trying to prevent these frequent crashes?
Should I remove these plugins? Or is there something else I can try?

SketchUp is unusable at the moment...the slightest task and it gives up the ghost....

Any help will be welcomely received...

MW

Hi Jeff

Apologies for the slow response..

Under About SketchUp it says it is 2014. I have left 2013 in applications but removed it from the bottom dock. Should I stick it in Trash?

I have just been trying to render quite a small model with Shader Light and SU is crashing every few minutes now?
You mentioned previously that a Plugin is probably the cause. Would you mind explaining the best way of fault finding...Is it possible to turn Plugins off temporarily or do you have to wipe them completely from the computer and then reinstall them one by one?

Many Thanks for your continuing help...

MW

Thanks Jeff

I really appreciate your advice....
I have followed your instructions and that seems to have sorted out the problem with the workspace and entities bar issues... The Shaderlight tools still go absent on reopening but it is no hardship to open their tool bar via View>Tool Palettes.

Now I just have to figure out the causes of the crashes...

Many Thanks Again...

MW

Can anyone advise me?

I recently bought a new 15" MacBook Pro, which has a better graphics card,RAM etc etc than my previous MacBook...I had the data transferred from the old machine to new one in the store. I then upgraded from SketchUp pro 2013 to 2014 and also installed the latest version of Shaderlight but all the bugs and glitches seemed to have migrated to the new machine?
These include;

The workspace rarely opening to full screen even though I set it as this in Preferences

The floating Entity Info Bar disappearing (even though it states that it is open when viewed the the window drop down bar). The only way I have found to rectify this is by resetting the workspace and having then to open all the floating dialogue bars that I find useful to leave top right on the screen.

The Shaderlight tools that I have set in the top tool bar (under the customise tool bar option) keep disappearing.

Most alarming of all is both SketchUp and Layout are unexpectedly quitting on me with the same frequency as they did on my last machine that was the entry level 13" MacBook Pro....a supposedly much inferior specced machine than the one I have just upgraded to? I had put this down to pushing the last laptop too hard but know I am not so sure as the models I have been working on with the new machine have not been large and should not have challenged it in any way?

Can anyone recommend the best coarse of action to iron out these glitches?

Many Thanks

MW