Posts made by rock1

@tig said:

Read the posts near the start of the thread http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=103055#p103055

thanks

Where are the toolbars? I can't find any file to download.

How can I subscribe to the Sketchupdate blog?

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/

I get an option to follow the site feed but it gives me this page.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/OfficialGoogleSketchupBlog

Is it possible to get updates of this blog via gmail?

@unknownuser said:

I'm just wondering if there are many users out there who build/use DC's alot in there workflow?

Or is learning DC not high on the agenda?

I don't use much. Learning to build DCs is okay. But building them and actually putting all those functions is really a cumbersome process. Sometimes it looks as if we're writing a computer program.

i don't care about the look my printer is supporting winxp 64 bit. i think i should go 4 win xp. will save disk space too. donno the place where i can buy this OS.

Is it possible in flickr to search for photos within someone's photostream. For example if there's a person called "john jameson" and i want to search for pictures titled/tagged or related to "black rock mountain" in his photos how can I do that.??

@anssi said:

XP 64 is already a problematic OS. Try, for instance, to find a security package that supports it - the major players like Symantec or F-secure don't. It's not anymore a supported OS for Microsoft Office either, you have to use workarounds to be able to install it. And it's slower than Win7.

Anssi

I'm currently using ESET smart security 4. it has both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. xp 64 slower than win 7? . i thought a lighter OS would be faster than a heavier OS.

Wow I didn't know that. perhaps that's why a software for such purpose doesn't exist. Thanks man! But I don't want the dates to be printed. is it possible that i get file names only?

. so i'll have 2 buy a new hard disk. but how come i got my updates? maybe i had an old cd so got updates. haven't received any updates alert in few days.

microsoft has support for windows xp. i update my windows regularly. what kind of support are you talking about? Man, i would need to buy a new hard disk too. my current one is 80gb sata. Don't have much money to spend

Is there any software that generates file names as well as names of folders located in specific place in windows?. Actually I backup a lot of stuff on DVDs, so would like to make print labels for it so that I can easily know the contents of it without playing it.

okay, so it's not a good idea to install RAM more than 4GB specially for sketchup render on a 32 bit windows xp. actually i have an old hard disk 80gb. so, not willing to buy another hard disk for windows 7 64 bit as it will take a lot of space. I'm planning to buy win xp 64 bit for a performance boost.

But tell me would I need to buy new softwares as well?

The softwares that I'm using that use up a lot of RAM are:

%(#4000FF)[AutoCAD 2008
CorelDRAW 12
SketchUp 8 pro [renderers too]
Photoshop CS3 extended.]

are these compatible with windows xp 64 bit ?

i didn't understand the procedure. can anyone please upload a video?

@gaieus said:

If you want to gain speed for your renderings, get a couple of bare-bone motherboards with a couple of quadcores. That's what's going to give you the best boost, quickly and without much efforts.

What does bare - bone motherboard mean? I dont know but is it really possible to have 2 motherboards each with its own RAM and processor, in one CPU cabinet?

@gaieus said:

V-ray builds into the app it is running from so if it is a 32 bit app, V-ray will also be limited to that. Since SU is a 32 bit app, there is your limitation. From a 32 bit OS, you cannot access even 4Gb of ram (only some 3.4 Gb AFAIK) so there is no use to add more RAM at all.

So I currently have 4GB RAM in my pc and Windows xp 32 bit. SU will use upto 4 gb only. [In the My Computer properties it shows as 3.01 GB of RAM. So, even if I have 64 bit OS and let's say 6 GB ram, SU and VRay will only be able to use till 4GB only? Isn't it? [Because you said that SU is 32 bit and so is Vray for SU].

But in rendering with V-Ray [still view render, i.e. a still photograph], won't vray consume more than 4gb of ram? Some of my colleagues have used max and revit and they say that a single scene took 2 hrs, 4 hrs and in some of the cases 8 hours. And what about other softwares? Is anything that consumes more than 4GB of RAM lets say 6 gb of RAM will run faster on a windows 64 as compared to 32?. And is windows xp 32 bit incapable of harnessing 6 GB ram? i.e. while using heavy graphics software.

A friend of mine told me that if you want heavy applications [like sketchup to consume RAM beyond 4 gb. you should install a 64 bit operating system. If you're not using 64 bit OS, the rest of the RAM will go to waste.] Will SketchUp consume RAM in a better way if I install 64 bit win xp? I'm currently using Windows XP SP 3.

@thomthom said:

replaced them with two hexa-core computers that yields more CPU power for the tenth of the power consumption and 6 times easier to maintain.

Hexa core? May I know the name of the processors?? Are they i7? You're using 64 bit windows or 32 bit?

@thomthom said:

That looks more like a graphic card issue... Odd that .NET framework should trigger such artifacts. Are you drivers up to date?

Ok I'll update my drivers. I just recently got my hardware upgraded so didn't upgrade my drivers. I'll update. Maybe that would solve the problem. So you mostly work with Win 7 64 bit?

@thomthom said:

I don't know what's installed on my XP machine - it's an old laptop that's been stuffed away somewhere. Not using it any more.

Man, you could just get that upgraded and like use it for renders. There's a friend of mine who has a laptop and a desktop with high configs. He uses desktop for rendering purposes and laptop for active work. I mean you put renderings on it, do active designing work on your another PC or laptop.

@thomthom said:

I've been asked to install older .NET frameworks after I've installed newer versions - has not been a problem. AFAIK they can be added and removed independently and has no dependencies on each other.

I've uninstalled version 4 forever. I installed all the previous versions. Still when I installed 4 it was giving problems. BTW do you have version 4 installed on you XP machine? Which service pack are you using? I had this problem for a second my desktop looked like this for like 10 seconds. I've been using computers with windows for years but haven't ever experienced this kinda problem.

@jason_maranto said:

I have every version of .Net installed and all the latest patches for them with no issues.

Best,
Jason.

so you have .net 2, 3.5 and 4 yeah?. I guess I should install 3.5 before installing version 4. That's why i'm having problems. You're using 32 bit xp or 64 bit?

@gaieus, i have version 2 already installed. It was installed when I was installing my drivers.