I did purge, it didn’t help .

What are the thing to look for when Downloading from 3dwh ?
I do understand file size slow down the performance .

But my problem is the downloading . It hang when my model got bigger, and even the smallest file downloading will hang my system .

Hi all, hope to get some help here.

I am using sketch up pro ( lastest version) with MacBook Pro M2 max (high spec)

I using sketch up for interiors design work mostly. I use to have a lot of problem when I using MacBook Pro （intel) with sketch up when rendering with vray.( it crashed like daily routine)

After reading some much good review on the new m1/m2 chip decided to pull the trigger.

The vray rendering part seem to be improved dramatically, will test it more coming days.

I have a major issue and hope I can get some help here.

When ever my model get complex , or after I have downloaded lot of stuff into my model from 3d warehouse, it become extremely slow and get to a point where it hang, frozen.

Is there something I had been missing ?

Is there anything I can do on setting to maximum sketch up performance with my high spec MacBook Pro m2 max ?

I am wrong about believing in sketch up pro/ vray 6 is highly compatible with Mac OS ?

St from Singapore

i just DL the latest version of v2 plus for sketch up 2014 mac.
now the problem had been resolved. no more hanging when quitting!
finally ! good job.

Hi,
i have the same problem too. download a file from extension warehouse sometime take forever. the download speed seem ok. but the loading time onto scene like never ending . the colour spinning wheel(mac os) is forever turning.
hope there is a fix too!

Hi dave, just want to say THANK YOU!

now i manage to get it work. the only set back i notice when apply texture image to a surface, even a png file, there is still rectangular line around the label which i can removed. it quite distracting after a render image.http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=116549%26amp;mode=view/rokbox.jpg

like you can see the rectangular line around the ''steve yeong".

is there a way to remove it ? i believed that is the face created.

@dave r said:

I just copied the top outside edge of the cylinder down with Move/Copy to make the top and bottom limits of the label. Then I drew vertical lines for the left and right edges of the label.

For the one with the map, I laid out the sides of the label on the cylinder first and determined the required width by selecting the bottom edge of the label and looking at Entity Info as I already described. Then I imported the image as texture (not an image like you did) and applied it to a rectangle also as I described above.

For yours I set the top and bottom limits of the label to match the height of your image. Then I exploded your image to make a texture. I applied the texture to the surface between the top and bottom edges. this makes the texture repeat a number of times around the cylinder. I drew vertical lines on either side of a single copy of it, deleted the edges I didn't need and hid the ones around the label. If you turn on Hidden Geometry, you'll be able to see the edges of the label.

hi dave, pardon me i still can't get it.

1. set the top and bottom limits of the label to match the height of your image.
   how to do that ?
   2)Then I exploded your image to make a texture.
   i got this.
   3)applied the texture to the surface between the top and bottom edges.
   to no1 ?

apprecial your help..

@dave r said:

I was just making this while waiting for your file. Draw an outline on the cylinder the size of the label and apply the material to that area only. You can then hide the edges around the label if you don't want them to show.

[attachment=0:23cb5a9p]<!-- ia0 -->map.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:23cb5a9p]

First you'll need to explode your label component so you get the image as a material.

Hi dave,
YES , this is what i need. do you think you can give detail, step by step on how to do that ?
drawing a rectangle on the cylinder surface ? can you explain how to do that ?

thanks dave.

i need the cylinder to be transparent , the logo to be png file, not 100% wrap around, just label on certain part.

any idea how can i do that with the e.g. ?

thanks Dave

eg 1

Hi dave ,

there are the e.g.:

[3dwh]/Users/steveyeong/Documents/sketchup file/eg- 1.skp[/3dwh]

not sure if you can read the 3d file, as i not sure whether how to upload a sketch up file.

can anyone alight me , how can i attach a image file to a round cylinder surface ?
i have no problem doing that on a flat surface. still figuring out how to get the image to blend into a round surface.

apprecial your advice.

Ok will DL and try it!
with thanks

recently i had upgrade my sketch up version to 2014.

been using 3d connexion space mouse since the last version., after the upgrade it stop working anymore.

can anyone alight whether had 3d connexion come out with the driver for 2014 su ?

if yes can share the download link with me ?

had email 3d connexion and had yet got a reply from them.

@dave r said:

You keep ignoring the request to post a model in which this happens. You seem to expect a solution without providing enough information. If you want help you'll have to help us help you.

i had done a sample reeftank with image file attached.
as the file i am working on is too big to upload here.
i had used 3 renderer (trial version)
maxwell and podium doesn't seem to read the image.
only Thea success.

let me know once you try to render the image.

thanks for the help.

reef tank (1).skp

This is another render i do today with THEA render.

somehow the with thea render (is a trial version) , i manage to get the image on the tank after the render.
lighting and environment effect not set yet.

just wonder what i am lacking with other renderer software ,just can't get the image right into.

here is another e.g: .

can anyone alight ?

or maybe i should just ask, how to attached a photo image to a picture flame that hang at the wall of your model house ?

Like you can see, the fish tank on the left is with attached image file. i intentionally attached another next the it,
however, the renderer dont seem to know there is a image file. (right) . the fish tank are not black, is transparent if you open up larger view to view the final render.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?mode=view&id=109002

this what i talking about, you can see the 'before and after render scene..

any advice is appreciated

It a picture of the reef. Just like when you want to have a photo hang at the wall , when you render , the photo is not there and only the frame is there.

The face is correct .

Hi,
pardon me if this is a stupid question, but i can't find the solution for it.
i am a aquarium designer. using high spec MacBook Pro retina,sketchup pro 2013.

After modeling a scene with furniture /floor / aquarium with cabinet, usually i attached a image file to the surface of the aquarium.( so the tank will have fishes and corals) however, after rendering the scene( i try maxwell, supodiumv2 ,) the image file disappeared, it become a see through tank.

my question is how can i have the picture rendered into ??