Would another graphics card speed up SketchUp with big models?

[john_mcclenahan]

@Kelvin

got a lot of waiting time with high poly furniture models.

You may want to try to reduce the poly count. See this thread for some ways of doing so:

Simplifying 3Dwarehouse models for use as entourage

Continuing the discussion from No idea how to create this mop head. any suggestions?: I was thinking it might be helpful to do just that, and get some feedback. Some of the results demonstrate DRASTIC reductions in edge and face counts, but more modest reductions in file size, depending on the size of textures used and what proportion of the file size they account for. Example: [image] Bookcase and desk - original and simple.skp.zip (1.3 MB) Original: ~7500 edges, ~3000 faces, 2 groups, …

It can make a dramatic difference to the speed of operation