I have encountered a bit of an oddity. I was modeling some spheres when suddenly the spheres became “obloids” horizontally. I have discovered that, when the Tray is widened at all, the spheres start to distort horizontally - in proportion to the amount that the Tray was widened. This also occurre…

Here are some screen shots of this behavior. [Screenshot 2026-06-06 094145] [Screenshot 2026-06-06 094251]

[image] ksnelson1: BTW, I am used to these kind of things being attributed to my system, because it is not a Mac, but is instead a PC running Windows 11 on a Surface Pro. What does not being a Mac have to do with anything?

Might be due to: Operating System : Windows Graphics Card: Microsoft Surface Pro 11 ARM Snapdragon SketchUp 2026 does not officially support ARM-based Windows graphics or processors. Windows ARM64 devices (such as Snapdragon-powered laptops) can only run the program via emulation, which leads to …

No doubt. Like I said, I know I have an “unsupported” system but remain hopeful that things and attitudes might change sometime before I need a new machine. Believe it or not but Adobe has stepped up a little with their Lightroom support for Snapdragon. BTW - Dave, how are you? Are you back in y…

We’ll have to see what they do to support ARM. Not back in the shop yet. I’ve got most of the wiring done. Waiting for my bride to move her stuff out of the space so I can bring my tools over from storage. The space is about half the size of my previous shop so I’m going to have a challenge fitting…

See my reply to Dave R below. It seems clear that SU tilts toward Mac systems. And I was hopeful that something like making a tray wider WOULDN"T be associated with a Snapdragon chip set. I am sure someone knows why … but I was just hopeful.

I think you have been very patient. Have you considered stacking your tools like a washer dryer combination? :wink:

[image] ksnelson1: Have you considered stacking your tools like a washer dryer combination? :wink: That’s an interesting idea. I wonder how it would work with a 16 in. bandsaw on top of a tablesaw. :smiley: FWIW this is what happens when I change the width of the tray.

That is also what happens for me, when testing on an ARM PC laptop. I can’t think of a reason it would squish vertically when making the tray wider.

Distorted Images with widened Tray

SketchUp Pro

bmike June 9, 2026, 4:17am 11

IIRC SketchUp was first released for PC, then Mac.

SketchUp for iPad is Mac only. The rest are offered on both systems - but there are hardware requirements which you are running into.

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Distorted Images with widened Tray

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