Sketchup copying model between sketchup files

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Hi guys

I have an issue where i am trying to copy items such as sofas betweeen sketchup instances (ie from one sketchup file to another sketchup file) and its taking like 2 - 3 minutes? I would consider my PC high end and i dont know if this is hwo it is or if something is wrong?

PC specs -
Ryzen 3970x
GTX 2080 Gfx card
256 Gig Ram

any help or advice would be great
Thanks

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Firstly, how are you doing the copying?

Secondly, what size is the component?

If your sofa is a component, have you tried uploading it to an appropriate folder so that you can just retrieve it from a different drawing? You might have to reload SU for it to show up though.

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Please correct the topic title. You are asking about copying components between SketchUp files not between scenes.

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Hi

Thanks for getting back to me. The file is around 10mb. Also I am copying it by ctrl c and going to another opened instance of sketchup and pressing ctrl v.

Uploading it to the components sounds like a great idea I’ll try that thanks

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Very technical there John. Stay safe :facepunch:

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I editted scenes into files in the topic.
@john_mcclenahan is right, be specific when you are asking for help!

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Size is probably the issue.

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i tired adding it to the component library and still no good - takes a few minutes to import - any idea how to adjust this clipboard size limit? I dont think its that as even if i just import it via file>import it still takes a while…

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It may be begging the question but why would you use a 10Mb component? Unless you have almost nothing else in your drawing, it is asking for trouble.

There are a lot of posts on this forum about the wisdom of editing downloaded components before using them and one part of that is making them less heavy.

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im doing an animation in sketchup using decent quality models thats why they are a little larger - but i am optimising them using TRANSMUTR

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I know nothing about Transmutr but if they still end up at 10Mb after “optimising” them, I wouldn’t be too happy!

If you were doing an animation in a photorealistic render program, I could just about see the point. But in a SU animation, I really doubt you would notice the difference between the model you have and one that has been simplified using standard SU methods. But then, I haven’t seen your sofa. Is it the star of the show?

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This topic peaked my curiosity so did a quick test. Downloaded a “stupid” high poly tree.of mine. 33 mb file size. It usually takes a minute or so to download into a new file. Copy and paste in Place to another SU file only took a couple of seconds. Will say I’m on an older iMac. Wonder if it’s a “Windows thing”.;
Curious what a guru might have to say about what’s going on “under the hood” when copy pasting between SU files ?

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Another thought… are you rendering your animations. If so does your render software allow you to use a simplified “proxy” in the model and link it to the higher poly version ? If so that might be worth trying.