I’m studying to be an interior designer and I’m drawing rooms in Sketchup. When I add several products from 3D Warehouse, the program lags, very often closes and much of what I’ve done disappears. I understand that the program can be overloaded, but I’ve seen others on the internet who decorate or build houses, etc. on the iPad.
I’ve tried changing the style + many other settings, turning off all layers except the one I’m working on, etc.
I’ve also tried on my partner’s PC but it closes there too.
I bought a new iPad pro, model from 2022 and downloaded the app “sketchup for ipad”. But it still doesn’t work.
Do you need the absolute latest version for it to work? Anyone want to help me? Thanks in advance.
In short, No. Older computers (3-5 years, even older) should all run sketchup reasonably well, same for any still supported ipad. If you have a model that is causing you trouble upload that model here or if it’s too big which is often the case with models containing many downloaded assets from the 3Dwarehosue then upload the file to a file sharing service and share the link here. Then we can see what you have going on. If you have downloaded many things from the warehouse without regard for their size your file may have simply gotten too big to work, or you may have downloaded a particularly broken item from the warehouse. let’s see a file.
Thank you. Is this a correct link? Can you see my project?
Sounds like the models you are importing from the 3D warehouse may be very large files. Best practice is not to import assets from the warehouse directly into your model but instead into a separate file. when its there clean it up make sure it doesn’t have any hidden extras. You also want to make note of the file size of the assets you import and ask yourself how detailed the asset really needs to be. No point in adding a very detailed Kettle with lots of geometry and high res textures if its not the focus of your model.
You need to share a file, not a link to view. Download the model to your iPad or computer and share it via WeTransfer or dropbox or similar file sharing and make sure you set it to public. Share the link here in a reply.
Thanks for the reply. It seems I can’t export my file and download it to my iPad, maybe it’s too big. Next time I’ll try importing the 3d models into a separate file first and clean them up like TazSavage wrote.
If it’s too big to download, it’s also to big to work with, especially in the go version!
You need to treat every 3Dwarehouse download as a possible liability to your model. Don’t try to simplify good looking models if they have too much geometry (too much work without extensions), but instead look for a suitable one. And don’t forget that materials can bloat your model too! Warehouse models often use high pixel materials that are not even used by SketchUp in that resolution…
And don’t forget to purge your model, but I guess the online versions do that automatically…
Thank you for your answer.
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