I think the reason why the Sketchup program does not satisfy people is the production mentality of the program. For example, you can make completely architectural drawings in the Revit program. Sketchup is built on a very basic logic. It wants you to create everything you can from a blank page. It doesn’t limit you. I think the only reason why the Sketchup program is abandoned by users is high expectations. It has the potential to beat all other drawing programs. It saddens me too that the expected innovation is not coming.
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And what would that “expected innovation” be?
In SketchUp you would create a 3D model, not simply architectural drawings, huge diference.
Your complaint would be about LayOut.
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I think a lot of people disagree with you on that…
It’s usually best to ignore people with an obvious agenda.
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You want examples of whom is disagreeing with you??
I can just speak for myself obviously!
I see, good luck with your prototype then…
Complaint? You’ve got to be kidding.
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You are right. (wrong wording). Only saying it would be if you compare the two.
SketchUp is great to express your creativity and that will result in a 3D model.
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Man, people are on edge this year, between the haters and the users… 
If you hate sketchup, just stop using it.
If you want sketchup to be more like {other software} then maybe the other software is a better choice for you.
And a forum is not an airport, not is it an arena. No need to announce your departure, you’re not a plane, nor pick fights with people you disagree with.
You all just had xmas to fight with people about meaningless things (usually around turkey), no need to take it here.
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Sketchup need new modifiers ! turbo smooth a powerful subdivision modeling new edge selection like quad face tool etc…hope u made a complete sketchup instead to install every time the plugins
Im huge fan of the tool called SKP. It has altered my entire busines by raising the bar to a level I had not previously been able to achieve. Specifically, I make a lot more money now I think in part because of this ‘Tool’. Further I have huge investment in it at this point because my future models depend so much on the previous ones ive made in many respects . Also I just dont have the time to start from scratch with other software options one could say im not willing to make the time .
Its from that position that I am now terribly dissappointed that the SKP tool seems uninterested or unable in taking advantage of the great advances that have been made multi-core , group core, and CPU processing . So , while my abiltiy to create fantastic models as I become more adept with the SKP tool, the models themselves become harder and harder to process , especially when I send them to LayOut. This week I was late for a meeting, I missed dinner with my spouse, i got much less sleep than I needed - all because my model was being run by the dreaded beachball , not me. And Layout, after hours of trying to prepare a PDF , I had to resort to taking screenshots so I could provide an inspector with the site plan he had required he recieve BEFORE our meeting - the one that i was late for. After this happened i brought my SKP tool problem to my favorite tech guru , an expert computer and software problem solver . Once he realized how far behind SketchUp was in terms modifying / adapting so that it could take advantage of current computing processing tools he was genuinely shocked that a program this good couldnt or wouldnt adapt and was offering NOTHING in terms hope to its huge user base that it was at least “trying”. It was a confusing moment, to say the least.
There is NO CAD software that can utilize the multiple cores of the processor. AutoCad gave up years ago in trying to achieve tat goal. All of them utilize a single core.
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if your tech guru and software problem solver doesn’t know that all CAD softwares run on mono cores, I’m afraid you need to change tech guru, it’s not the right one… 
RLGL seems to be a better guru. and he’s just a cat.
sounds like a bloated model problem, lots of those around here, a massive scrub usually helps.
have you turned the hybrid / vector override export off ? usually does the trick.
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For a more nuanced view of the the role of multi-core processing in CAD, this article provides some insight:
So while it’s true that:
CAD applications have limits on how aggressively they can use multicore computing. For example, history-based modelling has operations that must be performed serially, and therefore cannot be parallelised across cores.
…this is equally and increasingly true (at least for those developers that are actively pursuing it):
If you only look at history-based part modelling operations, the value of multiple CPUs is low. But CAD applications have evolved way beyond just part modelling, and customers receive significant benefits from the CAD capabilities that do use multicore computing.
If you are designing assemblies, working with imported data, rendering, creating drawings and frequently calculating manufacturing toolpaths, those cores will increase your productivity.
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LOl…Not sure what your point is …We all need to all give up and call it a day? You have a right to repeat the problem, tell me its a fact of life or whatever …But hese is a little tip --its much easier to not come off as a a condescending you know what by offering a solution based response. Or not responding at all when you cant is good too.
Thanks , Ill look at your last suggestion. Ive listened to the bloated model suggestion many times and have gone over my work with a fine tooth comb only to find it did very little to speed things up. Ive also done a lot of other things like like hiding or even removing large portions of my model when I thought I could. Being forced to do all that only serves to emphasize my point.
The only other time Ive ever complained was when Triimble took over and did away with Google’s geo locater seemingly without giving any thought to those of us who were adversely effected by the removal on that feature. Admittedly, the callousness with which that decision was executed makes me suspect there is a deeper problem . Especially when processing power keeps jumping foreward and Trimbles updates seem to offer so little in the way of improved functionality.
This was not a Trimble decision. When Google sold SketchUp to Trimble they (Google) decided that SketchUp could no longer use Googles maps for geolocation. I believe that this was implemented 1 year after the sale.
But the geolocation feature is still working, it just uses another provider…
Edit: @ateliernab beat me to it…
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