SketchUp runs slowly

[john_mcclenahan]

@korek

But the fact is, the models I download are heavy.

If you are getting a lot of models from the 3D Warehouse, and they are overdetailed, then you may need to simplify and/or redraw them.

Or be more selective and choose lighter weight models.

Here’s a post I wrote some time ago that might help you.

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, …