SketchUp Slow to Model

Technical Problems SketchUp
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Hello,

I have built a new PC specifically for SketchUp and V-Ray. SketchUp runs painfully slow when I’m trying to model anything. Just push/pulling walls takes 4-5 seconds for SketchUp to actually allow me to move the walls. I’m running the same file on a Macbook Pro from a few years ago and it doesn’t have the same issues. The file is about 50MB. Here are my PC specs:

Windows 10 Pro
Intel i9 7920X
Nvidia RTX 2070
32GB RAM
1TB SSD

This PC is way more powerful than the Mac and it renders in V-Ray much faster but modeling in SketchUp is terrible. Every time I try to perform an action SU just stops responding and takes a few seconds before it lets me do what I need to. My Windows updates are current and I just installed the February Nvidia driver. I’ve already tried the batch file fix and I looked for the Windows cumulative update that caused issues with the selection tool but that’s not installed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Make sure SketchUp is using your Nvidia graphics card and not the integrated graphics.

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Thanks but under OpenGL it says it’s using the RTX 2070. I’m really pulling my hair out on this one.

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Same problem here. Running SU2018 on a Geforce GTX 1080 and i7-8700k CPU, 32 Gb memory.

SU is extremely slow in opening models, it takes around 3 times longer dan my old imac (2013).
Autosave takes around 20 sec every time it
saves.
OpenGl says it’s running my GTX 1080.

Also running SU on a laptop with Geforce GTX 1070, i7-7700HQ and 16 Gb memory. Laptop is way faster then my new desktop.

Hope someone has a solution for me.

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SU loads times can be quite slow on powerful machines with trays open - do you leave your trays in autohide while modelling?

It may be helpful to verify your NVIIDA cards are set up correctly there too and doing the work - via the NVIDIA control panel and the task manager.

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Thank you I do know that the Nvidia control panel is set up correctly but I don’t have the trays set to auto hide. I’ll give that a shot and see how it runs.

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I have a
Windows 10 Pro
i7 6850K
Nvidia GTX 1060
48 MB Ram
1TB SSD

I have had that happen when making scenes if I had a modified “fast” style that became a slow style. Otherwise it moves along pretty good. I also have the CPU assigned to sketchup and layout Intel Turbo boost as priority programs. Monitor size seems to be a factor too. 4k monitors seems to make it go slower than my 1080’s. I ran the task manager and saw that my CPU was running at 6% my memory / ram was at 70% and my GPU was around 3%.At that point I upgraded from 16GB ram to 48GB. CPU and GPU stayed the same but RAM usage went down to 10%. Now everything is more balanced on task manager and seems to work better for performance and stability. Please update if you can find something to work. I would like to upgrade to a RTX 2070 but I was waiting to see if they got the bugs worked out yet.

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Similar problem for me. I’ve just bought the base model iMac Pro and was expecting a big improvement over my iMac when working in SketchUp Pro and LayOut, but there is none - in fact SketchUp runs slower and I have slight glitches here and there!

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I’m in the same mess. I had a 2014 series Mac Pro and use SU daily. I just upgraded to a 2018 Mac Pro and the models are crashing before they even open. I’m having a difficult time sourcing the issue.
I have been reading and others say it’s the new 2019 version.
Any thoughts?

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Someone fixed it?
Isn’t there any diagnostic tool through sketchup or made by nvidia to check what things are not ok?, I installed as admin in a i5-4460 3,2Ghz, 8GB ram and Geforce GTX 750ti 2GB OC, it only get fronzes when it has to do several intersections or big models, I also tried installed as admin, it happens to me with sketchup 2017 and 2019 version, even with extensions disabled.

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Did you right click on the downloaded file and select “run as administrator” from the menu? If not do so and choose the repair option.

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Yes, I always did since I read it 2 years ago that can cause weird behaviors. I also disabled fast feedback and sketchup identity it’s this the card active and not the integrated one in the integrated one in the desktop computer, I didn’t see any option more about this in the bios. I can work with easy geometry, but for some operations as the ones I mentioned it takes little long. I’ve read about people using this same card at least in 2017 and working fine.

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It may be possible the card is having signs of early failure. You might try this program to benchmark your PC, very video intensive.

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is how you make a poor graphic card work, if disabling fast feedback make things better for you then your Card is generally not suitable.
However, disabling it with a suitable card will make SU work slowly.

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@Box I didn’t see any difference with fast feedback on or off.
@RGGL you know if it’s free?, not sure what download I should choose, for free I only see the Steam option and everything on the list looks a different program/download, it’s maybe a suit?
I tried a performance test yesterday and it looks ok :confused:

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Get the basic edition from steam, it is FREE

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I made the Time Spy test (it seems to belongs to 3DMark) and I got the same results that other people with same processor and graphics card so I think it’s ok.

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The same!!
Sketchup sometimes seems lagging when opening. And then it takes too much time for just a push/pull commands !@@!
I can’t believe that the I9 9900x + RTX 2080 8Gb is not strong enough to run Sketchup.
Or just a waste in spending our money for Sketchup 2019 -_-
My really really old laptop (I7 2670 + GTX 560M) which using Sketchup 2015 is still faster than this one.
haizz

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It’s more than powerful enough, as you know, clearly. The issue is obviously not sketchup in this situation. Are you using any extensions, cloud backups or working with virtual drives?

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Are your graphic drivers correct, so many possibilities.