I bought an ipad air 2024(M2)and I’m worried about the sketchup is slowly(it doesn’t run smoothly) Could someone advise me on the setup?How to speed it up as much as possible?Or is it really the SU 2024 version?I was buying an approved ipad and it’s terrible.I’m begging for help with some sort of setup if it’s possible.
I suppose it’s a typo, but what is “seka” SketchUp? I have an M1 iPad Air and though I don’t use it often, the only issue I’ve seen is that in retrospect I should have gotten one with a bigger screen. The majority of performance problems arise from complex models, particularly ones loaded full of over-detailed components from the 3DWarehouse.
Do you have actual version for iOS?
Yes, there is a version for iPad. It would probably run better than the Web version that is accessed with your Web browser. I don’t have an iPad.
If you are using the iPad version, is it “slow” even with a new empty model?
I don’t use the web version.Empty projekt is ok. It does not occur to me that I should have a complex project (1 room) so that an iPad with an M2 chip could not pull it off.
Well, experience shows that users are capable of stuffing quite a lot of things in a single room. Just yesterday someone posted a model with a shell of a small house and its site that had over 9 million edges. The count dropped to 1% when a hedge next to the house was removed.
Post your model if you want others to take a look.
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Can you share an example model so we can compare?
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Actually it’s for iPadOS, not iOS which is for iPhones. The iPad version is available from the Apple Store. You need a Go or Pro subscription to run it.
As I suspected, there are multiple things in that model that look like typical over-detailed 3DW components. Curtains, pillows, throw, plants, etc.
But from an image that is just guessing. If you share the actual model we can inspect it and find out for sure. If it is larger than 16MB you will need to load it to a file sharing site and provide a link here. If smaller, you can drag it directly into a forum reply window.
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thanks for your time
For a single room, the model is very heavy
For instance, compared to one of mine, an unsuccessful competition entry model for an about 5000 m² art museum it is 5 times heavier.
Posting the original SketchUp file would have told us a bit more than the USDZ file.
As I suspected, the model is somewhat heavy for the iPad to handle. It contains 1173101 edges and 639232 faces. In the screenshot below (taken on the desktop version with view hidden edges turned on) you can see that many of the decorative elements turn black because all those hidden edges are too dense to be seen separately.
Here is a table of the top-level objects in the model, sorted in order of number of edges. Use it to see what you can either eliminate or simplify to reduce the model size.
unfortunately, I deleted things from the warehouse and it was saved. So I only have a project without downloaded things, but it’s still 40MB
you can download things, but you need to pay attention to the polygon count and the MB size.
a 5MB table with 300k polygons is a problematic table.
a 5MB building with 300k polygons is a big building with some details.
the realistic-y it looks, the heavier it is to manipulate. so we all end up finding a balance.
also, in the component panel, purge. Just because you delete the objects on the screen doesn’t mean they’re gone from the actual file.
and do you know how to clean it on the ipad? I found out that it cleans itself.
apparently it’s in the outliner on the ipad version
You can set the iPad to auto purge things that are not in the model upon save. I highly recommend, it is essential with the smaller brainpower.
In any case, thank you for sending the model to me. You have indeed deleted your warehouse entourage, which was WAY too heavy for the iPad. What is left is an entire model of loose geometry, and a couple giant texture files. If you delete the textures, the model size becomes almost nothing.
Here are a few screen shots.
I think you’re doing well, all things considered. BUT you should look into some basic modeling techniques such as grouping and tags.
Give me a moment and I’ll figure out exactly which texture was the problem.
EDIT: it’s the leaf. Deleting that took the file size down substantially, followed by the wallpaper texture and the wood grain. Then the file comes down to under 1 mb.
Now…. Does this mean that the iPad cannot handle what you need it to do? No, certainly not. All you need to do is create ‘cleaner’ models. Use groups and components, check warehouse files for size before downloading them (and even then do it in a separate file) make good use of tags. I have several models that are way up there in size, but I keep the things I don’t need to see all the time on inactive tags and then only turn them on for screenshots or downloads. Whoever modeled the room and cupboards has a basic idea of what they’re doing. They just need some behavioral polish. 
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Thank you very much. After deleting the texture, the problem was solved. Is it better to take textures from the warehouse or from photos from the Internet? According to your experience.