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Just circling back around to report that I exhausted all troubleshooting options for my crashing issue on my Macbook Pro. There seems to be some irreconcilable difference between the plugin and my computer (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015 / MacBookPro11,4).
However, I continue to be really excited about the vision of this plugin. There isn’t an alternative that integrates and automated construction documents from native SketchUp model (that I know of). So… I went out and bought myself a Windows workstation that will be dedicated to this 3D CAD work. The issues I was experiencing on my Mac do not replicate on the PC.
Mike- I think it would be honorable to make it more transparent to prospective buyers that your plugin seems to have compatibility issues on Macbook Pros, so they can make an informed choice. Also, in response to our conversation about Mac vs PC graphics performance- in my experience so far, my MBP is noticeably more nimble, snappy, and crisp with rendering on-screen geometry, materials, and shadows. My PC (HP Omen with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU) does a fine job. But it’s not as smooth and crisp as the MBP. I really don’t think there is a GPU power issue. The cause of the crash seems likely to have to do with drivers/software. Just my hunch.
Just circling back around to report that I exhausted all troubleshooting options for my crashing issue on my Macbook Pro. There seems to be some irreconcilable difference between the plugin and my computer (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015 / MacBookPro11,4).
However, I continue to be really excited about the vision of this plugin. There isn’t an alternative that integrates and automated construction documents from native SketchUp model (that I know of). So… I went out and bought myself a Windows workstation that will be dedicated to this 3D CAD work. The issues I was experiencing on my Mac do not replicate on the PC.
Mike- I think it would be honorable to make it more transparent to prospective buyers that your plugin seems to have compatibility issues on Macbook Pros, so they can make an informed choice. Also, in response to our conversation about Mac vs PC graphics performance- in my experience so far, my MBP is noticeably more nimble, snappy, and crisp with rendering on-screen geometry, materials, and shadows. My PC (HP Omen with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU) does a fine job. But it’s not as smooth and crisp as the MBP. I really don’t think there is a GPU power issue. The cause of the crash seems likely to have to do with drivers/software. Just my hunch.
Oh man. I’m really striking out over here. I rebuilt my .condoc file from scratch (per our discussion). I was confident that would work after what we tried on our call yesterday. But no luck, still crashed when I tried running Plan Generator.
Then I just returned to the absolute basics. I opened one of the sample files (CONDOC+4_Modern+Garage.skp), and loaded the default V4 .condoc file. I tried running plan generator with this generic setup, and it still crashed.
Finally, I wondered if there was something corrupted in my Sketchup installation from installing ConDoc v4 on top of v3. So I completely removed Sketchup and all associated files from my computer. Did a fresh install. Then tried to install ConDoc v4 via Extension Manager. And THAT crashed Sketchup…
Dead in the water over here…
Oh man. I’m really striking out over here. I rebuilt my .condoc file from scratch (per our discussion). I was confident that would work after what we tried on our call yesterday. But no luck, still crashed when I tried running Plan Generator.
Then I just returned to the absolute basics. I opened one of the sample files (CONDOC+4_Modern+Garage.skp), and loaded the default V4 .condoc file. I tried running plan generator with this generic setup, and it still crashed.
Finally, I wondered if there was something corrupted in my Sketchup installation from installing ConDoc v4 on top of v3. So I completely removed Sketchup and all associated files from my computer. Did a fresh install. Then tried to install ConDoc v4 via Extension Manager. And THAT crashed Sketchup…
Dead in the water over here…
Hi Mike-
- Added a standard Sketchup derived section plane. That works fine. Not sure what you mean by “disabling” the popup… perhaps you could clarify?
- No Skalp.
- All Sketchup native extensions are enabled, including Advanced Camera tools. Those and ConDoc4 are the only extensions enabled.
- Disabled scene thumbnails and closed scenes dialog.
None of these steps made any changes to the crashing behavior.
Were you able to take a look at the file I linked above? Wondering if there are any clues inside… If I model a few pieces of simple geometry in an empty file, the tools run fine…
Hi Mike-
- Added a standard Sketchup derived section plane. That works fine. Not sure what you mean by “disabling” the popup… perhaps you could clarify?
- No Skalp.
- All Sketchup native extensions are enabled, including Advanced Camera tools. Those and ConDoc4 are the only extensions enabled.
- Disabled scene thumbnails and closed scenes dialog.
None of these steps made any changes to the crashing behavior.
Were you able to take a look at the file I linked above? Wondering if there are any clues inside… If I model a few pieces of simple geometry in an empty file, the tools run fine…
Here is a link to the file. May help troubleshooting.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13d098Axcvac_UAgFceWZtkvYCKDfzn1C
Here is a link to the file. May help troubleshooting.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13d098Axcvac_UAgFceWZtkvYCKDfzn1C
