

STL file format, users make the 3D models to be 3D printable and thus the reason why SketchUp is very popular in the 3D printing industry.

STL (which is compatible with SolidWorks).

3DS (which is compatible with 3ds Max), and. However, users can save files in different formats by exporting files in. , which is a California-based company that specializes in software, hardware, and services that touch on a range of industries including Building & Construction, Agriculture, Geospatial, and Transportation among others. SketchUp is a 3D modeling CAD program for making architectural, civil, interior design, mechanical design, and landscape architecture drawings. It shortens the 3D modeling time since designers can save time by downloading 3D models from the warehouse instead of having to take time to draw the 3D models from scratch. I will defer to windows experts to figure out what that might be.Įdit: I got first and second swapped above - fixed.SketchUp 3D Warehouse is an open library of 3D models where SketchUp users can download or Upload 3D models. If you can’t get similar performance after making the tweaks I listed, there is an issue with the configuration of your computer. The shadows lag just a bit but otherwise it is ok. With this one simply going monochrome and turning off shadows makes it usable.

The first model (robots) has a bit over 1 million edges, split about equally between the two versions of the robot. WIth shadows on, the model is then just a bit sluggish. I also set monochrome mode (I didn’t check the size of textures but rendering them always slows things down at least a bit). I added a new tag, assigned that tag to the tree’s group, and turned off the tag’s visibility. It will crush just about any computer’s performance. The second model (gumball world) contains over 5 million edges, almost all of them in the tree! This kind of overmodeling of ultimately unimportant “entourage” is often an issue with models from the 3DWarehouse. Results from these models on my mid-2012 MacBookPro Retina:
