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  • master53yoda
    Established Member
    • Oct 2008
    • 456
    • Spokane Washington
    • bt 3000 2 of them and a shopsmith ( but not for the tablesaw part)
    #1

    trouble getting sketch up working

    I just loaded sketch-up on my laptop, it is running vista and has what the site says it needs. the training videos etc work but when i try to start the main program it comes up and the sits with the hour glass and goes into "not reponding" I have dumped it and reloaded it. I also got a new version from the download and get the same results. I run internet with firefox. anyone have any suggestions.
    Art

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    • pierhogunn
      Veteran Member
      • Sep 2003
      • 1567
      • Harrisburg, NC, USA.
      #2
      do you have any sort of firewall running on your laptop, sketchup may be trying to head out to google and look for updates
      It's Like I've always said, it's amazing what an agnostic can't do if he dosent know whether he believes in anything or not

      Monty Python's Flying Circus

      Dan in Harrisburg, NC

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        • LarryG
          The Full Monte
          • May 2004
          • 6693
          • Off The Back
          • Powermatic PM2000, BT3100-1
          #3
          SketchUp can be a little fussy about video cards, so you might double-check the system requirements there and make sure you're up to snuff. It particularly doesn't like ATi Radeon cards, although that is what I happen to have in my box. Performance with large models is flaky enough that I'm seriously considering getting a difference card.
          Larry

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            • master53yoda
              Established Member
              • Oct 2008
              • 456
              • Spokane Washington
              • bt 3000 2 of them and a shopsmith ( but not for the tablesaw part)
              #4
              my video card is a NVIDIA GeForce go 6150

              Do you think that it may not like going through Firefox to the internet.
              Art

              If you don't want to know, Don't ask

              If I could come back as anyone one in history, It would be the man I could have been and wasn't....

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                • Rich P
                  Established Member
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 390
                  • Foresthill, CA, USA.
                  • Powermatic 66 (1966 vintage)
                  #5
                  I would think you can eliminate the graphics card issue by installing Google Earth. If it runs then it's not an Open GL issue. If it won't then there is something funny with your LT video or it's drivers. You might want to have Vista search for an update to the video driver. See post below....

                  http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineD...ech-OpenGL.htm

                  It's got nothing to do with FF (IMHO).
                  Don't ever ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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                    • LCHIEN
                      Super Moderator
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 22040
                      • Katy, TX, USA.
                      • BT3000 vintage 1999
                      #6
                      yeah, update video drivers before anything else.
                      Loring in Katy, TX USA
                      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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