Want to improve your Layout viewport performance? Try this!
Learn SketchUp in THE SKETCHUP ESSENTIALS COURSE
http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/course
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Things that make your viewport slow/distracting
1:03 - Where to find draft mode and what it does
2:22 - Setting the re-draw delay and how long effects take to lead
2:53 - Always on vs. Pan and Zoom - which one to use?
4:22 - Disable SketchUp Viewport Drawing - for VERY heavy models
5:15 - Disabling Raster elements (AO, Shadows, Viewports, etc)
- Adding a keyboard shortcut for draft mode
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