https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37576
Bug ID: 37576 Summary: Google Sketchup 8 : 2D Drawing File Export Broken, Regression Product: Wine Version: 1.7.30 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: gp1@sredmond.com Distribution: ---
I tested current Wine stable 1.6.2, current wine development 1.7.30, and Wine 1.5.4 today running Google SketchUp 7 and Sketchup 8. Test OS was Puppy Linux Racy 5.5.
Google SketchUp 7 and 8 (free version) have for a long time failed to properly export drawings as 2D graphics. Files produced are either transparent blank, or entirely black images. Files affected are .png, .bmp, and .jpg. exports.
Wine 1.5.4 seems to have resolved this issue. (see https://sites.google.com/site/sketchupsage/problems/linux -- list of wine version issues resolved near bottom of page). I have successfully output SketchUp 2D graphic files with that version.
However an upgrade to current Wine Stable 1.6.2 broke this capability again for me, and a further test of 1.7.30 also showed the same 2D graphic export problem.
After removing 1.7.30, and re-installing 1.5.4, the capability to save drawings as 2D graphics from Google 7 & 8 returned.
2D graphic export is a critical function of the free version of Google Sketchup 7 and 8 -- it basically allows the production of plans, drawing, and image files from SketchUp. It is essential functionality.
Without it, files can only be produced via an external screen capture program at low resolution. That cripples this program's usefulness as a CAD or illustration production tool.