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recently, having to install sketchup 2017 on my pc, I discovered that my graphics card did not support opengl 3.0, indispensable to turn the 2017 version.
after installation, starting the software, I was given the following message:
the opengl version of the graphics card "geforce 7300 gt/pcie/sse2" is 2.1. sketchup requires a graphics card that supports opengl 3.0 or higher version.
after extensive network research, I found that there are libraries that can "emulate" version 3 of opengl: it is mesa. are used by those who intend to run an old video game on very recent pcs: practically, it allows these users to "go back", instead for me it turned out to be a help to "go ahead"!
http://mesa.fdossena.comyou just need to download the library, unzip the compressed file and save it in the same folder where the sketchup executable is located. now launching shetchup, the latter will be convinced to turn on a tab with opengl 3.1. That's all.
I hope I've been helpful!
after installation, starting the software, I was given the following message:
the opengl version of the graphics card "geforce 7300 gt/pcie/sse2" is 2.1. sketchup requires a graphics card that supports opengl 3.0 or higher version.
after extensive network research, I found that there are libraries that can "emulate" version 3 of opengl: it is mesa. are used by those who intend to run an old video game on very recent pcs: practically, it allows these users to "go back", instead for me it turned out to be a help to "go ahead"!
http://mesa.fdossena.comyou just need to download the library, unzip the compressed file and save it in the same folder where the sketchup executable is located. now launching shetchup, the latter will be convinced to turn on a tab with opengl 3.1. That's all.
I hope I've been helpful!
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