SketchUp 8 M2 is out!
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Men of the President
[flash=560,315:ih8u3du8]http://www.youtube.com/v/8bJ3s_cUV3s[/flash:ih8u3du8]
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@swedishnitro said:
And to think I actually got laughed at architecture school for using SU.
Just tell them to produce anything comparable in the same time. Sit down side by side to two computers with the same task. The idiot having laughed previously will have the grin frozen on his face.
(Ah well, I did this with a client once when he had a phone call and left for about 20 minutes. I built his design during that time - and the "competitor" had previously worked on it for two weeks)
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@gaieus said:
@swedishnitro said:
And to think I actually got laughed at architecture school for using SU.
Just tell them to produce anything comparable in the same time. Sit down side by side to two computers with the same task. The idiot having laughed previously will have the grin frozen on his face.
(Ah well, I did this with a client once when he had a phone call and left for about 20 minutes. I built his design during that time - and the "competitor" had previously worked on it for two weeks)
Well I produced this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0QJyr1PBXN8/R3OMq2wYXpI/AAAAAAAAAg4/blNEiDJO9A0/s800/Alex_Explode.jpg
'How did you do that? Rhino?'
'SketchUp!'I personally believe architecture schools across the world should be teaching SU to students by week 2.
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@jbacus said:
@unknownuser said:
is the sketchup 8 viewer new as well? or did i just miss the boat on that one?
SU8M2 doesn't change the .skp file format, so the previously-released SU8 Viewer is still compatible. No need to download/install a new Viewer for SU8M2 files.
john
.right.. i just never realized there was a version8 viewer to begin with
[and i could of used it a couple of times already
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Sounds great, but I think I'll wait until any bugs show up and get fixed. Same way with Windows updates, occasionally they cause more problems than they solve.
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@hellnbak said:
Sounds great, but I think I'll wait until any bugs show up and get fixed. Same way with Windows updates, occasionally they cause more problems than they solve.
The bugs are fixed, that's why it was in beta, so no probs it's good to go.
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@swedishnitro said:
I personally believe architecture schools across the world should be teaching SU to students by week 2.
A surprisingly large number of them already are
john
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@solo said:
The bugs are fixed, that's why it was in beta, so no probs it's good to go.
Well, I'll trust your judgement and go for it, but only because it's you
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not to rain on the parade, but any other Mac users seeing 'grayed out' inoperable Toolbars.
Some Google, and all others. it seems.
I was using them at the time and went to switch tools...
curious
never seen this one before tonight.
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To me, what you've done in M2 is great, especially the plugin/extension improvements for both users and authors.
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@unknownuser said:
i can now open supro on different computers and they both run without one being [EXPIRED]
probably something to do with the pro trial not reverting to free now..
uh.. ok.. maybe i wasn't connected to the same network or something when i had two sketchups open earlier because now when i try it, i CAN NOT even use sketchup on a different computer..
previously, if you tried this, only one would be pro and the rest would be [expired]pro (i.e.-free version)
now, i can only have sketchup open on one computer at a time ?? unless i install both free and pro on all computers??
this kinda sucks.
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@unknownuser said:
this kinda sucks.
well, i guess it isn't too bad.. i just have to turn off wifi prior to launching on a second computer..
i mean, it's not like i'm trying to be shiesty or anything.. i just can't sit at one computer all day long and draw..i'll often have project files in my dropbox so i can pick up a laptop and lay on the floor while drawing for a while.. take the computer outside with me.. etc..
and i'm not going to buy another license for that privilege
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Nay, I have this version installed on my desktop and laptop at the same time and have never had any issues with running either. Both connected to the net (lappy via wifi but the same router as the desktop).
True however that my wife has occupied my laptop so I have little chance to break SU on it.
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here's what i get when i try to launch on another computer:
[and my only choice at this point is to close sketchup.. i.e.- i can't use it]
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@gaieus said:
Nay, I have this version installed on my desktop and laptop at the same time and have never had any issues with running either. Both connected to the net (lappy via wifi but the same router as the desktop).
they probably aren't on the same network then.. for instance, can you use one for a render slave under the configuration you're using? or browse and transfer files between the two computers?
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It must be the same network. The wifi is coming from my router.
I don't know, what's going on there, Jeff. But please, post either here in the bug reports forum or over the Google forums as you are also active there. I will make sure it is noticed but certainly Googlers are also monitoring these places in the coming days.
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well, JB is in this thread already
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@gaieus said:
It must be the same network. The wifi is coming from my router.
I don't know all the techno mumbo jumbo but they aren't on the same LAN or else you wouldnt be able to have two computers running pro under the same license at any given time (unless you launched one while off the network)
[edit] or maybe the license check is being done via google and not a LAN.. dunno really but I doubt it.I'm pretty sure you've always been allowed to use a pro license on multiple computers ,but, you could only use the license on one computer at a time.
previously, if you launched SU on a second computer and it saw that your license was already being used, it would open as SU free instead of pro. it's been like that for as long as I can remember..
my gripe now is that since supro and free are totally different installs, I can no longer launch suFree on a second computer unless I have both pro and free installed (I need pro installed on all the computers.. putting the free version on them as well just seems silly.. especially when trying to keep everything synced up between the two separate apps and separate computers) -
oh.. so this same situation is being discussed at the blog as well..
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5684885087366507074&postID=4859361325159135709&isPopup=true
i guess i'll wait on official word til i decide what i'm going to do but for now, i'm just going to have to block connections via my firewall..
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[so i guess since i've made so many posts in a row so far, another one isn't going to hurt]
L o L..
so out of curiosity, i downloaded su8 free and installed it.. guess what happened.
it overwrote my su8 pro install.. no warning - nothing.. just wiped out the pro version..
so apparently, i can't even do what i was considering earlier which is to have both a pro and free version installed so i can use two sketchups while on the same network…@John,
seriously, i respect what you and your team do.. i like your vision of the future of sketchup and trust you at the helm.. but this is definitely a blunder -
They might have underestimated how many of us have SketchUp installed on multiple machines on the same network and occasionally have it open on more than machine.
I'm guessing it works the same way on network licenses? We've got quite a few network licenses at work, but sometimes there are more of us using it than we have licenses for, and it just reverts to the trial. Looks like that won't be the case anymore? It doesn't happen too often for me, but occasionally.
What I do get more often than not is my IT team messes up my server license location and I go for a few months not being able to access the license server until they can find time to straighten it out for me. Now though, I'll be stuck unable to open SU? I'll have to do some testing on this.
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