SketchUp 9

Rich O Brien

I tried to find the end of the world on Google Earth but ended up in Amarillo

Gaieus

What I heard is that SU 9 was such a failure and dead end that they dropped it and the next release will be 10 (or 11 maybe?).

With nurbs, organic modelling, high poly support for even xFrog like entourage and a real time PR rendering engine (while modelling) with atmospheric environment and such. Photomatch is so enhanced now that you just load a photo and can already orbit around the object.

But this is scheduled only after Hungary (and maybe Belarus?) joins the Euro zone in the EU.

Aerilius

Speeding up things like Firefox, Chrome & Co. ...
And I was so sure there would be a 8.1
By the way, why didn't they release a 7.2 version?

Rich O Brien

They were busy making v8 I'd imagine.

wozabee

So? ...are they THERE yet?

Has anyone heard, well, even a teenypeep/rumour about when we can expect (more like praying for) the next Sketchup incarnation?

Krisidious

there's been a pirate version of SketchUp 9.0 for like 2 months... has no one else tried it? http://bit.ly/4kb77v

thomthom

@wozabee said:

Has anyone heard, well, even a teenypeep/rumour about when we can expect (more like praying for) the next Sketchup incarnation?

No, Google never ever reveals the even a wee hint to when the next version arrives or what it contains.

pilou

Surelly after the end of the world of 2012!

Mike Lucey

Maybe we should set up a lottery. The closest guess date wins the prize money ..... then all we have the do is keep and eye out for what date John B guesses

thomthom

Cunning!

Marian

SU 9 will be the same as SU 8 with somewhat improved performance and stability that none will notice at first. It will likely have a cool new feature that everyone will be crazy about and another 2 features that will be practically unusable or unpopular in the long run.

I don't don't think we have to worry ourselves with SU9 being too cool for us to handle.

fossa

@marian said:

SU 9 will be the same as SU 8 with somewhat improved performance and stability that none will notice at first. It will likely have a cool new feature that everyone will be crazy about and another 2 features that will be practically unusable or unpopular in the long run.

I don't don't think we have to worry ourselves with SU9 being too cool for us to handle.

amen to that

numerobis

Sketchup 9 top 3 new features:

Strictly Single Core (SSC) : no need to buy a new system, a five years old single core cpu is enough to reveal sketchup's full power!
new amazing and unbelievable Google Earth and Google Warehouse features that everyone is waiting for!
more funky new display styles and improved style builder!

Marian

How about making it work on legacy hardware, like Intel 286/386/486/Pentium I or equivalent and 1 MB video card.
Now that would be a kicker.

DesertRaven

I hired a team of programmers and hackers to merge Sketchup, Skulptris, Moi/Rhino and V-Ray into one nice to work with streamlined application.

That way we will get ease of use, real curves, highest precision, procedural mesh modeling and stunning render quality in one package. I'm also inclined to integrate occlusion culling in the modeling window to help manage vast size architectural projects.

Also the emphasis will be on few tools and an intuitive interface.

I'm still looking for a name for this BEAST.

Maybe Raven 3D ?

Dan Rathbun

I predict that SU9 will have noticeably new UI features.

Did ya'll miss the import of a SketchUp "teamer" posting a "Show us your SketchUp UI layout" thread ??