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    • boofredlayB Offline
      boofredlay
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      Full speed ahead to wherever it takes us.

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      • MarianM Offline
        Marian
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        @unknownuser said:

        Full speed ahead to wherever it takes us.

        Except down the drain πŸ˜•

        http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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          HFM
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          I'm going with worried...

          Looks to me that this will make Sketchup too specific. Also, as this company is clearly invested with integrating its own software into Sketchup, what will happen to ruby scripts? Do they need to be 'checked' first?

          A good time to start practicing with other software, just to be sure...

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          • daleD Offline
            dale
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            Mark
            I think my only knowledge of Trimble, is Trimble Oil, and I am not at all aware of any other mainstream software tools developed by Trimble, so in that sense, this is quite a surprise.
            I do hope as is mentioned that the core SketchUp team is kept on and encouraged.

            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @dale said:

              Mark
              I think my only knowledge of Trimble, is Trimble Oil, and I am not at all aware of any other mainstream software tools developed by Trimble, so in that sense, this is quite a surprise.
              I do hope as is mentioned that the core SketchUp team is kept on and encouraged.

              Yea - their description of their plans and what they do didn't make it clear to me of anything really. Felt a wee bit much corporate-speak in the announcements.

              Trimble isn't a name I've heard of at all - not within any of the 3D modelling communities I've experiences. Therefor this all feels and sound very alien.

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                "Trimble" is well known in the states for surveying equipment.

                MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                • MarianM Offline
                  Marian
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                  From the wiki page, Trible bought the following 3d related companies:
                  Acquisitions

                  2003 MENSI S.A. Terrestrial 3D scanning technology
                  2006 BitWyse Solutions, Inc 2D and 3D software applications for engineering and construction plant design
                  2006 XYZ Solutions, Inc Real-time, interactive 3D intelligence software
                  2009 Assets of Callidus Precision Systems GmbH 3D laser scanning for industrial market
                  2011 Tekla Corporation BIM Software
                  2012 StruCad and StruEngineer business from AceCad Software Software to extend BIM solutions
                  2012 Plancal of Horgen 3D CAD/CAE and ERP software provider

                  So at least they do have some 3d related expertise....how are those going to relate to SU's developement...who knows.

                  http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                    Dsmelcer1234
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                    Looking at their products they don't even seem to be a software developer as their primary focus. Why would they want to acquire sketchup? To me its like some random company acquires a product in another completely random category. Wal-mart buys Lumion. Ford buys word perfect.

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                    • thomthomT Offline
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                      What worries me here is that I don't see the relevance of what they do with what I'm used with for SketchUp.
                      Will SU transform into a different type of solution? Will it fragment into specialized editions?

                      Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
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                        Does this hiccup affect "#9"?

                        One Google tie-in that I have really liked is "Add Location" inside SU. Hoping that continues to develop.

                        At least now people can't opine about Google holding SU development hostage for purposes of populating Google Earth.

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        • daleD Offline
                          dale
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                          @thomthom said:

                          What worries me here is that I don't see the relevance of what they do with what I'm used with for SketchUp.
                          Will SU transform into a different type of solution? Will it fragment into specialized editions?

                          +1

                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                            pitrak
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                            I think developing sketchup in different directions might be interesting!
                            The fact that sketchup is still the 3D modeller of choice for many experienced modellers probably has more to do with all the great plugins around here than with the last upgrades we've seen.
                            The evolution of sketchup in the last years has been slow and not always successful (dynamic components anyone?)

                            My enthousiasm for this acquisition might have to do with Trimble's expertise in laserscanning as well. The holy grail of surveying in architecture would be an automated process from laserscan to a textured 3D model. If this would be possible with sketchup, I'ld be delighted!

                            So good luck guys, I hope you get all the freedom and support you need to take sketchup in new directions!

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                              tallbridgeguy
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                              from Trimble

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Concurrently, the SketchUp engine will be integrated into Trimble's current solutions in its Engineering and Construction, Field Solutions and Mobile Solutions segments.

                              I think this is a bad idea....what software should I start learning?

                              Nielsen
                              http://www.tallbridgeguy.com/

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                              • MarianM Offline
                                Marian
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                                That's wouldn't be a bad idea if that means that it would make more stuff compatible with SU and SU remains intact.

                                http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kELecsWjoXA/TyM_IFW_neI/AAAAAAAAAic/q_c3QI_uc1M/s1600/oh-shit.jpg

                                  Time to learn Blender.

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                                    Glenn at home
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                                    @thomthom said:

                                    What worries me here is that I don't see the relevance of what they do with what I'm used with for SketchUp.
                                    Will SU transform into a different type of solution? Will it fragment into specialized editions?

                                    My feelings as well 😞

                                    SketchUp Pro 2024/2025 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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                                      Google was as close to open source as you can get. Now a private company owns it, which means profit. Whether that means banners, user fees, extra stuff we don't need. All Google needed to do was make the software 64 bit compatible with multiple cores and it was done.

                                      I wonder why Google did it?

                                      Nielsen
                                      http://www.tallbridgeguy.com/

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                                        tomasz
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                                        @pitrak said:

                                        My enthousiasm for this acquisition might have to do with Trimble's expertise in laserscanning as well. The holy grail of surveying in architecture would be an automated process from laserscan to a textured 3D model. If this would be possible with sketchup, I'ld be delighted!

                                        It is the direction it will go and will stop there. This is my impression.

                                        Acquisition by Google didn't improve a lot what SU is all about. They wanted something for modelling the Google Earth content and that was all. Trimble wants to reach broad market with their tools. I expect multiple plugins for their products.

                                        I doubt they will create a 64bit version. There is too much work they would have to do.

                                        Author of [Thea Render for SketchUp](http://www.thearender.com/sketchup)

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
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                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Now a private company owns it

                                          Google was not a private company?

                                          Frenchy Pilou
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                                          My Little site :)

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                                            thomthom
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                                            @marian said:

                                            That's wouldn't be a bad idea if that means that it would make more stuff compatible with SU and SU remains intact.

                                            That pinpointed my concern - I hope I can still do the same with Trimble SketchUp as I can with @Last/Google SketchUp without it becoming filled with features for disciplines I don't use.

                                            I like the basic and generic design of SketchUp - with plugins being the method of adapting the core platform to my needs. My fear are big-features applications like 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD and Revit.

                                            I hope SketchUp remains simple at core - and this acquisition will enhance it's powers as a platform where Trimble offer their solutions (as customer options). As long as it remains as a lean simple platform other developers, like myself, can use it to develop our own solutions custom fit for any particular need.

                                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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