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    • T Offline
      tald311
      last edited by

      Hello All,
      Hope for the best but I think this is good news. SketchUp is getting a new lease on life after not being allowed to be developed as the community had hoped for the past 5 or 6 years. I think we will get to see SU further enhanced and moving along. The brand name is already established as is the user base.

      Google could have killed it or said nothing and let SU die by lack of development which was the direction it was headed in since the release of SU 8. Instead it was sold.

      Trimble is a part of the 3D mapping reality and construction industry. They have been around since 1978. If anything, acquiring SU makes it a bigger player in the A and E industry now.

      Live Long and Prosper SU!
      Daniel Tal

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
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        @d12dozr said:

        @solo said:

        So what happens to Google warehouse?

        from Trimble's page

        @unknownuser said:

        Trimble will also partner with Google on running and developing SketchUp's 3D Warehouse

        I'm excited to see what happens next!

        I doubt they could possibly do a worse job than Google here, we may even get a warehouse worth visiting and not a heap of crap to spend days looking for an acceptable model.

        http://www.solos-art.com

        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          notareal
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          @unknownuser said:

          Here's the full press release...

          Sounds like that there will not be any direct effects... but lets wait and see. Hope that people from trimble appear her to speak.

          Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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          • jbacusJ Offline
            jbacus
            last edited by

            @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?

            Hi guys,

            Obviously we are still working out the product roadmap and we still won't be able offer any more specific forward-looking statements than we ever did. But it is clear to us that Trimble is better aligned as a company with the SketchUp team's goals than Google. We've learned a ton from our time at Google, but there's plenty we wanted to do that we couldn't.

            Trimble is an interesting company and is far more invested in software than most people realize— particularly software for the AEC industry. If you don't know about Tekla, you should. Ditto for many of the other recent BIM acquisitions they have made.

            Trimble are committed to growing our team and have invested in our product's future. They understand what our mission is, and support it wholeheartedly. Trimble is about "...transforming the way people work." And that is something that SketchUp has always done.

            john
            .

            (ps: just so you guys know, there are 64-bit (and multithreaded) members of the SketchUp team sitting together in a room reading these posts.)

            "...exaggerate the essential and leave the obvious unclear." --Vincent Van Gogh

            John Bacus
            jbacus@sketchup.com

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
              last edited by

              John, you and the team moving too?

              http://www.solos-art.com

              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                👍

                Exciting

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                  tomasz
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                  @solo said:

                  Wondering if they would be bold enough or courteous enough to come on this forum to discuss their plans, I mean we are after all their support and will be their best asset in the future.

                  Just to pretend, they are interested? They want turn SketchUp to serve their needs. Same way as Google did. Why discussing our requests when there will be no reasonable benefit to them?

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

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                  • cheddaC Offline
                    chedda
                    last edited by

                    Surely being gps and surveying orientated high poly is now on the horizon ? I think google have been treading water for too long these guys seem more professionally driven. Being in the architecture field I hope this is a good thing, otherwise modo I'm looking at you.

                    Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                      d12dozr
                      last edited by

                      Here's a FAQ from Trimble with lots more info.

                      Thom, they say they acknowledge the value of 3rd party developers, and will support them 👍

                      3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                      • cheddaC Offline
                        chedda
                        last edited by

                        My big question is the price it's not as if google needed the cash. Trimble just basically bought a huge user base.

                        Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                          Ecuadorian
                          last edited by

                          @mark h. said:

                          Trimble is committed to investing in SketchUp and expanding its development in multiple directions.

                          I certainly hope you won't do this:

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                            marvins_dad
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                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/suclogo31.gif

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                              Marian
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                              @marvins_dad said:

                              http://forums.sketchucation.com/suclogo31.gif

                              🤣

                              Can we please have just SKETCHUP on the banner. No @Last, no Google, no Trimble..etc?

                              http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                Gaieus
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                                😄

                                Gai...

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                                  tallbridgeguy
                                  last edited by

                                  What bothers me the most is the loss of Google. I was a big advocate for Google sketchup to kids and now I have to push Trimble Sketchup?

                                  I doubt the product will survive the loss of Google, a worldwide Mega name.

                                  I liked sketchup because of Google, they stayed out of the way. I doubt Trimble can afford sketchup to be run by users.

                                  Eventually it will be just another product on the marketplace.

                                  Nielsen
                                  http://www.tallbridgeguy.com/

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                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    @tallbridgeguy said:

                                    I doubt the product will survive the loss of Google, a worldwide Mega name.

                                    SketchUp was doing all right before Google...

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

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                                    • cheddaC Offline
                                      chedda
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm guessing Trimble will launch v9. I just hop google didn't lose it because they hit the wall with performance issues. Im thinking google dropped it for a reason perhaps they have their own 3d software on the horizon or they just didn't achieve their google earth aims.

                                      Kraken Wrangler https://www.flickr.com/photos/132441293@N03/

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                                        Mark H.
                                        last edited by

                                        @pbacot said:

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

                                        Add Location and other key geo-location features (like Terrain) aren't going anywhere -- being able to effective geo-locate models and do site analysis is a big deal!

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Online
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          If the guys that develope your favourite software are genuinely excited about a new direction then I'm really stoked about this.

                                          Everyone that is involved in this community has helped shape SketchUp in some way. I imagine the Pro version is now gonna be crazy. 👍

                                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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                                          • jbacusJ Offline
                                            jbacus
                                            last edited by

                                            @solo said:

                                            John, you and the team moving too?

                                            Yes- I'm moving to Trimble, along with the rest of the SketchUp team. They are building us a nice new office across town here in Boulder.

                                            john
                                            .

                                            "...exaggerate the essential and leave the obvious unclear." --Vincent Van Gogh

                                            John Bacus
                                            jbacus@sketchup.com

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