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  • L Offline
    lapx
    last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:22

    It would have felt better if they said Apple was buying Sketchup. Trimble is a foreign company to most of us. Oh, well like someone said if there is a silver lining they didnt get bought buy autocad. I guess change is inevitable but whether its good or bad time will tell. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ž ๐Ÿ˜•

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:26

      @tallbridgeguy said:

      Will sketchucation go to Trimble? Usually forums are handled by the software owner.

      No, but I just registered trimbucation.com ๐Ÿ‘

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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        Edson
        last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:40

        I must say I was stunned by the news. sort of like hearing your dad or mom say they are splitting and you will be on your own.

        however, on second thoughts, it always seemed to me that google was not allowing the sketchup team to develop it as far as it should go or, rather, as we wished it to go. for one thing, many of us have hoped LayOut could be further developed to allow us to abandon whatever CAD app we are using at the moment.

        thus I am mildly optimistic about it. let's hope sketchup becomes stronger, faster and better after this.

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          CadFather
          last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:45

          @unknownuser said:

          It's too late but why not like like Blender for the next time?
          each users give 1$ = 30 millions $ or 10 $ = 300 millions $ then users buy SU! ๐Ÿ˜‰

          Sketchucation, do you hear??? ๐Ÿ‘

          @unknownuser said:

          No, but I just registered trimbucation.com ๐Ÿ‘
          ๐Ÿ˜†

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            mitcorb
            last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:47

            What are the implications to those of you who participate in the Google Sketchup Forum? Gaieus?, Anssi? others?

            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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              tallbridgeguy
              last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 17:48

              I just started the blog http://www.SketchupforEngineers.com

              Nielsen
              http://www.tallbridgeguy.com/

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                Dan Rathbun
                last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:00

                @lapx said:

                It would have felt better if they said Apple was buying Sketchup.

                Not I ...

                Does Apple even produce any software that runs on platforms other than Apple OEM hardware ??

                I'm not here much anymore.

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                  Mike Lucey
                  last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:07

                  @unknownuser said:

                  It's too late but why not like like Blender for the next time?
                  each users give 1$ = 30 millions $ or 10 $ = 300 millions $ then users buy SU! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  Pilou, could you get that started up then .... I'd imagine Trimble would be more than interested in talking to you when you have all that hard cash collected, BTW I have a spare bank account lying empty that you can freely use ๐Ÿ˜„

                  Joking aside, I'm happy to see this move happening. While I was not overjoyed with the move from @Last to Google, I was able to see advantages and some of these came to fruition. In the case of this move I can see far more advantages. SketchUp will now be owned by a company that has CAD and CAD related products as its core business. This can only be a positive thing for SketchUp development. I feel SketchUp can offer Trimble equally as much as Trimble can offer SketchUp. I think it will be a good fit. ๐Ÿ‘

                  As regards SketchUp morphing into a totally different package, I very much doubt it. If it did, it would only be SketchUp in name and not '3D for everyone', its main strength and why would a solid company like Trimble kill the goose that has open 3D to millions of users Worldwide. However I would have no problems with seeing multiple versions of SketchUp tailored for various disciplines.

                  After my phone chat with a very happy John Bacus this afternoon, I am quite confident that he and his dedicated team will now bring SketchUp to where I think they have been wishing to bring it for a looooong time ...... over 6 years to be exact ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  Mike

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                    tald311
                    last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:08

                    @tallbridgeguy said:

                    I just started the blog http://www.SketchupforEngineers.com

                    Thats cool!

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                      Gaieus
                      last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:08

                      @mitcorb said:

                      What are the implications to those of you who participate in the Google Sketchup Forum? Gaieus?, Anssi? others?

                      Well, I was on a "Top Contributor Summit " last year. I guess I will not go to the next one. ๐Ÿ˜’

                      We should start organizing our own BaseCamps anyway. Although that Boulder is not a bad place. Good to know they are just moving across the street.

                      Gai...

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                        solo
                        last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:14

                        Base camp and October fest need to overlap.

                        http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                          pilou
                          last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:17

                          It's too late but why not like Blender for the next time?
                          each users give 1$ = 30 millions $ or 10 $ = 300 millions $ then users buy SU! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                          Frenchy Pilou
                          Is beautiful that please without concept!
                          My Little site :)

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                            charly2008
                            last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:18

                            Hi,

                            I had a look into the product categories. Everything I've seen is that all "Timble" products are designed for highly specialized industrial processes. As a layman I can not judge how SketchUp can be incorporated into this range without losing his lightness. I am afraid it might end in a Autodesk like package. I hope this does not happen.

                            Charly


                            2012-04-26_201111.jpg

                            He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                              arqpadao
                              last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:19

                              Until proven otherwise I'm worried about this news.
                              One company thinks about financial results and we think users in practical results for our work.
                              For side by Trimble is tilted.
                              It would be good form to come to the Trimble forum to talk about their intentions.

                              fernando padรฃo
                              arquiteto

                              porto alegre - brasil

                              http://arqpadao.blogspot.com

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                                jason_maranto
                                last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:20

                                It seems like this may be a good thing for many people -- however it's not likely I will be allowed to continue doing SketchUp/SketchUp Pro video tutorial series... I think the draw for my employer was the name recognition of Google, Trimble may not carry the same weight for them.

                                Best,
                                Jason.

                                I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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                                  jbacus
                                  last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:22

                                  @fionmacool said:

                                  Now if Trimble would just sponsor some humorous SketchUp videos to help push their new acquisition.... I wonder who they could get to do that....... ๐Ÿค“

                                  I for one am curious how Charles Edouard feels about this change of ownership.

                                  john
                                  .

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

                                  John Bacus
                                  jbacus@sketchup.com

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                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:24

                                    @solo said:

                                    Base camp and October fest need to overlap.

                                    +1 ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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                                      tallbridgeguy
                                      last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:24

                                      @jason_maranto said:

                                      It seems like this may be a good thing for many people -- however it's not likely I will be allowed to continue doing SketchUp/SketchUp Pro video tutorial series... I think the draw for my employer was the name recognition of Google, Trimble may not carry the same weight for them.

                                      Best,
                                      Jason.

                                      Jason that was I was worried about...I teach this at the local university and all I have to say is it is a Google product and they load it on the computers. Now I have to say, please load this software from Trimble..

                                      Maybe Trimble doesn't like being loaded for free on university computers...

                                      Nielsen
                                      http://www.tallbridgeguy.com/

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                                        Marian
                                        last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:27

                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        It's too late but why not like like Blender for the next time?
                                        each users give 1$ = 30 millions $ or 10 $ = 300 millions $ then users buy SU! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                        Well maybe not exactly buying SU...but I have another idea.
                                        How a about a "tip jar" for the developers or a Community funded feature.
                                        We all want some features in SU, lets say we pick 1 or 2,something doable, and send it to the SU guys and pay them from the donations gathered.

                                        I know it sounds a bit naive, but it's more plausable than entirely buying SU. Plus it would create a stronger and tighter relationship between the developers and the community.

                                        http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                          boofredlay
                                          last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:34

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          @solo said:

                                          Base camp and October fest need to overlap.

                                          +1 ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

                                          +2

                                          BaseOctoBeerFesTrimbleCamp

                                          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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