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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      My impression is that it will be just "SketchUp" now - no company prefix.

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        That would be best. By the time we get used to this, it might change again. Also, I need to look at the logo all the time to be able to spell it correctly. 😒

        Gai...

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          I need to update my documentation for Vertex Tools. And ... I guess... my blog posts...

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

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Sorry but "trimble" as a particular signification as word or it's just a Company's name ? 😳

            Frenchy Pilou
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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              Sorry but "trimble" as a particular signification as word or it's just a Company's name ? 😳

              It's a surname of one of the founders

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                Thx for the info 😄

                But in general a surname has a meaning no ? It is the case here ?

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  Trimble Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

                  View the Trimble surname, family crest and coat of arms. Discover the Trimble family history for the Scottish Origin. What is the origin of the name Trimble?

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                  HouseOfNames (www.houseofnames.com)

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                  • E Offline
                    Ecuadorian
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                    Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

                    -Miguel Lescano
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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      [off:2eea5rpa]
                      @ecuadorian said:

                      Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

                      Don't forget condoms... 😮[/off:2eea5rpa]

                      Gai...

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                      • EscapeArtistE Offline
                        EscapeArtist
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                        Another latecomer - me.

                        Wow.

                        Never expected this. To be honest, like a bunch of folks here it makes me nervous. We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.

                        I hope for the best and SU, or whatever it is called in the future, will continue on as it has - heavy on the community support and activity. It's definitely what has kept me with this software this long.

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

                          Nice coat of arms the Hammond family has.

                          Have we forgotten the off topic button?

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
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                            @unknownuser said:

                            Have we forgotten the off topic button?

                            Which reminds me... This is an interesting reading. A bit of some financial speculation but still...
                            http://gfxspeak.com/2012/04/26/google-sells-sketchup-to-trimble/

                            Gai...

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                            • M Offline
                              mozzie
                              last edited by

                              Also just caught this. I'm pretty happy with SU8 as it is - ably augmented by various rubies (kudos all).
                              So long as the Add Location function (a Google dependency) isn't crippled, I'm cool.
                              More integration with survey/ GPS data might be nice, though.

                              So wait and see.
                              I've been Blendering for a while. It's a steep learning curve, a very different user interface, and would need a number of tools developed for it. That said, the new Bmesh is pretty cool.

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
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                                @escapeartist said:

                                A We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.

                                i don't mean for this to come off as bad sounding (but if it is, maybe i need to have another look at myself?) but...

                                imo, all sketchup free development could cease at this moment and the free users would still be left with a great product..

                                years ago, i spent $500 on an app that was far inferior to what sketchup free is today.. and i was hyped when i bought it!

                                but they're saying that a free version will remain available and i honestly don't see them down scaling the free version to something unusable.. in fact, i really don't imagine they will downscale it all..

                                [and who knows, maybe trimble will start integrating ads into the free version or something? it does seem like a likely move but then again, i'd expect google would of been the more likely candidate to do such a thing]

                                [off:147lbot6]"Have we forgotten the off topic button?"
                                oops[/off:147lbot6]

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  From the Gaieus above Link!

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  A sale of the popular 3D drafting tool has been rumored for weeks, but it was widely assumed the buyer would be Dassault Systèmes.

                                  Funny SU could be French! 💚

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

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                                  • chrisglasierC Offline
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                                    last edited by

                                    I just think the "surprise" brings home the risk of relying on free proprietary software always being free - for example, levels of interest in forums, training, books, renderers, plugins ... other unintended consequences of "Do No Evil" perhaps?

                                    With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                                    • soloS Offline
                                      solo
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                                      Found this on Time online:

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      Selling a successful — if specialized — product isn’t something that Google does often. In fact, I can’t think of any other examples that are similar to the SketchUp situation. It’s rare for large technology companies to sell anything, ever — generally speaking, the products they acquire or build either thrive or die. And when sales do happen, it’s often because a company is offloading a disaster at a fire-sale price.

                                      When tech companies lose interest in something they own, they often abandon happy customers, even when they probably could have found a buyer. (Exhibit A: Cisco’s sudden execution of the Flip camcorder.) It’s nice to see Google moving on without leaving anyone in the lurch.

                                      Says a lot actually!

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                                      • I Offline
                                        ishboo
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                                        Wow! Exciting times for the SketchUp community!

                                        I'm hopeful this will be a positive stage in SketchUp's growth and maybe will bring some much needed improvements to the community.

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                                        • RichardR Offline
                                          Richard
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                                          Wow - another late comer to this news!

                                          For me too mixed emotions. Though in one way very excited - the "Googies" now become the "Trembles". I look at it like a share holder, one would as such have concerns if such a LARGE user base was left high and dry. User base means market base and the Trembles are surely aware of this - hence the acquistion!

                                          The built world is all encompassing - survey and management of just doesn't stop at ground level, built works touch on this and then become part, joinery fills this space and so on! Are the Trembles looking at a picture bigger than we imagine? BIM is somewhere SU currently falls behind is this NOW where SU is headed?

                                          I could be wrong for sure - hopefully not but the specific areas the Trembles host now seems somewhat better aligned to SU than that of Google (GE aside).

                                          If in the least I still have SU8 - it serves near all my 3d needs and even if an underground of development continues through ruby I'm still a happy man!

                                          My belief is that the Trembles have seen the bigger picture and are going to run with it beyond what we currently comprehend! Or is it just "christ I hope so"!

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                                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                            jeff hammond
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                                            [off:1k6f1yvr]
                                            @gaieus said:

                                            @mitcorb said:

                                            Although that Boulder is not a bad place.

                                            new york city > boulder
                                            😄[/off:1k6f1yvr]

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