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  • J Offline
    JClements
    last edited by 11 Jun 2012, 19:29

    It will be a good thing for London that a Base Camp wont be a happinin' during the Olympics as tickets sales would worsen even more than they are presently. 😲

    John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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    • B Offline
      brodie
      last edited by 12 Jun 2012, 15:50

      Ran across a very interesting article, "Here's Why Google Got Rid of Sketchup". It's not a huge surprise to most of us but the technology illustrated looks incredible.

      Just a moment...

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      (worldcadaccess.typepad.com)

      -Brodie

      steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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      • M Offline
        mitcorb
        last edited by 12 Jun 2012, 18:26

        Yeah, I was wondering how Athens, Greece got so detailed in such a short time in Google Earth. I was thinking who in the world was doing this? I remember even Tokyo was populated with 3d bldgs. a couple of years ago. They'd better hurry up in my locale, I am modeling my downtown in my spare time. πŸ˜†

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

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          michaliszissiou
          last edited by 12 Jun 2012, 20:18

          @unknownuser said:

          Yeah, I was wondering how Athens, Greece got so detailed in such a short time in Google Earth

          I don't think they did it this way.

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            johnsenior1973
            last edited by 12 Jun 2012, 20:54

            @mitcorb said:

            Yeah, I was wondering how Athens, Greece got so detailed in such a short time in Google Earth. I was thinking who in the world was doing this? I remember even Tokyo was populated with 3d bldgs. a couple of years ago. They'd better hurry up in my locale, I am modeling my downtown in my spare time. πŸ˜†

            Most of the building in Athens will be created by people using Building Maker. There rest will be models made in SU.

            Athens will probably be one of the areas that they will use this process on. When that happens all the BM and SU models will be replaced.

            Unless your downtown is part of a major area, it's likely that it'll be years before they do this with your town, if ever.

            They haven't introduced this yet. They only announced it last week, so they could beat Apple to the punch because Apple is replacing Google for their maps in their next OS release.

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              mitcorb
              last edited by 13 Jun 2012, 00:25

              Well, this is getting off topic, but if you look at Athens in GE right now, you will see 3d buildings with photo textures already, unless they removed it? But I understand that your comment is for possibly a different technology.

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

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              • I Offline
                ilovesu
                last edited by 22 Jun 2012, 21:26

                @krisidious said:

                that being said, some of our founding members are not around anymore for this reason or that... and that makes me sad.

                Oh c'mon Kris, you know I'm still around. πŸ˜‰ I'm just in hiding now. πŸ˜›

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                • K Offline
                  kingsi
                  last edited by 25 Jun 2012, 23:50

                  50 pages of major catching up. How this happened without me noticing, geez, slaps himself in the face πŸ€“ .

                  Heres what I think will happen. Sketchup 9 will be called "Sketchup 2013" then Trimble will be releasing new versions every year just like Autodesk. Provided they keep adding useful stuff and NOT crank up the price we will buy it. Hopefully the great guys and Gals that have provided us with wonderful pluggins will actually get to make some decent money out of this by having their plugins bought by Trimble.

                  Trimble would be mad to do away with the free version because it lets kids get in on the software and once you are hooked your are in.

                  Ditching the "google" out of the name will actually enhance the credibility of the software with the snobby Autodesk gang.

                  Noobtastic

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                    EscapeArtist
                    last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 00:00

                    @kingsi said:

                    Ditching the "google" out of the name will actually enhance the credibility of the software with the snobby Autodesk gang.

                    LOL, you mean there might be a "SketchUp" sub-forum over at CGTalk?

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                    • T Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 07:23

                      @kingsi said:

                      Heres what I think will happen. Sketchup 9 will be called "Sketchup 2013" then Trimble will be releasing new versions every year just like Autodesk.

                      Statement based on what exactly?

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

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                      • K Offline
                        kingsi
                        last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 14:09

                        @unknownuser said:

                        Statement based on what exactly?

                        Pure Speculation β˜€

                        Noobtastic

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                        • K Offline
                          kingsi
                          last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 21:57

                          @unknownuser said:

                          LOL, you mean there might be a "SketchUp" sub-forum over at CGTalk?

                          Now that is just going too far πŸ˜’

                          On a serious note, my next door neighbour owns a plumbing business and he uses Autocad. When I told him that I use Google Sketchup he could not even hide his amusement. Now I don't care about stuff like that because I am too old (and hes really dull so Autocad is perfect for him), however kids do care about that. A bit of rebranding would not be a bad thing in my humble opinion. Not to mention that the more new punters buying and or using Sketchup the stronger and better developed it becomes for everyone.

                          Disclaimer: I really am purely just guessing based on zero credible information πŸ˜•

                          Noobtastic

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                          • chrisglasierC Offline
                            chrisglasier
                            last edited by 26 Jun 2012, 22:23

                            @kingsi said:

                            ... When I told him that I use Google Sketchup he could not even hide his amusement. ...

                            This reminded me of an aspiring Captain of Industry telling me in 1995 in no uncertain terms that the City considered the Internet a joke, a plaything, a passing fad.

                            I think it will not be too long before "Still using Autocad" will be derogative de rigeur. Re-branding may get Sketchup to help along the path but inevitably HTML5 and all that becomes the norm - which of course has no brand at all.

                            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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                              Technical Ben
                              last edited by 27 Jun 2012, 23:13

                              I'll shed a tear when Sketchup is no more. Trimble does not sound "right" right now. Something that Google had (and was committed to) is missing. I feel quite angry Google passed on the project really. πŸ˜•

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                                thomthom
                                last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 07:26

                                @technical ben said:

                                I'll shed a tear when Sketchup is no more. Trimble does not sound "right" right now. Something that Google had (and was committed to) is missing. I feel quite angry Google passed on the project really. πŸ˜•

                                Committed to? They hardly did anything to it - mostly implemented connections with Google services. SketchUp development was much more pronounced pre-Google.

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

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                                • GaieusG Offline
                                  Gaieus
                                  last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 09:31

                                  @technical ben said:

                                  ...I feel quite angry Google passed on the project really. πŸ˜•

                                  Much better this way than if they'd shelved SU and stopped development forever without letting anyone else do it. At least the future is open now (which means that there is also future at least)

                                  Gai...

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                                  • MarianM Offline
                                    Marian
                                    last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 11:29

                                    So...any news on concrete direction changes or new features planned? It's been a while since they were bought.

                                    http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                                    • sketch3d.deS Offline
                                      sketch3d.de
                                      last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 11:37

                                      @marian said:

                                      It's been a while since they were bought.

                                      <kidding mode>already 4 long weeks and no results... seems that development stalls</kidding mode>

                                      scnr

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                                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                                        last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 11:49

                                        A Maintenance release

                                        A WebGL viewer

                                        A new office

                                        A new Gallery

                                        yes, things are pretty static alright πŸ˜’

                                        If you were moving house would you have time for anything else? But SU team seem to be burning the candle at both ends. Also if you follow they're twitter and JBacus Google+ you get other info. Like a recent trip to Helsinki for example which is also the home of Tekla. So, read into that as you want.

                                        I think it's unfair to say things are static when they are in a state of flux.

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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                                        • MarianM Offline
                                          Marian
                                          last edited by 28 Jun 2012, 11:54

                                          Well it's been announced in April. Although the acquisition was completed a month ago, they had plenty of time to think, no?

                                          I didn't say they should have already rolled out a new version of SU, I asked for something sensible, news on any orientation changes, not a detailed plan on taking over the world...
                                          It's been months since this "thing" happened and we still don't have many certainties.

                                          I didn't say things were static, I asked for more iinformation on the direction they are going. If you're satisfied with what you know, that's fine.

                                          I'm a bit anxious, but mostly curious.

                                          http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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