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    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      @migmat said:

      New version, but only two superfluous tools?, Who needs the Pie tool or the new Arc tool?.

      i think the value of the new arc tool is going wholly unrecognized.. it does offer a way to draw arcs in more of a compass style (which, to me, is a lot better in many situations than start-end-bulge).. but that aside, it finally makes some pretty basic geometry stuff possible in sketchup..

      for instance, try to do this in sketchup 2013 or below:

      hyp.jpg

      you just couldn't do it.. not accurately or precisely.
      previously, you could not draw a triangle when the knows are the hypotenuse + one side.. you can do that now using the new arc tool and to me, it's a pretty important capability to have in a drawing app.


      @migmat said:

      but I feel that SU2014 long away of the spirit that google creates Sketchup.

      heh.. i though @last was the glory days of sketchup.. then google messed it up.. now trimble is messing up the google spirit?
      this is getting confusing πŸ˜‰

      dotdotdot

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      • TommyKT Offline
        TommyK
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        @migmat said:

        After several checks oabout Sketchup 2014 I should say that I am unsatisfied and decpcionated.

        Perhaps I expect more than I should about the new version, but I feel that SU2014 long away of the spirit that google creates Sketchup.
        Ther are several improvements but there are other problems that make me feell disapointed with this version.

        For example the plugins. Why I sould renounce to the set of useful plugins tha I have in SU2013 or SU8.

        ...

        This is the future with trimble?

        The way I see the small changes with sketchup is very different to yours. I have seen other CAD programs, for example Vectorworks become bloated and difficult to learn, as they pack new features in with every release to justify their yearly fee. Vectorworks was originally a 2D CAD program, and they have morphed it into having 3D features, which is frankly quite clunky.

        The evolution of Sketchup has been very different. There were people crying out for 2D drawing features in sketchup, and instead of adding it to sketchup, they created layout. Instead of adding useful native tools, sketchup produced an API to allow developers to create new tools that users could pick and choose, depending on their use case.

        I do agree that there are improvements to be made, and the easy transfer of plugins between versions would be an obvious one (especially when they will be creating a new version every year). However, I have felt that the spirit of sketchup is still alive and burning brighter than ever. Easy 3D - I think this is the mantra. This is of benefit to beginners for lessening the learning curve, and to advanced users for their productivity.

        I don't feel let down. Small steps are good - less likely to fall over.

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        • BoxB Online
          Box
          last edited by

          I'm must admit I'm sick and tired of people complaining about SU2014 and even 2013, generally it is people who have never bothered to try the new versions that have the strongest negative opinions. Mostly from ignorance. The plugin transfer for one is getting easier by the update, but because people don't bother to read anything they think it is harder.
          Get off your high horses and go with the future or go use something else.

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          • D Offline
            dedmin
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            @box said:

            I'm must admit I'm sick and tired of people complaining about SU2014 and even 2013, generally it is people who have never bothered to try the new versions that have the strongest negative opinions. Mostly from ignorance. The plugin transfer for one is getting easier by the update, but because people don't bother to read anything they think it is harder.
            Get off your high horses and go with the future or go use something else.

            Yes, I did it. Went with "the future", saw the same past and found something else πŸ˜„

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            • B Offline
              BeePee
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              I'm deeply regretting upgrading from Sketcup 2013 to 2014. It is so unstable!! If it doesn't hang repeatedly for long periods it simply crashes. I have to manually save every few seconds. I have Autosave now set for one minute, but then I end up with horrendously long file names...

              What a mess! I see others are having problems too. When's the fix coming?

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              • B Offline
                BeePee
                last edited by

                I should add I have Windows 7. Sketchup has gone from being a pleasure to use to an almighty pain with the 2014 version.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  I haven't had that experience at all. SketchUp 2014 is very stable on my Win 7 machine as well as on my Mac. I haven't seen any reason to go back to an earlier version at all.

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                  • tt_suT Offline
                    tt_su
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                    @beepee said:

                    If it doesn't hang repeatedly for long periods it simply crashes.

                    Have you submitted the BugSplats? Did you enter any information in the dialog we can use to look it up?

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                    • Dan RathbunD Offline
                      Dan Rathbun
                      last edited by

                      I'll bet it is a plugin causing the instability.

                      I'm not here much anymore.

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Have you tried running it with all Plugins/Extensions disabled ?
                        Still get issues ?

                        What do you have loading ??

                        TIG

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                        • xiombargX Offline
                          xiombarg
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                          I had a minor issue when it was first released, which thanks to TIG was solved quickly, but since then I haven't had any problems at all. Stability has been solid so far.

                          It would probably be good if Trimble started to recognize Sketchup as substantially more than an architectural program... but when you have plugin authors like Fredo, thomthom and TIG (and everyone else who has so generously donated their time and talents) it's making it quite easy to customize Sketchup to whatever kind of modelling software you want it to be.

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                          • M Offline
                            menes
                            last edited by

                            Hello everybody,
                            one question sorry, going through of the posts here I could'nt find.
                            Does SU2014 solved the problem with 64 bit OS previews ?
                            thanks

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
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                              No. SU2014 isn't 64bit.

                              Plenty of discussions on that topic here. πŸ˜’

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