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    • JQLJ Offline
      JQL
      last edited by

      I use neither. My workflow is too much integrated into SectionCutFace. I need static Sections that don't change until I say so and the recent SectionCutFace improvements simply make it near perfect for my needs.

      Some of the extra Skalp features get more and more interesting as time goes by though, so I could try it eventually someday

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        numerobis
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        Ok, once again, almost the same as for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016...
        (faster load/save and 64bit has been removed)

        • import improvements
        • Quads
        • sub-D modeling (edit: since we now have SUbD and i don't think that Trimble will provide another version, my wish would be to make it possible to let it run faster (much faster) so that it is usable with bigger models. But maybe this is related to the general SU performance issues...)
        • better texturing tools
        • multicore support (yes, this is the way processors evolve now - since a few years)
        • high poly support
        • faster ruby script execution! (it's just a joke, that you have to watch a counter when you round some edges, where another apps can do this instantly...)
        • faster explode or copy/paste
        • disable/configure snapping
        • an advanced camera without these unbelievable stupid huge frustums and guide lines (clipping problem?) or simply a camera with numerical input for the target height (or simply the same value as the eye level if a flexible value is too much 😆 )
        • a usable, more direct or intuitive version of dynamic components with usable stretch and move options like in dynamic blocks in acad for instance (and including options to avoid texture stretching)
        • better proxy display modes for referenced objects of external renderers - not only a box 😒
        • a camera that can use/display shift parameters of the camera in render plugins
        • a function to replace a photo match image with a new one (photoshopped, colour adjusted, etc.) incl. the projected textures or derived materials. Maybe with the option to select if the projected textures/materials should be changed or not.
        • an option to disable the rotate handles of components/groups.

        and... since this is a wish list (i really don't think this will ever happen): non destructive and parametrical modeling using a modifier stack or node graphs. Maybe we'll see a ruby... this seems to be the only way this program will evolve in the future (as always).

        ...and yes, a roadmap would be nice

        so maybe next year... maybe one or two of them? 😆

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          thalleseduardo
          last edited by

          Eu gostaria que o SketchUp fosse mais preciso na hora de fazer projetos técnicos.
          Seria legal se tivesse vistas (planta baixa, elevação e cortes) igual nos outros softwares BIM, gerar 4 telas, pra poder ver o projeto em todas as vistas.
          E melhorar o LayOut do SketchUp, deixar ele mais rápido com ferramentas mais automáticas na hora de fazer uma documentação de projetos.
          Seria interessante se o cursor do SketchUp mudasse para o cursor igual do AutoCAD.

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          • cottyC Offline
            cotty
            last edited by

            The world is 3D, why do you want to divide it into several 2D views?

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            • pbacotP Offline
              pbacot
              last edited by

              Wouldn't it be nice if section cuts did not affect shadows as an option? That objects cut and made invisible by the section still cast shadows. Often the current result gives strange effects for sections in elevation drawings.

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                bsfranza
                last edited by

                a small one...

                sometimes it happens that sketchup pops up a info like "offset limited xx blabla" in a small rectangular box.. this box hinders snapping from working and sometimes its cumbersome to get around this ...

                maybe this info could be dropped to bottom of screen or move away from the mouse cursor or something like that - or best, its transparent and does not stop snapping from working 😄

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                  maikoo25
                  last edited by

                  I've used sketchup for many years and im still waiting for a way to organize materials.
                  the company that i work for usually does big buildings, and the number of materials within a scene can get rather large.
                  It really does become an issue also when you take models from another user that has zero consideration for the amount of materials used.
                  If we could simply group materials by stone, finish, building, etc it would make it sooooo much easier to navigate through them.

                  PLEAAASEEEEE, add this feature!
                  or if anyone knows of a plugin let me know

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                  • jujuJ Offline
                    juju
                    last edited by

                    @maikoo25 said:

                    I've used sketchup for many years and im still waiting for a way to organize materials.
                    the company that i work for usually does big buildings, and the number of materials within a scene can get rather large.
                    It really does become an issue also when you take models from another user that has zero consideration for the amount of materials used.
                    If we could simply group materials by stone, finish, building, etc it would make it sooooo much easier to navigate through them.

                    PLEAAASEEEEE, add this feature!
                    or if anyone knows of a plugin let me know

                    take a look at this tutorial

                    did it help?

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                    • JQLJ Offline
                      JQL
                      last edited by

                      juju that helps into organizing a library.

                      maikoo wants to organize materials within a model.

                      Organizing Materials, Scenes, Components and Layers, all by creating groups and subgroups and in the case of scenes, by also grouping and subgrouping tabs, would be a bless.

                      Currently we just have Layer's Panel plugin, from Jiminy, that does this to layers. It's a bless but destroyed Jiminy's sanity so he has got free from it.

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                      • kimi kimiK Offline
                        kimi kimi
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                        On previous versions SketchUp didn't force itself to go in front of other open programs. I mean, if I open a large file, it keeps popping up in front of my PDF viewer for example, or in front of another skp file, or whatever I use. It can be really annoying if you want to open 300 mb file, and it takes 10 minutes. You can't do anything else during that time basically. I just want it to load in the back and not force itself while I'm doing other stuff.

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                        • PixeroP Offline
                          Pixero
                          last edited by

                          I would like you to add "open_active" to the SketchUp Ruby API.

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                            pipingguy
                            last edited by

                            i'm really not luvin' the 2016 tray system. the 2015 toolbar system was perfect.

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                              Jim
                              last edited by

                              @kimi kimi said:

                              On previous versions SketchUp didn't force itself to go in front of other open programs. I mean, if I open a large file, it keeps popping up in front of my PDF viewer for example, or in front of another skp file, or whatever I use. It can be really annoying if you want to open 300 mb file, and it takes 10 minutes. You can't do anything else during that time basically. I just want it to load in the back and not force itself while I'm doing other stuff.

                              I thought it was just me.

                              Hi

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