SketchUp 2019 release

sketch3d.de

...that there will be annual major version updates.

planned, surely.

rv1974

I thought it'd be great if Juju (responsible of this extremely disturbing thread) would set up some prize for a first one delivering the news about v2019 is out.
One week free trip to South Africa for example

solo

@rv1974 said:

I thought it'd be great if Juju (responsible of this extremely disturbing thread) would set up some prize for a first one delivering the news about v2019 is out.
One week free trip to South Africa for example

Sounds like a great plan, I have not been home in almost 20 years.

juju

Hahaha, I would love to meet some of the crowd here.

Unfortunately, coming to Cape Town would be much of a case of "Hotel California".

Jeff89

Starting to get a little-bit nervous now. Any news about SU 2019 yet?
Should I renew my maintenance plan, just in order to continue with the same SU 2018?
Although it is not their money maker number 1, I think Trimble is making more bucks with SU nowadays than ever. Why did they stop renovating their product on a regular basis (i.e. every November). What´s the problem here?

sketch3d.de

@jeff89 said:

What´s the problem here?

development of (3D) software is in general a tedious job which is prone to be postponed because of unexpected issues arising, nothing special one should be upset by.

tl;dr: sit down and relax

ntxdave

Have not seen any posts to this thread in a while. Seems to me like earlier in the thread someone mentioned that there was going to be a price increase in February so I had a DUH moment. I would not expect any update to the 2019 version until that price increase kicks in.

Hope the wait (and price increase if that is accurate) is worth it.

numerobis

Yes...
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=70382&start=90#p643293

And we already have a "hidden" price increase for 2019, since the release cycle has been changed from 12 months to 14+ months... (~16%+). And everyone who bought 2018 right after release got nothing for his last "maintenance fee"...

andybot

I held off on paying the maintenance fee, and at this rate, Trimble really doesn't want me to buy 2019 SU.

Garry K

Andy,

If you let your maintenance lapse then it will end up costing you more.
You really shouldn't equate yearly maintenance with a new version.
The next thing we will hear is - I can't get SU 2019 because I let my maintenance lapse!!!

andybot

Oh, I am aware, plus they give you a month grace period, which I'm still in. In any case, 2018 wasn't really worth it, so I will decide once I see 2019 if it's worth getting back on maintenance. It may well be that there's nothing there and I will just continue to stick to old tried and true 2016/17 versions.

juju

@andybot said:

Oh, I am aware, plus they give you a month grace period, which I'm still in. In any case, 2018 wasn't really worth it, so I will decide once I see 2019 if it's worth getting back on maintenance. It may well be that there's nothing there and I will just continue to stick to old tried and true 2016/17 versions.

You'll find that, once you've been issued a license for an updated (newer) version, and you have used it to activate the updated (newer) version, the serial for older versions won't work anymore after (I think) a month. Existing activated installations will keep on working as normal, but you won't be able to do a fresh install and activate any of the older versions. I suppose they do it that way to curb unauthorized installations.

andybot

Yep, I only installed 2018 on one of my computers for this very reason. I've only used 2018 in the past year to open 2018 version SU files, but do my main modeling on a different computer, usually in 2016. I'm planning to trial 2019 on that same computer and even if I do end up purchasing for some reason, I likely won't touch my other installs.

@juju said:

You'll find that, once you've been issued a license for an updated (newer) version, and you have used it to activate the updated (newer) version, the serial for older versions won't work anymore after (I think) a month. Existing activated installations will keep on working as normal, but you won't be able to do a fresh install and activate any of the older versions. I suppose they do it that way to curb unauthorized installations.

Glenn at home

@juju said:

... but you won't be able to do a fresh install and activate any of the older versions. I suppose they do it that way to curb unauthorized installations.

This is a shame. This is one of the benefits of having an AutoDesk subscription. You can download and install older versions of the software if you have some sort of need like to run an older version say for a 3rd party add-on or plugin that is not updated yet. Oh well, maybe one day.

sketch3d.de

@glenn at home said:

... You can download and install older versions of the software if you have some sort of need like to run an older version say for a 3rd party add-on or plugin that is not updated yet.

• SketchUp Forum: RfE: make License Data eligible for previous Version(s) (12/2015)