SketchUp 2019 release

Pixero · 6 Feb 2019, 16:06

@box said:

@pixero said:

My checkbox is grey.

I'd guess that simply means you haven't taken up the option of a subscription or classic license. So at the moment you are running a trial version.
Once you add a license the welcome screen option will become available, just like past versions.

I haven't got a new license yet. Well, I got an upgraded serial ( or was that one for 2018?) but I also need a verification code. How do I get that?

rv1974 · 6 Feb 2019, 16:36

@box said:

Using sketchucation plugin store and extension warehouse I installed roughly the same number in about 30 minutes. The ones from elsewhere took a few minutes more.

Yeah I know.. But deciding what to recycle\keep takes lots of extra time, many plugins had its alternatives.
BTW I compared opening times 2018 vs 2019: 1min54sec vs 1min38sec. It's hard to tell exactly what contributed more, 1019 optimizaton or plugin cleaning

sketch3d.de · 6 Feb 2019, 16:56

@pixero said:

I haven't got a new license yet. Well, I got an upgraded serial ( or was that one for 2018?) but I also need a verification code. How do I get that?

via the SketchUp 'License Manager ' or the supplier of your license.

The serial no of SUP v2019 needs to start with an "U".

Pixero · 6 Feb 2019, 17:21

Yes it was via the license manager and yes it start with a U.
How do I get the verification code? Is that the one they will email soon because I couldn't see anywhere to request it.

sfto1 · 6 Feb 2019, 17:38

@pixero said:

Yes it was via the license manager and yes it start with a U.
How do I get the verification code? Is that the one they will email soon because I couldn't see anywhere to request it.

There is a tab underneath the Serial Number in the license manager. If you click on it, it should email you the new serial number plus the authorization code.

chippwalters · 6 Feb 2019, 17:55

New SketchUp 2019....no new in-demand features. Predicted this a year ago here in the thread and on YouTube. At that time I started the migration to Blender. You should check out my video at YouTube for more info:

Also, I just relased a course specifically aimed at SketchUp artists who want to model in SketchUp and render using Blender 2.8's FREE realtime photoreal renderer: EEVEE. Check it out at

FWIW, I was in a message thread predicting the lack of features for Pro this coming year, and also predicting the eventual move of Pro to the cloud, which I specifically stated would take longer than a year. I've already received KUDOS on my YT channel for the predictions.

So, I placed the above message in the SketchUp forum thread (not Sketchucation) this all started. In less than 45 seconds a moderator killed my post. So, just a heads up, it's now clear they will want to control the messaging around the dire straits of SketchUp.

sketch3d.de · 6 Feb 2019, 18:00

@chippwalters said:

In less than 45 seconds a moderator killed my post. So, just a heads up, it's now clear they will want to control the messaging around the dire straits of SketchUp.

you mean this one:
https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-pro-future/82761/126

Advertising to move away from SU in the offic. SU forum... wow

Khai · 6 Feb 2019, 19:17

well I'm going to say it.

this is not value for money. compare 2019 to 18,17,16....

minor additions (at best) that could have (should have) been a point update over several versions. ignoring the polls of what ppl actually want. now a new connect service ... cos the cloud is trendy.

sigh

and ppl will defend these moves. not admitting the program is stagnating and they are relying more and more on the community to provide their own solutions via extensions..

chrisjk · 6 Feb 2019, 19:18

Is it a matter of the code base now being so old and patched that nothing really new and exciting can be added without bringing the whole house of cards crashing down?

dtrarch · 6 Feb 2019, 19:19

SU 2019
Just a new business model.
SU 2018 is probably good enough to stay with as a good and cleaned up DESIGN tool.
IMO $119 per year is OK to just stay in the loop.

dtr

solo · 6 Feb 2019, 19:27

SU is as good as it's going to get without totally redoing it from the ground up, plugin authors are the only reason I'm still using SU it's is no longer my only modeling app, C4D has been added to my toolbox and it is powerful and evolving at a greater rate than SU with tons more bells and whistles. If this is the new normal I see myself using SU less and less as it's becoming a bit of a dinosaur, and I dislike renting software

Khai · 6 Feb 2019, 19:35

I think it's time to move outta my comfort zone. I have Silo and Hexagon.. and if I grit my teeth theres blender...

but none of them have the ease of Sketchup.

Pixero · 6 Feb 2019, 20:09

@solo said:

SU is as good as it's going to get without totally redoing it from the ground up, plugin authors are the only reason I'm still using SU it's is no longer my only modeling app, C4D has been added to my toolbox and it is powerful and evolving at a greater rate than SU with tons more bells and whistles. If this is the new normal I see myself using SU less and less as it's becoming a bit of a dinosaur, and I dislike renting software

When reading about Adobe acquiring Allegorithmic some think C4D is next on Adobes buy list so you better prepare for subscription there as well.

sfto1 · 6 Feb 2019, 20:38

@chippwalters said:

So, I placed the above message in the SketchUp forum thread (not Sketchucation) this all started. In less than 45 seconds a moderator killed my post. So, just a heads up, it's now clear they will want to control the messaging around the dire straits of SketchUp.

Your comment is hidden but not removed. I was able to click on it and read it.

numerobis · 6 Feb 2019, 20:43

@pixero said:

When reading about Adobe acquiring Allegorithmic some think C4D is next on Adobes buy list so you better prepare for subscription there as well.

C4D is Nemetschek (Allplan, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, etc.)

rv1974 · 6 Feb 2019, 20:48

@numerobis said:

@pixero said:

When reading about Adobe acquiring Allegorithmic some think C4D is next on Adobes buy list so you better prepare for subscription there as well.

C4D is Nemetschek (Allplan, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, etc.)

https://helpx.adobe.com/il_en/after-effects/using/c4d.html

david. · 6 Feb 2019, 20:56

This release just confirms that the SketchUp team gives little regard to a significant portion of their customer base. I have another high-end software app (not drawing/CAD). When they release a major upgrade, it is truly a "major upgrade". I'm confident that I'm getting value added. They also have other separate cloud based products, but they are not trying to force their customer base into a subscription. With SU, I'm consistently disappointed. I won't make that mistake again.

Glenn at home · 6 Feb 2019, 21:25

@khai said:

...
but none of them have the ease of Sketchup.

About their only saving grace at the moment imho. It's just so damn easy in SU to get my ideas out. I have access to Form-Z but I am just so SU ingrained. IF and when Blender ever gets a way to mimic SU it might be over.

numerobis · 6 Feb 2019, 21:29

@rv1974 said:

@numerobis said:

C4D is Nemetschek (Allplan, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, etc.)

https://helpx.adobe.com/il_en/after-effects/using/c4d.html

https://www.nemetschek.com/en/brands/our-brands/

function · 6 Feb 2019, 22:37

I'm curious what features they roll out 'periodically' with the subscription I mean if it takes them a year for dashed lines...