Microsoft counters Google Sketchup
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Well ... I'm not certain SU needs a real-time physics engine or real-time rendering. In any case, if I were Google, I wouldn't implement them. I'd keep things as they are: simple. I would, however, add some modeling tools and hig-poly support. Maybe I'd throw in a couple of texturing tools. That'd be it.
I am absolutely convinced there's only a couple of extra things needed for SU to become the top dog in it's niche.
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.... if it wasn't attractive before why should it be now!
Being free is not good enough a reason
In order to top SketchUp, something will have to be writen
from the ground Up
Mike
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My interest with this news is two fold:
First, I hope it provides the impetus so Google will finally tell us what the hell they are doing for us (blind faith wains at my age...as time is running out :`)
Second, I'm wanting/needing a realtime high-poly assembler to combine my sketchup models with my onyx growies and the other great stuff I don't have the patience or just can't to use in SU...if SU7 turns out not to fill this bill. (And I don't want to spend much bucks...free is pretty cheap ;~)
I'm 100% with Stinky: give me high-poly, multi-core, plus throw in a way to backstep some of the SU6 interface to the simplicity of SU5...and I'll be a giddy school girl in love with my first love again.
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@unknownuser said:
Well ... I'm not certain SU needs a real-time physics engine or real-time rendering. In any case, if I were Google, I wouldn't implement them. I'd keep things as they are: simple. I would, however, add some modeling tools and hig-poly support. Maybe I'd throw in a couple of texturing tools. That'd be it.
I am absolutely convinced there's only a couple of extra things needed for SU to become the top dog in it's niche.
Like Tomsdesk, I agree 200% with Stinkie.
Multicore,high poly etc...
As for new functionality, Google could just provide an improved platform (and support) for external coders (Ruby or other languages etc...). -
@tomsdesk said:
...and I'll be a giddy school girl in love with my first love again.
Wow! Was I off! So much for my facility for judging the gender of forum members from their names and posts!
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Read down the comments here:
Way to puncture the guy's balloon, Bruce!
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@lewiswadsworth said:
Wow! Was I off!
Easy, Tiger, I just forgot a couple of as's...down boy, down boy.Bruce: yur bad! LOL
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Did you read the "evangelist's" response to Bruce's comment? I know he was just suggesting to give the new version a try, but as I was reading it I heard a voice from the long-ago television commercials of my youth:
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
OK, time to take a break and get some coffee...
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A quick scan suggests it doesn't run on OSX; therefore it is of about as much interest to me as liver and onions.
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I can't really see how Truespace competes with Sketchup, unless it has had a total overhaul. Is this just an impulse buy by MS? What happened to 3d Via?
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How intuitiv is SU, compare to that huge drawing monster. Really impressive, but like others friends , the GUI is so rich that you sink and hardly swim between the
features..Let me back to SU6 , even SU 7....
MALAISE.
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