Sketchup Approval by IT department for SOE
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@unknownuser said:
I will be presenting Sketchup 7 to the IT department tomorrow..............and I am trying to get Sketchup approved for use
This seems odd to me. An I.T dept should only be concerned with the running requirements of the proposed software. As a designer/architect/technician you shouldn't need to justify using SU to them, they should not be concerned with project delivery.
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I imagine it depends a lot on the company, but it isnt unusual for larger IT departments to completely lock down company workstations and only allow pre-approved software. Obviously helps a lot with stability but not so good for the more adept user who cant do anything.
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@unknownuser said:
SIS type video drivers or clients machines with weak CPU's then yes it will be difficult from day one.
This is most helpful.
I greatly appreciate the responses and corrections to my errors in terminology. I am not familiar with SOE and it has yet to be fully transitioned.
Thank you much for the responses, it is difficult to understand our IT departments reasoning.
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Well that meeting wasted more money than several seats of Pro would have cost.
I am still allowed to use SU, but only if I use it on a computer that is in no way connected to the IT departments realm of control.
How frustrating...
Any suggestions?
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Is there a reason why you want the actual program to be on the server? I don't think this would limit you from storing/retrieving .skp files from the server from any workstation.
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Kelvin
What is the core function of your business? If its architecture or design based, I think your I.T. department need a reality check. I.T. management is a supporting, enabling function to a business. If you need Sketchup for the business to operate, they should facilitate that.
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If you have a reasonable laptop with a graphics card (not integrated graphics) you shouldnt have any problems running SU on that, it would have to be a personal laptop, though, as per your IT departments request. If you need to do any serious work in SU you could probably hook it up to a screen at work to make it feel more like a desktop.
And if i could ask, did the IT department have any particular reason for not wanting to install SU, or was it just a blanket 'we dont want/need this' sort of thing?
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To answer your question, SU would be used as supplement to AutoCad until enough people use it, then we all know what will happen. I am a mechanical/construction engineer that is trying to make up for the fact that the client didn't want a 3D model. Why?, I really don't know. The size of this project is larger than you might guess, regardless of the size I would like to continue using SU even if it just for my own increase in productivity and ease of reporting with simple visualizations.
Time will tell. -
Does the client, in your eyes, need a 3d model?
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@unknownuser said:
This seems odd to me. An I.T dept should only be concerned with the running requirements of the proposed software. As a designer/architect/technician you shouldn't need to justify using SU to them, they should not be concerned with project delivery.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an IT man in possession of authority turns into a control freak."
From experience...
"What you need to do is install i-drop to work with AutoCAD. It's a free add-on from Autodesk."
"We can't do that the IT manager won't approve it!"
"Then he's a WCW!"
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