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    • D Offline
      dedmin
      last edited by

      I don't use SketchUP - it's using me! πŸ˜†

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      • A Offline
        Alex Jenyon
        last edited by

        I guess that means that 3ds Max is like this:

        http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/giant_swiss.jpg

        Concept artist / Matte painter
        www.aj-concepts.net

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          @alex jenyon said:

          I guess that means that 3ds Max is like this...

          And that's why you cannot simply put it into your pocket.
          πŸ˜„

          Gai...

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            @ Alex : πŸ˜† πŸ‘

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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            • P Offline
              pouria
              last edited by

              hi,
              for cutting this argument we can analize each of them and write advantages and disadvantages.
              in general i'm working with (SU) , but in some cases it is really weaker than 3ds max.
              advantages of SU :
              1.quick
              2.easy
              3.attractive work space
              4.nice renders
              5.supporting most of formats for importing and exporting
              .
              .
              .
              disadvantages of SU :
              1.weak in some aspects
              2.it is useful just for modeling and you can't do other works like animations or face designing &... in it.
              3.has problem in curves.
              4.you can't edit the curve surfaces whatever you like.(this is the worst disadvantage).
              .
              .
              .
              advantages o 3dsmax :
              1.include all the designing methods .
              2.perfect and accurate work space
              3.perfect renders and exports
              4.quick and accurate in designing curves and curve surfaces.
              5.professional
              6.include animations and designing faces
              .
              .
              .
              disadvantages of 3dsmax :
              1.takes more time
              2.hard to learn
              .
              .
              .

              goodluck

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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                Price not mentioned?

                But I'm unsure as to why you chose 3DS Max to compare SU against.

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                • pbacotP Offline
                  pbacot
                  last edited by

                  henh-henh. He said..."analize" henh-henh

                  MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                  • olisheaO Offline
                    olishea
                    last edited by

                    @pbacot said:

                    henh-henh. He said..."analize" henh-henh

                    sounds scary! and this thread is 4 years old lol

                    oli

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      And what about this? πŸ’š

                      @unknownuser said:

                      In five years I bet that more people use Blender than Max! 2010

                      Blender Forum 196,957 members
                      300 000 posts in the general Section

                      http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-Max/ct-p/area-c1 no number of members
                      100 000 posts in the general Section
                      πŸ’š

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                      My Little site :)

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                      • olisheaO Offline
                        olishea
                        last edited by

                        From your statistics, Pilou, perhaps Blender is 3x harder to use? 3x more questions! haha

                        I joke...

                        oli

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                        • FrederikF Offline
                          Frederik
                          last edited by

                          @olishea said:

                          ...and this thread is 4 years old lol

                          I assume he made a search, but didn't take any notice of the dates of the original discussion... πŸ˜•

                          Comparing SU with 3ds Max seem slightly ridiculous IMO...
                          It's like comparing a Lamborghini with an Audi...

                          Cheers
                          Kim Frederik

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                          • olisheaO Offline
                            olishea
                            last edited by

                            Not such a good comparison Kim, as Lamborghini use Audi engines. πŸ˜†

                            I know what you mean though haha

                            oli

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              @unknownuser said:

                              I assume he made a search, but didn't take any notice of the dates of the original discussion

                              ❓

                              Normally each post has its own date! πŸ˜‰
                              Mine was 4 years old! πŸ˜„ And older of 2 days against the first post! πŸ’š
                              date.jpg

                              Frenchy Pilou
                              Is beautiful that please without concept!
                              My Little site :)

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                              • FrederikF Offline
                                Frederik
                                last edited by

                                @olishea said:

                                Not such a good comparison Kim, as Lamborghini use Audi engines. πŸ˜†

                                πŸ˜† πŸ˜† I know, Oli... πŸ˜†
                                Wanted to see if anybody would comment on exactly that... πŸ˜‰
                                Besides, don't you have an Audi A3 - as far as I remember...? πŸ˜„

                                Cheers
                                Kim Frederik

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                                • nghminh81N Offline
                                  nghminh81
                                  last edited by

                                  I always suggest my friends to try Sketchup and inspire them by showing how can I quickly do things from small object detail to large urban model.

                                  I only need 3dsmax when client ask for some WOW images.

                                  SU is must have tool for designer. It takes a 3D guy only few weeks to start to drive like a sport car.

                                  Cheers,

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                                  • N Offline
                                    numerobis
                                    last edited by

                                    @pouria said:

                                    advantages of SU :
                                    4.nice renders
                                    ...

                                    advantages o 3dsmax :
                                    3.perfect renders

                                    Where is SU producing renders (in the meaning of photoreal renders not displaying shadows...)? There are many great render engines available for both programs (Maxwell, v-ray,...) and for instance the SU plugin for Maxwell supports almost all Maxwell features.

                                    @pouria said:

                                    advantages o 3dsmax :
                                    2.perfect and accurate work space

                                    ?!?
                                    Where is 3DSmax more accurate than SU?!? The snap function in max is horrible and far more superior in SU. And max keeps rounding numbers to one two or three decimal places depending on the function and i really don't want to work in mm to be able to get a more precise input... And take a look at the "resulting accuracy" depending on system units and scene size...
                                    In SU i can have at least 6 decimal places. The only accuracy problem in SU comes from segmented curves... but this was another point in your list.

                                    @pouria said:

                                    advantages o 3dsmax :
                                    5.professional

                                    LOL?!?

                                    @pouria said:

                                    disadvantages of 3dsmax :
                                    1.takes more time
                                    2.hard to learn

                                    sorry, looking at your comments it seems that SU is at least equally hard to learn for some people... πŸ˜’

                                    what a useless post... and this in a 4 years old thread. Great first post on this forum! πŸ˜†

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                                    • olisheaO Offline
                                      olishea
                                      last edited by

                                      @frederik said:

                                      Besides, don't you have an Audi A3 - as far as I remember...? πŸ˜„

                                      Oh you mean this one? πŸ˜†

                                      Whoopsies!

                                      http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/After1_zps442944a0.jpg

                                      oli

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        πŸ˜‰

                                        Frenchy Pilou
                                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                        My Little site :)

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                                        • alexandre skA Offline
                                          alexandre sk
                                          last edited by

                                          that's fun and impressive.

                                          Very different objectives and capabilities.

                                          About frame rate:
                                          I actually test the same object ( BIG ONE) in Sketchup and Blender and the blender advantage in framerate was very small. Kind disappointing. Don't know if is my computer but I was expecting a enormous advantage.

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                                          • genma saotomeG Offline
                                            genma saotome
                                            last edited by

                                            This thread reads like some kind of comic book super hero battle....

                                            FWIW, 3ds Max 2015 can import .SKP files and export .DAE so it appears that one can start with either one and finish w/ the other.

                                            As someone already said, 3DS MAX does proper animation.

                                            Where SU is weak, IMO, is almost everything with textures. The basic paint it function works of course but beyond that it is either klunky or not there when compared to other 3d CAD tools. Maybe addressing that weak hand isn't needed for BIM but IMO it's needed for almost everything else.

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