SketchUP 8
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@unknownuser said:
Once SketchUp was seen as a threat to Autodesk but now its withered away into a dusty corner where almost no one take it seriously anymore....
.... I no longer believe SketchUp will be a major player in the professional architecture industry.
While my gut reaction about SU8 is one of dissapointment, in my little world up north I personally haven't seen a drop in professionals using Sketchup, perhaps the reverse actually. All day Thursday and Friday just gone, I sat through several presentations about 8 new major developments. 7 of the 8 different architects practices that presented were using Sketchup often for very detailed work. These weren't small local practices either, they were all well known national firms.
Without wanting to go over old ground, Sketchup, for me and others I'm sure, really was/is a threat to Autodesk because it convinced people there was a world beyond Autodesk. However, with Autodesks new found generosity with free online apps such as Project Butterfly perhaps there will be some migration back towards the depths of Autodesk as Sketchup stays in the shallow-end with (some might say) armbands on
@unknownuser said:
SketchUp has to be a child of it's time and work together with other software ... Kind of how the Adobe CS suite works together or Autodesk's software for that matter.
I couldn't agree more.
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@unknownuser said:
2nd edit: It has taken me precisely 5 minutes to see that there is not much new there. Layout 3 looks very interesting though. Dwg export makes it worth buying.
I used the DWG Export in Layout3 and it seems to be kinda fake... it does export the layout lines to Auto-CAD and it converts text to actual Auto-CAD text, however the Sketchup model itself does not export out of layout as vector lines. it comes out as a referenced image in the dwg file.
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I too see SketchUp as a serious threat to Auto-CAD for Residential Architects like myself... Autocad does not consider us in the least... all of the new AutoDesk software is built around grid-dimensioning. if Layout could dimension precisely it would be a dream... I recently tried to use it for construction documents but dimensioning the floorplans was just too cumbersome and messy... the precision in the drawing was also insufficient at 24x36 with 1/4" scale.
why is there no Ruby in Layout?
I ache for the day when I can toss AutoCAD...
I'm not impressed enough with this version to upgrade from Pro 7.1 to 8... perhaps after I see more of where this thread goes.
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My SketchUP Pro 8 installation is not working. I can only see black command window for a second,
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@unknownuser said:
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@tfdesign said:
and btw, "yoke" is something that comes from an egg.
Sorry, I'm not natively english speaking.
hey wait, a 'yoke' is that thing for chaining oxen together..
the stuff in an egg is 'yolk'
Yes, you are absolutely right!
No offence was intended, I was just poking a bit of 'English' fun. Anyway, Jan admits that he is a "grumpy old man"!
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@krisidious said:
I too see SketchUp as a serious threat to Auto-CAD for Residential Architects like myself... Autocad does not consider us in the least... all of the new AutoDesk software is built around grid-dimensioning. if Layout could dimension precisely it would be a dream... I recently tried to use it for construction documents but dimensioning the floorplans was just too cumbersome and messy... the precision in the drawing was also insufficient at 24x36 with 1/4" scale.
why is there no Ruby in Layout?
I ache for the day when I can toss AutoCAD...
I'm not impressed enough with this version to upgrade from Pro 7.1 to 8... perhaps after I see more of where this thread goes.
Kristoff, i totally agree with you. it would be great if we could get more from Layout if it only supported ruby, and the great developers that roam these forums. i too yearn for the day i don't have to dealt with Acad.
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@srx said:
My SketchUP Pro 8 installation is not working. I can only see black command window for a second,
and nothing happens. Does someone have this kind of problem?have you added any plugins yet?
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Hi,
I can currently see no advantage for me in Sketchup 8 Pro. I, like many others, had wished that the error with the toolbar in Sketchup 7 will be corrected.
Most of the additions or improvements seems to be in connection with Google Earth.
After I had copied all of my plugins, Materials and Styles into Sketchup8 it opened with an error and I had to remove five plugins.
Then I took a speed test with the two Rubies, Test.skp and SU framerate Test.skp through. The result was as follows:
Charly
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@charly2008 said:
Then I took a speed test with the two Rubies, Test.skp and SU framerate Test.skp through. The result was as follows:
Charly
meh, what exactly is that test telling you? i mean, it's spewing out some numbers and people just assume higher numbers = better sketchup performance.. i did that test last year and here's the results..
so, according to that, sketchup is 6x faster than windows on a mac and i'm having a very hard time believing that.. i'm calling bs.
stupid test
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@charly2008 said:
Hi Jeff,
I see the test results only as an index to compare the two versions on my PC system. If a performance increase would have occurred the tests would have to show the differences. Or I see this wrong?
Charly
my point was, what do those numbers mean? like if your su8 tests came back with 50fps, how would that benefit your workflow etc?
or to rephrase, what exactly are you testing with that test?
if the answer is 'performance' then you're obviously using the wrong OS for your sketchuping.. (but like i said, windows and mac sketchup run about the same from what i've seen so 'performance' is not what that test is testing)
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Hi Jeff,
The tests are not good to compare the versions on other PC systems. I see the test results only as an index to compare the two versions on one individual PC system. If a performance increase would have occurred the tests would have to show the differences. Or I see this wrong?
Can you repeat your Test with Sketchup 8 just to compare your values?
Charly
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Then let it tell me so. Subjectively, I find no difference when working with Sketchup 8, for example, with high poly models.
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@charly2008 said:
I find no difference when working with Sketchup 8, for example, with high poly models.
Unfortunately, neither do I.
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Krisidious:
The installation doesn't start so there is no place to put plugins -
well plugins are installed in the folder structure manually. if you have not installed anything but SketchUp 8 and it does not work I would uninstall and then reinstall. what system are you running and what OS?
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@krisidious said:
@unknownuser said:
2nd edit: It has taken me precisely 5 minutes to see that there is not much new there. Layout 3 looks very interesting though. Dwg export makes it worth buying.
I used the DWG Export in Layout3 and it seems to be kinda fake... it does export the layout lines to Auto-CAD and it converts text to actual Auto-CAD text, however the Sketchup model itself does not export out of layout as vector lines. it comes out as a referenced image in the dwg file.
If your SU viewport uses Vector rendering, the DWG output has vector lines.
Anssi
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Coen - you're taking a quote out of a context...
The original question was what the difference is between Free and Pro and I replied with a few examples... (I don't use LayOut myself, but it's still a significan't difference between Free and Pro...!)
In several posts I've also expressed my concern and also said that I don't find Google being able to justify this as a major release like the shift in version number suggest...I agree with A LOT of what have been written here, however, I still see SU being a really good companion for a lot of the 3D work I do...
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@krisidious said:
I used the DWG Export in Layout3 and it seems to be kinda fake... it does export the layout lines to Auto-CAD and it converts text to actual Auto-CAD text, however the Sketchup model itself does not export out of layout as vector lines. it comes out as a referenced image in the dwg file.
LayOut is exporting the exactly what has been rendered in the model view. If you want vectors in the exported file, be sure that you have vector rendered the model view.
john
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@charly2008 said:
I can currently see no advantage for me in Sketchup 8 Pro. I, like many others, had wished that the error with the toolbar in Sketchup 7 will be corrected.
We added a feature in SU8 that allows you to save and restore toolbar configurations. Was this not the error you wanted corrected?
@charly2008 said:
Most of the additions or improvements seems to be in connection with Google Earth.
If you are an architect, it may be interesting to know that we have just granted you convenient access to Google's complete collection of geo-spatial imagery for more or less the entire world. In many parts of the world, you can now build a site model with accurate terrain, aerial and street-level photography and rough massing models for adjacent structures in minutes... without leaving your desk.
john
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@rickgraham said:
Sorry - but just about every other major upgrade that I have used (vX to vX) had visual differences. Sadly, v8 FREE visually looks EXACTLY like v7. No new visual improvements. It may be faster, speed-wise but I would have preferred to have some visual differences. It looks like a Win 95 interface for 2010 and beyond. Heck, even some betas that I've been involved in look radically different form Beta to beta.
Hi Rick,
Many users prefer that the look of the UI not change dramatically from release to release.
john
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