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    • jim smithJ Offline
      jim smith
      last edited by

      @ben ritter said:

      How do you get the upgrade? Been on the website but still v.7.

      It still shows as V7.1 on the download page, but if you download and open - you see it it really V8!

      "Out of clutter find simplicity,
      from discord find harmony,
      In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
      Albert Einstein

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      • bmikeB Offline
        bmike
        last edited by

        @ben ritter said:

        How do you get the upgrade? Been on the website but still v.7.

        download it. will say 8 when you install.

        mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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        • J Offline
          john.warburton
          last edited by

          @ben ritter said:

          How do you get the upgrade? Been on the website but still v.7.

          Good question - I see the v8 downloads, but no information of the v8 upgrade is free for existing users of Pro or not.

          Life's a reach, and then you gybe.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            @john.warburton said:

            @ben ritter said:

            How do you get the upgrade? Been on the website but still v.7.

            Good question - I see the v8 downloads, but no information of the v8 upgrade is free for existing users of Pro or not.

            Historically Pro has not had free upgrades - but at a discount. I assume this to be the case this time as well.

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • bmikeB Offline
              bmike
              last edited by

              you get the standard 480 minutes of use.
              i imagine that there will be a charge for the upgrade as it has jumped from 7.1?? to 8.

              mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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              • F Offline
                fossa
                last edited by

                Found it. It's the usual 95.00 to upgrade.

                Really gonna give this some serious thought google. Not impressed with the last 4 years of development.

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                • bmikeB Offline
                  bmike
                  last edited by

                  the solids tools and extra view back lines would speed my work.
                  i'm sure i could get the solids tool functionality from rubies... but.

                  have to think about it.
                  and see if it is any quicker with geometry.

                  adding angles to layout is also overdue...

                  mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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                  • jim smithJ Offline
                    jim smith
                    last edited by

                    Just found this news article on the Google pages:

                    Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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                    Here is the upgrade link:

                    http://sketchup-store.sketchup.com/?lang_code=en

                    "Out of clutter find simplicity,
                    from discord find harmony,
                    In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"
                    Albert Einstein

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                    • P Offline
                      Panga
                      last edited by

                      Solid tools...bool tools cost around 20 $...I hope there're others improvements...does google knows what RPO means ? I don't want to throw the stone as I did not test this 8 version for the moment, but I really hope they do not fool us again...

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu7/download.html now refers to 7.1 again.

                        SU8 download link: http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/gsu8/download.html

                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        • tridemT Offline
                          tridem
                          last edited by

                          Just installed the free version, it seems I can run both the new one and the old 7.08, this is great to discover the new features "safely" 😍

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                          • honoluludesktopH Offline
                            honoluludesktop
                            last edited by

                            It appears that the implementation of OpenGl is improved. V8 runs with hardware acceleration on my graphically impaired home PC. However some of my plugins do not load.

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
                              last edited by

                              I guess my main question about this is

                              Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?

                              dotdotdot

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @honoluludesktop said:

                                However some of my plugins do not load.

                                Can you please make a post in the affected plugin's thread? (include any error if you get any)

                                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  I guess my main question about this is

                                  Does and update such as this usually include more options for the ruby writers?

                                  Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  We upgraded our API's Ruby interpreter from version 1.8.0 to 1.8.6, which is a better supported, more stable version. This gives API users the benefits of hundreds of Ruby bug fixes, but version 1.8.6 is also more strict on Ruby syntax. If a script is broken, you may need to contact the script's original author to get an upgraded version.

                                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    More expanded changelog for SU8: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=115424

                                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    • D Offline
                                      drewpoeppel
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks like they removed the solar orientation setting in the geolocation area for manually setting the north angle in you model, along with dwg/dfx import, in the free version. 👎 I wish they wouldn't take away features.

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        Solid volume display in entity info is much welcomed.

                                        though it'd be nice to be able to change the units.. i draw in feet&inches but volume (for me at least) is always cubic yards..(concrete)
                                        /27 for now.

                                        dotdotdot

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
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                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Just installed the free version

                                          I see only Pro version! 😮
                                          Have you a link?

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

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                                            Khai
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Just installed the free version

                                            I see only Pro version! 😮
                                            Have you a link?

                                            Error 404 (Not Found)!!1

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