SketchUp In Your Browser (Chrome Only)
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For all of you fellow Chrome users, Google has released the Chrome Web Store, an online store where you can buy (or install for free) applications for Google Chrome. There aren't a whole lot of apps on there yet as it only just came out. There is one app I tried though called "Roozz based Google SketchUp 8". It doesn't do much other than put SketchUp in your web browser.
This is the product description. "Google SketchUp Pro 8 (TM) on Roozz is a suite of powerful features and applications for design and engineering professionals. By running it through Roozz, the user can access this program without having to download and go through an installation process. All that is required is to download the Roozz plugin and the program runs directly in the browser."
I still found this pretty cool for those of us who browse the web while using SketchUp. Not a very efficient practice if you want to get stuff done
but it can be useful if you frequently browse tutorials and/or SketchUcation while using SketchUp. It is free and can be installed here. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omfklkhadebbmjiejjplgepfecbigoap Check it out and tell me what you think. Please note, this is a 3-d party program and is not affiliated with Google or the SketchUp team in any way. Here's a picture to show you what it looks like.
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can this be used as a viewer? as in, can i send a .skp to someone and they open it in chrome as long as they have roozz?
edit-- i ask because i get this->
@unknownuser said:
Your operating system is not supported by the Roozz platform yet.
But we are working on it. Contact us here if you would like to know when Roozz plugin will support your platform.and can't try it myself.
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I'm not completely sure, but I think this is how Chrome OS is going to work - everything runs in the Browser, even executables. Except Chrome will use Native Client. Either way, I think you still need to install SketchUp locally, no?
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Hi guys,
Please don't be confused- this is not a Google product, nor was the SketchUp team involved in it in any way.
John
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@unknownuser said:
can this be used as a viewer? as in, can i send a .skp to someone and they open it in chrome as long as they have roozz?
What operating system do you have? How are you wanting to send a .skp file? E-mail?
@jim said:
I'm not completely sure, but I think this is how Chrome OS is going to work - everything runs in the Browser, even executables. Except Chrome will use Native Client. Either way, I think you still need to install SketchUp locally, no?
Yes, I think this is how Chrome OS will work. I'm pretty sure it sounds like you do not need SketchUp installed. I'll check this out though.
@jbacus said:
Please don't be confused- this is not a Google product, nor was the SketchUp team involved in it in any way.
Doesn't sound like it, no. Is that bad though? I'll add that to the original post. Thanks.
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
can this be used as a viewer? as in, can i send a .skp to someone and they open it in chrome as long as they have roozz?
What operating system do you have? How are you wanting to send a .skp file? E-mail?
floppy disk
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Aha. Sorry. I saw that but didn't know what it was exactly. I'm a Windows person. =P
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Cloud computing with a multi-user license on the server? If so, how do they afford the pro license?
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@unknownuser said:
Aha. Sorry. I saw that but didn't know what it was exactly. I'm a Windows person. =P
really? well, it's version 10 of apple's operation system.
the sub-versions are named after cats (jaguar,panther,tiger, etc.) -
Maybe it runs an evaluation copy?-)
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@honoluludesktop said:
Cloud computing with a multi-user license on the server? If so, how do they afford the pro license?
Is it the pro version?
@unknownuser said:
really? well, it's version 10 of apple's operation system.
the sub-versions are named after cats (jaguar,panther,tiger, etc.)Oh O.K. I knew about the cats, I just didn't know it was call OS X. I probably heard it before though.
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I am just going by their web page.
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
Aha. Sorry. I saw that but didn't know what it was exactly. I'm a Windows person. =P
really? well, it's version 10 of apple's operation system.
the sub-versions are named after cats (jaguar,panther,tiger, etc.)That's known as the pussy factor. Very important you know!!
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haha!
[edit] but those aren't pussycats..
likewise, i'm willing to bet mac users get more... err.. cats. -
Hmmm. Looks like this was removed from the store. It says it was removed by the author though so I don't think Google took it down.
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An interesting concept! Yes, the link appears to be gone. I visited the Roozz site, here, http://www.roozz.com/index.html Also I located this video which explains the process Roozz - Makes software grow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpXDq1G5MQ&feature=related
Mike
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I wish this had been taken down before I tried it.
It completely reset my local copy of sketchup. All my plugins were gone, and it has wiped out all my keyboard shortcuts. All style settings, default templates, etc.. were reset when I installed the roozz plugin.
I have restored my plugins by uninstalling the software, but I still have at least a few hours to built the rest of my settings back to how they should be.
Consider yourselves lucky if you didn't get to try this. I don't know exactly how it worked, but I think it just displayed your local copy of sketchup in a browser.
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Wow! Thanks for the warning Dan
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Wow. I'm really sorry about that Dan.
If I had known, I wouldn't have posted it. It didn't do anything to me. Maybe it's because I am running version 7. The app ran version 8. Which version do you have? -
@danbig said:
It completely reset my local copy of sketchup
That is too bad.Browser plugins running executables do in some way contradict to the idea of html/js standards and platform interoperability, as the plugins might not be available for all platforms (here: not for OS X and mobile devices). Running a locally installed SketchUp in a browser isn't the challenge, the rather interesting part is how to do this without installation and on any platform.
Out of interest, I tried it (in VirtualBox, don't try it on a productive system). They still offer SketchUp on their website (not anymore in the Google Web Store):
roz.s3.amazonaws.com/Sketchup8/Sketchup8.htm
It is a bad joke, it installs the "real" Windows SketchUp application (no converted version, as they claim) into the SketchUp folder (not into the Roozz folder) overwriting all registry keys. The application opens as a normal window and then it is redirected into a tab.
This is scamware.
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