SU 7 vs SU 8. Any advantage to either?
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On the Mac, I can reassign those keys
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SketchUp 7.1 has the advantage if you need to use dxf/dwg files. There is a free installer to enable it. You can install and use both 7 and 8 together.
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SU 8.1 or 8.xx will be something to look out for. The developer admits that su8 was released too soon.
The biggest drawback to SU is that it works well with 1990's hardware and gains little merit from
hardware made in the last couple of years.Once the SU team get the approval from upper management to stop creating additional tools
already available for DL or purchase, and focus solely on developing a 3D CAD program that
can utilise newer tech, the chance of SU becoming the Apple for the CAD world increases.If not, Blender might become far more superior than SU in 1 to 3 years.
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@unknownuser said:
If not, Blender might become far more superior than SU in 1 to 3 years.
Blender already is by far more superior than SU, always has been and always will be. The difference is that SU is easier to use, quicker to learn and Sketchucation forum rocks.
Ever tried modeling a home in Blender? can be done, but OMG it will take some fiddling, ever tried modeling a human in SU? also can be done and just like the house in Blender it too will take some serious fiddling...until you pop the poly ceiling.
You cannot compare the two, they never were meant to rival each other, they can be used to compliment one another, see Michalis's awesome works as a great example.
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Hmmmn......Put to a vote, I elect to maintain a Architectural product. But that's my occupational bias speaking. 99% of construction in the real world is non-organic in form. If SUs ease of use is compromised by organic modeling, then my bias votes against moving in that direction. Like my vote matters:-)
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Let's also not forget about the ability to import .dae/.kmz files now. The improvements to texture position editing. The ability to import Photo Textures using Street View. I use all of these features on a regular basis, making SketchUp 8 a necessity for me.
Cheers,
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@craigd said:
Let's also not forget about the ability to import .dae/.kmz files now...
SU 7 can also import .dae/.kmz (at least the pro version can, not sure on Free version)
-Brodie
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Yeah, the free version also can. It's since version 7.1 (and of course, now in v.8 as well).
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@fuzzion said:
The developer admits that su8 was released too soon.
Huh, that's weird; I wonder why none of my colleagues let me in on that admission. There are multiple SketchUp developers, by the way. Got any sources to cite so I can be sure to tune them up?
@fuzzion said:
Once the SU team get the approval from upper management to stop creating additional tools already available for DL or purchase, and focus solely on developing a 3D CAD program that can utilise newer tech, the chance of SU becoming the Apple for the CAD world increases.
You're right; we really have waited far too long already for those upper management folks to remove the clause "never stop reinventing the wheel" from our mission statement. We've really got to start pushing on that one!
SketchUp could be more like Apple? I get where you're going, but be careful what you wish for, because we could be a lot more like Apple. Can you imagine? What if we didn't concentrate so much on liberating our users' data and providing it in a completely open format, or if we strictly locked down the Ruby interface so you could only run pre-approved plugins? Maybe then we could tie the 3D Warehouse to a single ISP's network and make everyone else jealous while charging our ISP's users out the nose for the exclusivity of it. Just for good measure, we could re-write the GUI to look like it's wrapped in aluminum and charge 3x more for it than what you'd expect to pay for any competitor's program.
Of course, I did type up this message on my MacBook Pro.
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