A new home for SketchUp
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Well only time will tell whether this is good for us SU Users.
I just don't know if I'll like the "ring" to it if Google also chooses to sell off Google Earth. I mean really "Trimble Earth" ? Sounds like feminine earthquake.Like many others, I am skeptical about Change until I have a chance to see it in action. However, my experience is usually that of Disappointment. Hopefully, this will prove to be otherwise. But I will give Trimble a fair shot before making final judgement. I'm sure there will be a few humps and hurdles before it's all honky-dory.
PS> I guess I better update to v8 Pro Now while I still might get a discount (currently using v7 Pro).
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I thought this was an interesting headline that provides a clue into why Trimble wants Sketchup. I'm not familiar with their "Office-to-Field Platform" to know what it means though. (From http://ww2.trimble.com/3d/)
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I will wait things out and I hope this transition to Trimble is positive for everyone involved. I still have SU8 and that will suffice for a long time. OTOH, I'm rounding up my Blender tutorials and learning materials, etc.
Fortune favors the prepared.
Cheers.
BTW, Trimble also acquired PeopleNET last July as well: http://www.trimble.com/news/release.aspx?id=072011a
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awesome
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@fossa said:
I too question Trimbles commitment to communities like ArchVis and woodworking. I hope I'm proven wrong.
as opposed to, say, google
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@lapx said:
It would have felt better if they said Apple was buying Sketchup. Trimble is a foreign company to most of us. Oh, well like someone said if there is a silver lining they didnt get bought buy autocad. I guess change is inevitable but whether its good or bad time will tell.
ha.. i don't know about that.. OS X has some awesome features in place for developers to tap into and i don't feel any cad/modeling app has fully exploited these features but as far as apple themselves handling the development… hmmm..
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@unknownuser said:
@fossa said:
I too question Trimbles commitment to communities like ArchVis and woodworking. I hope I'm proven wrong.
as opposed to, say, google
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+1
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@idahoj said:
I will wait things out and I hope this transition to Trimble is positive for everyone involved.
I have to agree. We all have gotten to see what kind of things were important to the Google/SketchUp team. It will be interesting to see what is important to the Trimble/SketchUp team and how that is reflected in future versions.
Al Hart
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@unknownuser said:
@gaieus said:
@mitcorb said:
Although that Boulder is not a bad place.
new york city > boulder
I've been to both and gotta say Boulder rocks.
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@charly2008 said:
. I am afraid it might end in a Autodesk like package.
honestly, i wouldn't mind if sketchup got all bloated like an autodesk product.. lots of features that i'd probably never use but also a lot of features that i would use..
(but i'm saying this from a standpoint of using sketchup for 8 years now.. it wouldn't be too hard to figure out.. a new user however might have a harder time but.. whatever ) -
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@unknownuser said:...it wouldn't be too hard to figure out.. a new user however might have a harder time but.. whatever )
At least we could make a living on training! [/off:3kcch5ev]
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@unknownuser said:
it doesn't matter how logical of an argument someone may give me, nobody will ever convince me that there's a better city than nyc
You obviously haven't experienced the sprawling metropolis of Broadford, Co.Clare
You may have Broadway Jeff, but we've got Main street
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@unknownuser said:You may have Broadway Jeff, but we've got Main street
"Main Street" and "The Other Street"
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@anssi said:
If you want to see what Trimble is up to you could take a look at the Tekla Bimsight application. It is quite a capable viewing tool for IFC files, and it's free. And the interface is badly in need of a liberal application of Sketchup to make it more palatable.
http://www.bimtofield.com/index.php/teklabimsight-download.html
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GSU to become TSU! Am I the first to use it?
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I think so, Mike. I'm going to frame my Google SketchUp t-shirts now....
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@mike lucey said:
GSU to become TSU! Am I the first to use it?
TSUnami !
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on that? ) -
.. catch the wave.
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