A new home for SketchUp
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Isn't the breadcrumb links bar a bit premature ?
"Trimble SketchUp Community Forums"
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@unknownuser said:
No, but I just registered trimbucation.com
How about TrimbleUp and SketchUTrimble?
Al Hart
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My impression is that it will be just "SketchUp" now - no company prefix.
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That would be best. By the time we get used to this, it might change again. Also, I need to look at the logo all the time to be able to spell it correctly.
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I need to update my documentation for Vertex Tools. And ... I guess... my blog posts...
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Sorry but "trimble" as a particular signification as word or it's just a Company's name ?
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@unknownuser said:
Sorry but "trimble" as a particular signification as word or it's just a Company's name ?
It's a surname of one of the founders
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Thx for the info
But in general a surname has a meaning no ? It is the case here ?
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Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".
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@ecuadorian said:Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".
Don't forget condoms...
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Another latecomer - me.
Wow.
Never expected this. To be honest, like a bunch of folks here it makes me nervous. We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.
I hope for the best and SU, or whatever it is called in the future, will continue on as it has - heavy on the community support and activity. It's definitely what has kept me with this software this long.
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Nice coat of arms the Hammond family has.
Have we forgotten the off topic button?
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@unknownuser said:
Have we forgotten the off topic button?
Which reminds me... This is an interesting reading. A bit of some financial speculation but still...
http://gfxspeak.com/2012/04/26/google-sells-sketchup-to-trimble/ -
Also just caught this. I'm pretty happy with SU8 as it is - ably augmented by various rubies (kudos all).
So long as the Add Location function (a Google dependency) isn't crippled, I'm cool.
More integration with survey/ GPS data might be nice, though.So wait and see.
I've been Blendering for a while. It's a steep learning curve, a very different user interface, and would need a number of tools developed for it. That said, the new Bmesh is pretty cool. -
@escapeartist said:
A We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.
i don't mean for this to come off as bad sounding (but if it is, maybe i need to have another look at myself?) but...
imo, all sketchup free development could cease at this moment and the free users would still be left with a great product..
years ago, i spent $500 on an app that was far inferior to what sketchup free is today.. and i was hyped when i bought it!
but they're saying that a free version will remain available and i honestly don't see them down scaling the free version to something unusable.. in fact, i really don't imagine they will downscale it all..
[and who knows, maybe trimble will start integrating ads into the free version or something? it does seem like a likely move but then again, i'd expect google would of been the more likely candidate to do such a thing]
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From the Gaieus above Link!
@unknownuser said:
A sale of the popular 3D drafting tool has been rumored for weeks, but it was widely assumed the buyer would be Dassault Systèmes.
Funny SU could be French!
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I just think the "surprise" brings home the risk of relying on free proprietary software always being free - for example, levels of interest in forums, training, books, renderers, plugins ... other unintended consequences of "Do No Evil" perhaps?
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Found this on Time online:
@unknownuser said:
Selling a successful — if specialized — product isn’t something that Google does often. In fact, I can’t think of any other examples that are similar to the SketchUp situation. It’s rare for large technology companies to sell anything, ever — generally speaking, the products they acquire or build either thrive or die. And when sales do happen, it’s often because a company is offloading a disaster at a fire-sale price.
When tech companies lose interest in something they own, they often abandon happy customers, even when they probably could have found a buyer. (Exhibit A: Cisco’s sudden execution of the Flip camcorder.) It’s nice to see Google moving on without leaving anyone in the lurch.
Says a lot actually!
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Wow! Exciting times for the SketchUp community!
I'm hopeful this will be a positive stage in SketchUp's growth and maybe will bring some much needed improvements to the community.
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