A new home for SketchUp

Dan Rathbun

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

Mike Lucey

GSU to become TSU! Am I the first to use it?

utiler

I think so, Mike. I'm going to frame my Google SketchUp t-shirts now....

jeff hammond

@mike lucey said:

GSU to become TSU! Am I the first to use it?

TSUnami !

(is there anyway i can get a on that? )

Dan Rathbun

.. catch the wave.

Dan Rathbun

Isn't the breadcrumb links bar a bit premature ?

"Trimble SketchUp Community Forums"

Al Hart

@unknownuser said:

No, but I just registered trimbucation.com

How about TrimbleUp and SketchUTrimble?

thomthom

My impression is that it will be just "SketchUp" now - no company prefix.

Gaieus

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.

thomthom

I need to update my documentation for Vertex Tools. And ... I guess... my blog posts...

pilou

Sorry but "trimble" as a particular signification as word or it's just a Company's name ?

Rich O Brien

@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

pilou

Thx for the info

But in general a surname has a meaning no ? It is the case here ?

Rich O Brien

http://www.houseofnames.com/trimble-family-crest

Ecuadorian

Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

Gaieus

[off:2eea5rpa]
@ecuadorian said:

Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

Don't forget condoms... [/off:2eea5rpa]

EscapeArtist

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.

Rich O Brien

Nice coat of arms the Hammond family has.

Have we forgotten the off topic button?

Gaieus

@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/

mozzie

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.