Your Ideas for SketchUp 2014
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In my case I don't have control over incoming layer structure - as that is inherited from whatever structure the architect or engineer is using.
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I see others as well need a better organized Sketchup.
Its a bit weird that the Sketchup team never took care of organizing the app with better tools to structure layers and materials. It does make you wonder with what kind of models they use to do their testing.
A while back some forum members on the Maxwell render forums asked why the plugin developer did not ask around for good ideas and tips on how to develop the plugin for Sketchup. He replied more or less that he wanted to write a plugin that did much more than the users could imagine. And so he did. We were all surprised and realized we could never have asked certainly not in detail for such a great plugin. Like Steve Jobs said, how do they know what they want when they've never even seen it.
I hope that at some point the Sketchtup team will move ahead and study how architects work, millions of users should be worth it. A pro version should provide for a pro user experience. Look at Aperture or Lightroom, all sorts of organizing tools to work with a lot of photos like pro-users do. We architects make models with lots of layers and materials.
To be really honest, for years now I feel the team behind Sketchup lacks a visionary leader. The team keeps Sketchup on road rather skillfully but they have no clue were they are going. At least it looks like it.
The list of tips and wishes the users send to the SU-team has grown a beard. Without knowing what is being worked on its useless to keep repeating the same needs we have for Sketchup over and over again.
Francois -
I am disappointed by the removal of custom options for exporting video in SketchUp 2013. I previously exported in 1920x1080 at 30fps, but I need to export at 3840x2160 at 30fps and downsize later because I'm getting moire patterns in this version. Because I can not use 24fps video, I am forced to wait for Vray 1.6 to come out in August, which is less expensive as a student than upgrading to SketchUp pro. I'm sure there is a valid reason for the removal of the feature, but I would have appreciated a note on the download page along the lines of "Certain options including... are no longer available in this (unpaid) version of Sketchup (after the trial period)."
With that said, I do enjoy the increased stability of SketchUp 2013. I have several extremely complex models that would previously cause the program to crash while doing minor tasks such as changing tools. Thankfully, I have had very few problems not caused by complex tasks.
My recommendations for the 2014 version after hyper-threading and multi-core support would be a way to export with soft shadows. Although that would probably require a lot of work, it would be a welcomed addition to shadow settings for quick visualizations without using a 3rd party software. Another idea is an addition to the warehouse where tutorials of various skill levels are grouped. The type of tutorial I would imagine is a scene with uncut boards followed by a slide of cut wood then another with parts combined until the last scene is a complete project. It could even be used as supplemental visual aid in addition to online directions in any language, just "click here to download a step by step model of how your project should look at these stages." Being a widely accessible 3D software, perhaps a code could come with products that require assembly on the packaged directions.
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- Stability (daily countless crashes, even just opening files)
- high poly support
- UV tools
- 64 bit (for ram access)
- Material Panel Overhaul (osx)
PS never used layout
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Customizable nudge function. User can set desired nudge distance and use arrow keys to nudge.
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@arky09 said:
Customizable nudge function. User can set desired nudge distance and use arrow keys to nudge.
Have you tried my js_MoveTool script?
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=54337#p501185
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