Is BimUp 5D As Good as it Appears?

holmes1977

Hello aadbuild

Im very keen to jump on board. Been looking for a better work flow from design in SU to construction plans in Autocad.

Im a one man band who works from home on a laptop for the first half of the week. Then I do the heavy work on the desktop at the office for the other half of the week.

Will i need to purchase 2 copies of PlusSPec to be able to work from home and at the office?

I posted this in your forum but failed to show up.

cheers
Jonathan

Krisidious

I guess my last post didn't go. here it is again.

I have a few questions.

Does PlusSpec offer full imperial support? standards for framing and what not, equipment and components?
If I buy a subscription to PlusSpec does that cover all the components library or do I have to pay per component?
What is the process or ability in terms of unique or custom building areas. Have a look at my website and you'll see what I mean. I have curved walls and roofs with the rafter tails cut off.
Will PlusSpec make use of SU 2014's auto label in Layout?
Does the BIM information transfer to Layout?

Grice

Wow, I only just saw a video of this. I have been looking for something like this since I started my business. I have been modelling all my projects with a combination of 1001Bit tools and a handful of other scripts that don't quite gel.

And I am in Australia too so I can see recognisable product manufacturers and suppliers!

But here's the catch though: No Mac version

Aadbuild - I put it to you that there is a market for a mac version. Happy to put my hand up for testing.

jiminy-billy-bob

@aadbuild said:

It can be done yet it will be 2 weeks full time development at least.
The only way I can concentrate on the mac version is to either put on another staff member

It may be worth it.
I've been gathering some user data from my plugin Layers Panel. I was quite surprised by the result, but it turns out almost 40% of my users are using Macs. (The sample is around 300 unique daily users)
We're talking about users using sketchup a lot, probably daily at work (90% of them are SUPro users), as Layers Panel is best used when using a lot of layers (like importing CAD data, or working on big models).
And yet, the mac version of LP has more bugs than the windows version. So yeah, I think the OSX market should not be neglected when building a business model around Sketchup.

http://chips-architecture.com/layers/analytics.php

It would be interesting to have data from Trimble, or even the SCF Pluginstore.

PS: And this comes from a man really not liking Mac and stuff!

rspierenburg

Just another quick question. As far as materials are concerned there seems to be new products on the market daily and it seems most of clients want to out-do each other by using the newest and shiniest. Are there provisions in PlusSpec to allow you to create new materials and add BIM information to it? Now I have to apologize, I have not watched all the videos as of yet so perhaps my question is already answered there, if so just let me know.

Thanks,
Rob

Rich O Brien

About 1in10 is Mac

jiminy-billy-bob

@rich o brien said:

About 1in10 is Mac

Interesting.
Do you have the same graph showing Mac usage for pro users only?

driven

considering that it's the cream of the crop, 10% is quite high...
john

aadbuild

@rspierenburg said:

Just another quick question. As far as materials are concerned there seems to be new products on the market daily and it seems most of clients want to out-do each other by using the newest and shiniest. Are there provisions in PlusSpec to allow you to create new materials and add BIM information to it? Now I have to apologize, I have not watched all the videos as of yet so perhaps my question is already answered there, if so just let me know.

Thanks,
Rob

Hi Rob, you will like what we have coming up in this area. It will be about 8 weeks away. Ill fill you in more as we get closer.

aadbuild

@krisidious said:

I guess my last post didn't go. here it is again.

I have a few questions.

Does PlusSpec offer full imperial support? standards for framing and what not, equipment and components?

If I buy a subscription to PlusSpec does that cover all the components library or do I have to pay per component?

What is the process or ability in terms of unique or custom building areas. Have a look at my website and you'll see what I mean. I have curved walls and roofs with the rafter tails cut off.

Will PlusSpec make use of SU 2014's auto label in Layout?

Does the BIM information transfer to Layout?

1. Does PlusSpec offer full imperial support? standards for framing and what not, equipment and components?
We have timber sitting here ready to go and we are making products as I type. If you have a particular supplier you would like to see on board send me the details. I will chase them up. I have had many emails from America and Acme, American Gypsum,Dryvit EIFS, Andersen Windows have all had over 100 requests from individuals. There are a couple more companies that are getting up there as well.

2. If I buy a subscription to PlusSpec does that cover all the components library or do I have to pay per component?
yes all of the components come for free. If you have more in your library that you would like to share let me know and I will have them added n( we do have a pre requisite on the way they are drawn (low poly, minimal faces and you must be able to buy them in your country) as efficiency is our main aim SKPBIM models are very stream line). There is a direct link to RubySketch inside PlusSpec that allows you to download directly into your model. This makes Sketchup work faster as adding too many components can slow down your computer if you save them locally.

3. What is the process or ability in terms of unique or custom building areas. Have a look at my website and you'll see what I mean. I have curved walls and roofs with the rafter tails cut off.

The best thing about PlusSpec is you are working in Sketchup, you can draw what ever you want (use the "Bim tool for non custom items), it's a big time saver, unfortunately not as quick. You will not have the ability to use parametrics yet we have a solution coming that will help with quantifying.
BTW Nice designs on your site!

4. Will PlusSpec make use of SU 2014's auto label in Layout?

I am working on this, I have asked Trimble for access to Layout back end. This is not going to happen any time soon yet we are working on a work around. Sorry cant help straight up with this one. Watch this space

5. Does the BIM information transfer to Layout?

Not exactly, I guess you want a window schedule? If so copy the text out of the take off data sheet and paste in LO it for a work around. We are working on a solution now. There are pros and cons with this new functionality that Sketchup added in SU & LO 14. Watch this space.

http://www.plusspec.com

aadbuild

Thanks Rich, that takes the pressure off.
Mac users, I will get it done, time is the main factor.
Anyone know how to clone humans?

I will be going to Hawaii next month if anyone wants to come and say Gday PM me, I will be demonstrating PlusSpec, so Aloha in advance.

KrisM

"1. Does PlusSpec offer full imperial support? standards for framing and what not, equipment and components?
We have timber sitting here ready to go and we are making products as I type. If you have a particular supplier you would like to see on board send me the details. I will chase them up. I have had many emails from America and Acme, American Gypsum,Dryvit EIFS, Andersen Windows have all had over 100 requests from individuals. There are a couple more companies that are getting up there as well. "

I guess the question is still unanswered. Is imperial support imminent or sometime in the future? Is there a workaround? I have used the trial version and am impressed. My concern is that the program is very good for Australia but not so good for North America.

KrisM