10 years of SketchUping...
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While we are reminiscing. . . i found SU in an ad in the back of a magazine i think back in 02. I needed a 3D program to help me with my rendering buisness. I was creating perspectives by hand or slogging with Autocad. SU and me found eachother. It was love at first site. I was smitten. . . hooked. . .this was the big LUV.
But then . .. the google took over our lives. Things just weren't progressing. SU wasnt growing and I was getting increasingly busy with other things. I started little flings with 3D Max. That didn't take. I came back She forgave me. All is good.
I don't do as much modeling as I would like. I have never gotten to the level of where you other folks have been able to achieve. Mostly cuz I don't have the time but SU will probably always be my one true love. But if Trimble would continue pushing the capabilities of this program. . .I wouldn't be opposed to that. I'm still waiting for visibility options for nested components. I asked for this at Basecamp 10. Oh well. . . .
p.s. I always chuckle that i have the moniker "top Sketchucator" next to my avatar, since I always feel like a noobie here. Thanks for all the help you have given me on this forum over the years.
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Wait... You've been seeing her too?
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It's pity that you don't heard of PushPullbar at the golden age!
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Happy Anniversary! I think I had sketch up before that, but there was long period where I didn't know how to work it and only dabbled occasionally.
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To tell the truth at that time I wasn't even excited about software for drafting because it was only Autocad to me. 3D max was out but I knew what it was, how much it cost and how difficult it was.
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@unknownuser said:
It's pity that you don't heard of PushPullbar at the golden age!
I was a member before it went the way of the Dodo... I was just not very active on it. It was a kool place for sure.
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Pretty sure PushPullBar died a few years ago. Lost funding or admins something, can't remember.
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I've wandered in and out of the PushPull bar occasionally--(i think I still have an account with them) but I was raised to stay out of bars.
Edit: He said in the "corner bar"
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Congratulations on the 10-year union! May you live long and prosper (hmmm, that kinda sounds trekkie-like).
It's been approximately 9 years (version 5) since I was first introduced to (and started working with) SketchUp, unfortunately I have not been able to work on it as much as I would like to in that time,going for long periods of time before even just starting up the program. This is probably on of a very select few programs I look am always excited about when working, even through the various difficulties and shortcomings of SU.
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nice reminisce! I've been using ACAD for much longer (since when R13 came out), but I definitely don't get the same attachment as for SU and also for the community here
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@andybot said:
nice reminisce! I've been using ACAD for much longer (since when R13 came out), but I definitely don't get the same attachment as for SU and also for the community here
Sometimes I forget how old I am getting I guess. I started with Autocad. . .Version 9.
You had to wind it up back then.
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Yeah, I think I started on R10 or R11 in high school drafting.
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You guys are making me feel old. I started with V1.x, before you could smooth the facets on a cylinder. As a renderer whose favorite rendering software had just been bought by Autodesk (Lightscape), I was desperate to get away from anything to do with Autodesk. Perfect timing for @last.
Those early days on the @last forum were really fun. Mayor Mike and Alan Fraser. Jean LeMire ("just ideas"). And remember we bought a laptop for Steven, who was in the hospital and couldn't use SketchUp. Susan delivered it to him personally. Such a small tight community.
There are so many of us now that I can't remember who taught me what, but I'm grateful for all you guys. We're all so happy to share what we've learned.
Sorry for the hijack Kris.
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You're not hijacking, that's just what this thread is for Phil...
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