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    • jujuJ Offline
      juju
      last edited by

      @ben ritter said:

      @hieru said:

      So, it won't be long until we find out if Trimble have decided to shift to a subscription model.

      But isn't it already, since Trimble would like an additional $120/year to maintain support and futurew updates?

      No. The current licence is perpetual, maintenance and support is to enable you to upgrade to newer versions within that period. You can keep on using your latst version until such time as other factors force you to upgrade or abandon.

      Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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        Ben Ritter
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        @juju said:

        @ben ritter said:

        @hieru said:

        So, it won't be long until we find out if Trimble have decided to shift to a subscription model.

        But isn't it already, since Trimble would like an additional $120/year to maintain support and futurew updates?

        No. The current licence is perpetual, maintenance and support is to enable you to upgrade to newer versions within that period. You can keep on using your latst version until such time as other factors force you to upgrade or abandon.

        So for maintain maintenance and support, you still have to pay for major upgrades?

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          slbaumgartner
          last edited by

          The main difference in a subscription scheme is that if you let your subscription lapse, the software ceases to run at all! In SketchUp's permanent license scheme you just lose support and upgrade to the next version. The software continues to run as is. As a result, there are a lot of people out there still using (for example) SketchUp v8 because it was the last version without the no-commercial-use restriction in the license for free/Make.

          I also despise subscription licensed software. From what I can see it is nothing more than a mechanism to keep sucking money out of your wallet even if they have added/fixed nothing that affects you. The big guys went to this when it became apparent that people were no longer slavishly updating to every new release - because the vendors ran out of new things to add that were valuable to more than a specialized subgroup of users, or started making changes that were just "tomayto" vs "tomahto".

          Frankly, there are enough long-outstanding bugs in SketchUp that the team could work on them to make a new release without adding any more features at all!

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          • HieruH Offline
            Hieru
            last edited by

            I've just received my annual Maintenance and Support notice, so it looks like Trimble decided against a subscription model...for now.

            www.davidhier.co.uk

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              it'll creep up on you when you least expect it.

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              • jujuJ Offline
                juju
                last edited by

                The anticipation is killing me, so close yet so far (but imminent).

                C'mon SketchUp (Trimble), release SU2018 into the wild - you know you want to. 😛

                Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                  grabuge
                  last edited by

                  I'm sad, I had bet on last monday ! Can't wait for it either. Hope it will be next monday...

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                  • JQLJ Offline
                    JQL
                    last edited by

                    @ben ritter said:

                    So for maintain maintenance and support, you still have to pay for major upgrades?

                    If you pay your yearly maintenance and support fee you are entitled to all the major upgrades Sketchup releases as well as any maintenance release in the meantime.

                    I'd really hate Sketchup to be turned into a subscription.

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                    • R Offline
                      rogalxxx
                      last edited by

                      The 2 and 3 year old S&M will be gone next monday (13th). this might be a release date for 2018.

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                      • dereiD Offline
                        derei
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                        @jql said:

                        @ben ritter said:

                        I'd really hate Sketchup to be turned into a subscription.

                        Subscription will kill software.

                        There was MS Office, now there is Libre Office and WPS Office
                        There was Photoshop, now is Affinity Photo (which accepts Photoshop plugins, by the way)
                        ... and many more.
                        I said "was" because the more people go into this new software, the less popular the giants will become.

                        So, for each crazy priced (and subscription based) software, there are smart people to make a cheaper (and many times better) alternative, so the giants will have a fair competition.
                        I just hope SketchUp won't go that path, but mostly for nostalgia, because anytime someone else can come out with a better option...

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @derei said:

                          now is Affinity Photo (which accepts Photoshop plugins, by the way)
                          ... and many more.

                          I did not know that!

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                          • dereiD Offline
                            derei
                            last edited by

                            @rich o brien said:

                            @derei said:

                            now is Affinity Photo (which accepts Photoshop plugins, by the way)
                            ... and many more.

                            I did not know that!

                            I'm sure you are impressed by the price too... and by the way, it does if not all, at least most operations non-destructive (eg. resizing layers). I started using it, but I have to check some tutorials, to get the workflow better.
                            Some say that in certain aspects is rather slow (raw processing), but the software is not that old overall (two years).

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                              chrisjk
                              last edited by

                              SU 2018 appears to be available in Oz.

                              favicon

                              (www.sketchupaustralia.com.au)

                              Dunno if this is spoof or real...

                              Chris

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                              • K Offline
                                kaas
                                last edited by

                                @chrisjk - I would like the Named Sections, Filled Section Cuts, Fast Sections and DWG Import in Layout.
                                Not sure what to make of 'Scaled Vector Drawing'

                                ...

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                                  cadmunkey
                                  last edited by

                                  Looks like they are improving BIM which is good!

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                                  • ccaponigroC Offline
                                    ccaponigro
                                    last edited by

                                    I’m getting soooooo excited!

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                                      grabuge
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                                      @chrisjk said:

                                      SU 2018 appears to be available in Oz.

                                      favicon

                                      (www.sketchupaustralia.com.au)

                                      Dunno if this is spoof or real...

                                      I tried to download free trial, it sends back to the 2017 version 😞

                                      Hope there will be other improvements, but section cuts fill would be great !

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                                        rv1974
                                        last edited by

                                        General impression based on this .au page- practically nothing 😡

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                                        • pbacotP Offline
                                          pbacot
                                          last edited by

                                          @rv1974 said:

                                          General impression based on this .au page- practically nothing 😡

                                          Yeah doesn't seem to offer much for the typical SketchUp user. LayOut improvements might be appreciable (though I doubt it would tempt me to do my serious drafting in LO), but if you are not into LayOut or BIM...

                                          Well we'll see.

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                                            Dave R
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                                            Turns out it's a fake page.

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