Is SketchUp Now Open-Source? Trimble Won't Like This
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Best not to bet the farm on "Probably" lest Trimble go all "Sharp pencil" on them.
Some years ago royal mail went postal on the bbc for damaging their intellectual property, in this case their name, and the bbc lost big time. If that can happen to a large government corporation the small guys are done and I mean done to CRISPY done.
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@Mike-Amos this condition similar with AutoCAD,, how about this? what Autodesk can do? nothing.
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It's not bad at all—it's like a more sophisticated version of Lattice Maker, though it's still schematic 3D. For realistic 3D rendering, I have my own window library packed with detail—and handles, too!
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@diredjo
With all due respect, calling something an alternative to a product is one thing, not both.
Calling a product "Open source Sketchup" is using a the title of a product not owned by the makers of that software, you would need to pay royalties at least and that only if Trimble decide they want to.
I am not against them producing a product, I would like for them to succeed, rather than be ruined by litigation.
Do lawyers not make enough money as is? -
"The Free alternative to SketchUp", "The Free answer to SketchUp", "The Free application inspired by SketchUp" or "The Free SketchUp-like application" [and the same for "Layout-like", or '...-style' etc] - would be a safer phrasing, without any suggestion of 'passing-off'. Avoiding words like 'clone', 'replica', 'copy' etc - stress the 'familiar', 'compatible' and 'independent' aspects. But you could say, for example, that tool AAA 'replicates' the XXX tool within SketchUp. But I think that e.g. 'Our Extrude [Follow] tool' works very much like SketchUp's PushPull [FollowMe]', would be a safer [legally] and more accurate way to describe their tools... Also this avoids using a tool's name that SketchUp might think it 'owns' - unlike 'Line' or 'Arc' which were of course around before @Last, and completely generic...
The developers just need some advice on good idioms in English - after all they are predominantly Spanish speakers... -
@numerobis : PLUG-INS:
Been looking and cannot find some kind of a Forum for IngeTrazo.
How about transporting DYNAMIC-COMPONENTS into Python PlugIns? Perhaps thorough AI?
Nino
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@ninomayda Try here...
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Calling a product "Open source Sketchup" is using a the title of a product not owned by the makers of that software
who say i'm agree with this statement? please dont judge someone without any reason. As i said before small description and i mean about the software in similarity with SketchUp and just another opensource ones, the folk you mention is not appropriates and i totally disagree, just for gain massive audiences or viewer he does i think.
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How about transporting DYNAMIC-COMPONENTS into Python PlugIns? Perhaps thorough AI?
i doubt in capability about this since IngeTrazo have no feature of dynamics component currently. However, a small to medium complexity of plugin creates by detecting object and properties seems to be possible. I personally succeed to port my plugin in exporting.
*updates
this you may looking for. ( link )
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If all the features SketchUp lacks become available natively—without extensions—it will be incredible; the bevel option alone is a huge deal. Impressive.
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@diredjo
Who is saying you have to agree?
Look, wanting the product to succeed AND see the realities of the market AND how litigation is a massive part of life these days. The real world has a way of smacking folk down. Language use has been suggested as needing a bit of help.
Do not be surprised if Trimble litigate. -
How about transporting DYNAMIC-COMPONENTS into Python PlugIns? Perhaps thorough AI?
That should be possible if you have the unencrypted source code. But I doubt Trimble would hand it over. And decrypting it would probably lead to copyright issues...
But of course, you can write your own plugin
I think it’s still a little too early to invest any time in that. But if it turns out well, it will surely be a very interesting plugin platform, and then maybe even a plugin converter could be developed. -
I agree with @mike-amos - There's clearly strong demand for a 3D tool as easy as SketchUp, but using the SketchUp name / marketing angle might get you in hot water with Trimble. But I could be wrong here, a lot of motivated people are chomping at the bit to dethrone established software and it's hard to keep them at bay. I know of a company in the real estate SaaS here in Belgium that's trying to cease and desist challengers but there are a lot of motivated people that want to take their share of that juicy real estate SaaS market here in Belgium.
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PushPull [FollowMe]'
i seen this may problematic, a general names iis extrude and sweep
Look, wanting the product to succeed AND see the realities of the market AND how litigation is a massive part of life these days.
for this, a case similar with Intellicad with Autocad and it seems not a problem.
apologizes when i answered with doubting since i'm not a lawyer.
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