I bought S4U's Export Scenes and it is extremely uneven in its function and now I can't get the licensing to work. EXTREMELY frustrated and disappointed.

The licensing scheme from the start was funky and now it won't work at all. Not a good user experience.
This is the really helpful error code I get:

Sorry! Error Active.
error

What does one do with a response like this?

Wasted my money.

Yes the whole licensing for corporate users is a huge issue. I work for a company which is one of Sketchup's largest user bases and for us this process is untenable/unsupportable. Most users are not allowed administrative access and individual buying is not desirable and is frowned upon from an IT Asset management perspective.

Additionally receiving separate emails for each one is another less than ideal means of dealing with the licenses.

LOVE the products, the licensing process for these great products is far far far less than ideal, don't even get me started on S4u and that calamity of licensing which is effectively useless.

Thanks

Karl

@unknownuser said:

We are discussing how to handle bulk licensing/sales and should have some more info next week.

@Rich O Brien

FYI your PayPal processor wouldn't accept my corporate card for payment.

Unfortunately it won't load on my Mac OSX latest version of SU, below is the Load Error screen:

Error Loading File /Users/kmead/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/mult_dim_tool/multiple_dimension_tool_loader.rb
Error: #<LoadError: cannot load such file -- inputbox>
/Applications/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require' /Applications/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in require'
/Users/kmead/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/mult_dim_tool/multiple_dimension_tool_loader.rb:8:in <top (required)>' /Applications/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in require'
/Applications/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp.app/Contents/Resources/Content/Tools/extensions.rb:197:in load' /Users/kmead/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/multiple_dimension_tool.rb:17:in register_extension'
/Users/kmead/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins/multiple_dimension_tool.rb:17:in `<top (required)>'

Thanks, hope this helps you get to the next iteration.

Karl

I use both for work. SU is like bringing a knife to a tank fight, there is really little comparison. Although you can use SW to make quick models they are a mess and are very difficult to rework. Where it is incredible is getting to the exact thing you wish to produce that is very complex and requires high precision between them all.

SU can do many things, including making files that can be 3D printed just like any other 3D CAD program. SW does not own this domain in any way, lots of students may use it as well as those who work for well heeled companies but if you are not doing complex assemblies with critical relationships, it's not worth your money.

I print and machine parts from both programs, they look identical when they are done regardless of which program they are drawn in. Autodesk has a suite of free programs you can use to make files for printing you may wish to try.

A well drawn part in SU will print just fine, you need to ensure its a solid to not have problems. Use the least geometry possible and you will be much happier.

Congrats Chris, I am happy the team is continuing to choose very talented and driven individuals to fill out their staff.

I hope you enjoy Boulder.

Karl

I guess our cohort who suggests that a man of firmness and virtue (I wonder if a woman could possibly be such an individual?) didn't take the time to watch the videos of the college students attempting to do just that and failing miserably. A few of them appeared to be of real firmness and virtue. Even the young lady who acquitted herself remarkably well failed to really have an effect on the situation.

I grew up in a very rural place in northern New England and used to hunt for food. When I was a hunter, the fish and game department rules for semi automatic weapons were that they could not have more then five rounds in the clip (or have a clip that held more than 5 rounds). I never needed more than two. Why anyone would argue they need a twenty/thirty etc round clip for any weapon used for hunting is beyond my understanding. If you can't take it down in under five you need to spend a lot more time at the range.

Sadly in this case no amount of gun control legislation would have solved the problem of keeping this individual from getting a weapon: he had no record of any kind to keep him from successfully getting any weapon he desired. Had he been properly treated for his mental illness he would have been much less likely to have felt the need to perform this heinous act and his mother would have known she had to keep those guns locked up, as all guns should be, away from the mentally infirm. Appropriate treatment would also have generated a record/paper trail that would show up in a proper background check keeping him from easily getting such a weapon.

Ultimately we will try and treat the effect and not the causes of this and all those other tragedies. Gun control is one of the answers, as in not having military grade killing tools all over (AK47 M16 etc related weapons).

Taking proper care of the mentally ill which requires not only a change in the care, but a change in the social attitude about such care, so those who need it will receive it, is a critical action on a national and state level to solve. This is not only a legislative change but a social engineering change so people who are clearly not normal or "right" need to be assisted by their families and the communities they live in, not leaving them to molder in homes or their apartments to descend into a madness the rest of us cannot understand or control.

One could consider reading this to understand one of the base issues we have in the US.

Lack of adequate mental health care is a big part of why we have the tragedies of late, one can point directly to changes that came about during the Reagan administration. At the time, I was working for a police department as state after state dumped their mental health facilities occupants into the street, we went from not having any homeless, disoriented or otherwise individuals on the street to many. We are now paying the real cost of deferring appropriate care for the mentally ill.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother-mental-illness-conversation_n_2311009.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

My wife and I know of which this woman is speaking, having a child who is outside the norm can be a terrifying experience with little means of getting them the help needed.

One will find there are already several on the Warehouse. One of which looks very soft indeed.