Yes, I would.

And it is my belief that is exactly what Trimble intends to do. Let Sketchup remain the un-bloated jewel that it is and offer plugins for the various industries served such as engineering, architectural, construction, game design, etc...

I don't use Sketchup professionally but that is my goal. For many years I worked as a Production Superintendent in Paper Mills. Until discovering Sketchup I created training materials with Visio and Excel to train the production workforce. Effective but not efficient. And certainly not eye candy. Paper Mills have hundreds of pumps, motors, valves, rolls, vessels, instrumentation, and miles of piping twisting in every angle imaginable.

Thanks to the ruby plugin guys here I can create a realistic 3d drawing of a process that knocks the socks off of people in the industry I've shown them to. But it's a slow process. To do it professionally I would need a professional plugin with an extensive library of components and materials. To create such a plugin would be very expensive I would imagine. This is where Trimble comes in.

I think we all must be patient with Sketchup. After all, marijuana has only been legal in Colorado for a short time. If any of you have ever smoked weed before you will know there is a period of "Enlightenment" before actual progress is made to the task at hand.

It does concern me when Jason Maranto is upset like this. That guy and some of the others know Sketchup frontwards and backwards.

Make Sketchup 64-bit already, puhleeze. I don't know or care what it will do. That's what the majority of the people want so like Nike says, "Just do it".

Please do make plugins like 3SKeng and PipeDraft for Sketchup. Except professional ones.

And finally, please continue with the development of Layout. A fellow must have a way to show off their masterpiece without relying on third-party software.

Thank You,

Paul

Thank You for the videos. This plugin is awesome!!! I finally got water flowing through the pipes

Thank You!!!

Renderiza,

First off this is a very nice plugin. Question: Will it work with round objects like pipes? I would like to simulate water flowing through a pipe. Also, can I make the water flow to the left instead of the right? Probably a dumb question but I can't change the direction.

Thank You,

Paul

Edit: Figured out the second question. Make it a negative number

Now that's what I'm talking about. Good job Ken!!! Any chance of some metal stairs? One of these days I'm gonna try to learn DC's. I like to draw Process Plants and Drilling Rigs and they have a bunch of handrails and stairs.

Edit: I see you are already working on a grating DC. Thanks

Very nice Renderiza!!!

Pomtiff,

Thank You for sharing. I like your methods very much.

Any word on this Kris? Housebuilder is so close. With Hip roofs it would be even better. I think someone added some code not long ago that centers the doors properly too.

@unknownuser said:

Well when it gets developed I want it!

+1

This is probably unreleated, but I wanted to share this anyway. I've been comparing the Nitro Reader PDF to Adobe when exporting from Layout. The Nitro PDF is far superior in quality. It's free and the new pro version will even export to Powerpoint.

This sounds very good. I'd like to see an example of what it does exactly. If you do a "Excel" search you will find there has definately been interest in this sort of plugin.

I'm very interested in this also Jacques. My attempt looks like a Kidney Bean And my Electric Motor to power the pump -

Thank You Jim.

@markis100 said:

On a postive note, I just got on a beta test list for a new plugin called pipedraft. Sounds promising. You should check it out. http://Www.pipedraft.com

That does look promising Markis!!! Please let us know what you think about it.

Ok. Thank You

In the latest blog post case study they mention Tekla BIMSight (owned by Trimble). This looks pretty cool. On their website they say the best way to import a model is with the IFC format. Is there a Sketchup plugin for that?

MWM5053,

It does Hip and Valley rafters?

@markis100 said:

God I wish somebody would create something for real layouts. Piping is so difficult in sketch up. Wake up Trimble

I feel your pain. Orginally found Sketchup almost three years ago while looking for a 3d program to draw process systems with. This is one of the better plugins I've found but it could use a lot of work. I've tried the 3skeng plugin and it is GREAT, but they don't seem to be much concerned about making components for us imperial users and communicating in English with them seems to be a problem. I've gotten no response to several emails in the past.

I'm going to try that one day. Thank You