well he’s swiss, they have different customs 
you can also kinda trick the system, if you go look at your public page, you can sort it by popularity (= number of downloads). it won’t give you a number, but still, you’ll know what model is popular
Apologies to all, I have a SWMBO so at more times than I desire, I tend to over react when I am complacent in the knowledge that I cannot be moon-slapped when I misinterpret intentions… though I hate Swiss cheese, bring on Masdam… even though the Dutch are… well just Dutch.
What my intention was for “stats” is not for recognition but to agree with the OP about wasted space here at 3DW… If my post are not to par, hopefully justified by stats, I would stop congesting the site with what others would probably jutifiably regard as worthless info, and I could save myself some effort and Trimble a few GB of cloud storage.
Personally, I would rather exercise my limited brain power on solving puzzles rather than ogle at a 3D printed image of Yoda!.. but then again, I’m the “Son of a Hungarian Fern Cutter”!.. no ferns in Hungary so he was unemployed and I was hungry… Aussieland, my current residence, has ferns and my gut is growing.
that’s the thing though, we all have standards when it comes to what we need in the warehouse.
some people will look for models with beautiful curves, half a million polygons for a chair, some will look for simpler models, some might look for furnitures, some for epic robots, and so on.
just because someone might not find your work for their taste doesn’t mean it’s worthless.
some models are clearly not worth existing, models with a face or a few lines, or identical copies of an existing one. but that’s all.
I appreciate not everyone likes my likes… experienced it profoundly at my posting site… people just seem to hate puzzles… I’m into all topics but lately concentrating on puzzles as at my age it keeps the brain… whatever it’s supposed to do.
From the feedback of puzzle naysayers, I have stopped/limited posting… that same concept was my intention with my outburst regarding the 3DW.
I’m not Trump, I don’t want to waste mine and other peoples lifeline. (I can say that as he has creamed my self-funded super plan.)… Hey, I expect a lot of negative feedback, but support from those 2 people that didn’t vote for him would be appreciated.
I don’t whether it’s a problem my end by this link appears to be broken.
Different philosophies and intentions, between modelers who upload an object to the portals for creatives/commercials, and sketchup users (who I would not call modelers or creatives, but just ‘users’).
In the days of Google, with free sketchup and 3DWH, thousands of users ‘modeled’ cubes and then uploaded them to 3DWH for 2 probable reasons: to try it and see if and how it worked, and for the mere, ephemeral, personal satisfaction of ‘having modeled and uploaded’ something, leaving a digital mark of their existence. Like those who have nothing else in life, but post useless things on various social networks.
A very different spirit, from the Modelers who create with another intention (and I am not referring to commercial intentions at all).
Trimble has inherited years of uploading useless objects, tests, or worse.
Born with good intentions of sharing, and initially limited numbers, today it is a problem.
I suppose it has a cost, at least in terms of servers and energy, to store terabytes of objects that no one downloads or wants.
Trimble owns 3DWH, and must bear the costs, so it has every right to decide what to keep and what to delete.
Of course, you need a different mentality than a banal commercial: “we have over 4 million free models to offer you with the payment of a sketchup license”. Even if it were only 1 million, but of valid objects, it would be a service with infinitely greater value.
It is not easy to filter them today, of course, but if - just to say one thing - an object is not downloaded by anyone for 5 years (a number like any other) you can probably also delete it.
All you have to do is want it, and a solution can be found. Today, artificial intelligence also exists.
I use SUPodium for rendering, and it comes with access to a good library of very high quality models. Everything I need for interior or exterior architecture, from furniture, fittings, decorations and art for each separate room, plants, trees etc, and a library of materials - especially good metals finishes.
And where have you seen this commerical??
The 3DWarehouse has always been free for everyone. Paying SketchUp users, non-paying SketchUp users and even non SketchUp users..
I cant find any of your models ?
links was a dead end and nothing when I search your forum name
just curious.. you sound interesting 
If you are referring to moi, the link still seems to work…
if you refer to another, I plead the 5th.
you sound interesting May I show SWMBO this? May earn me a few brownie points outside the SU universe.
Since my firsts puzzle back in 1967, I’ve been curious… a tag everyone else seems to hang on me…
OK, found your 3D warehouse page using your name to search… see it works
also followed your youtube channel link … very interesting .. well done ! "good on ya mate ! "
Thanks Gary, now if you make a few puzzles, you’ll make me smile.
The YouTube was only posted as many people prefer not to read… though they also seem to stretch out like my models and post. I prefer not to edit too much as what is left on the cutting floor (mistakes) is what others may learn from.
But it seems like we are deviating from the crux of this thread.
did you build all those trains and cars ?.. very nice , maybe you should set up a gallery on the forum, I am sure you will get the recognition here !
Most of the 3DW posts grew from providing links in forums I posted as “Little Black Duck” on
Craftisian and Lumberjocks.
But as many might say, this is feeding my ego!.. as SWMBO insists, I need to be constrained.
Yes - paid subscriptions like Podium Browser have a bunch of better components which are correctly scaled. However as an Aussie it would be nice to see a component library with more Australian style furniture, fittings & trees/bushes. What have others found to be a good source of accurate SU Components?
If you understood that in my message it says that 3DWH is paid, you don’t know how to read.
I miss the focus on manufacturer’s who uploaded there sketchup bim models. That used to be right on top.
