Continuing the discussion from Hobbyist woodworker question : Ah!! Nuance!! OP on the original thread is a hobbyist who occasionally sells furniture he’s made from designs he created in SketchUp. Is this commercial use? Here are my thoughts: Disclaimer: I am NOT a lawyer. This should not be used …

I design something in my head and use SketchUp make to draw it. I make the product physically and make a major commercial success from the product. I design something in my head and use a Faber-Castell. pencil to draw it . I make the product physically and make a major commercial success from the…

[image] gemhund: Do I owe the pencil manufacturer money? Presumably you already paid Faber-Castell and a reseller for the pencil. They aren’t in the business of giving away pencils.

So basically what you are saying is that sketchup make is not allowed to draw plans for a physical model that is sold to make money? That because you make money from a say, chair design of yours, only sketchup pro is suitable? ( trying to get my head around this)

If your activity is intended to make money, and it uses SketchUp, then you will require Pro. SketchUp Make is strictly for non-commercial work - so if you are a hobbyist etc that’s fine, but as soon as you have the intention of making money from SketchUp, then that becomes commercial and so it requ…

I’m trying to get my head around why it’s so difficult to understand. If you use SketchUp to help you design or make something that you sell whether it is simply a drawing or a real object like a chair, you must buy a license for SketchUp Pro. Do you expect a tool manufacturer to give you a table s…

[image] TIG: There are many potential ways to use SketchUp commercially. Don’t forget making fast conceptual sketches of things that’ll later be drawn in other programs, e.g. Revit. In architecture SketchUp is used A LOT for those fast 5 min sketches just to test out the placement of building…

Wow, no need to be so aggressive .Easy does it. I am merely asking why would you have to pay for a product that is firstly given away free and then the implication is that all down stream products that are derived from that free program are illegal. I understand that if one made money from the ac…

I wasn’t being aggressive. I’m sorry you misunderstood.

[image] gemhund: given away free [image] gemhund: free program [image] gemhund: free program [image] gemhund: free program SketchUp isn’t freeware! It can be used freely for hobbies which is absolutely great but don’t confuse that with the program being free because it is…

It’s up to Trimble to license the software however they wish (I own 3 licenses). I would prefer licensing to be base on functionality rather than usage type. That’s too much like income tax. “Did you make any money? Hand it over.” But then if Trimble were a non-profit and sold Pro for $20 that woul…

Exactly what activity turns a hobbyist into a commercial user?

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gerretw August 8, 2017, 11:58pm 45

Yeah - but I would think there are plenty that would pop for a mid priced version, enough to justify the time spent developing and marketing it. G

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Exactly what activity turns a hobbyist into a commercial user?

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