I made an account here to let Trimble know it has lost a user. The subscription only model is disgusting and the way it was announced as a good thing for the consumer was just insulting.
IF they manged to pull their heads from their backsides and permit a free non-commercial license like almost everyone else then I could be slightly less offended, but the concept of the never ending payments for typically less updates and features over time is just another anti-consumer move by these software companies.
Trimble got its market share by opening itself up for wide spread hobbyist usage and kept itās own feature development cost down by forcing 3rd parties to develop useful plugins. What now? Stupidly high ongoing prices for what? There are other programs out there that cater for the now ignored hobbyist market there.
I wonāt spend an hour going through point by point my issues with the software as it would counterproductive but I have now migrated to Fusion 360 and it does most of what I need it to do.
As this is the official forum for SU, I encourage a Trimble rep to discuss with me if they desire.
Thank you and donāt worry I wont hurt more feelings by putting a naughty word here.
Nope, I am not interested in having a conversation witrh forum members, if Trimble want to respond then I will do so in kind. I posted this to inform and record my dissatisfaction with Trimbleās business methods and issues I will no longer tolerate.
Well if you wonāt deign to list what it is you have issues with we canāt help you get past any shortcomings you or the program appear to have.
By the way, your post should be flagged as inappropriate as it fails to follow the forum guidelines that you agreed to abide by when you signed up to complain.
But I guess thatās neither here nor there.
If you posted here to get Trimbleās attention youāve chosen the wrong place. This is mainly for end users. People post their difficulties and more experienced users try to help. We canāt help you so youāre barking at the moon. Sorry!
If you paid for a Classic license, you can go on using it for as long as you please. If you didnāt, I donāt thing you would be paying for a subscription either. So what is your complaint?
I donāt think this is entirely true. You will be able to use it as long as your operating system is compatible with it, on the Mac itās just one year, every year something got broken, especially with Layout, so no, you canāt not use it as long as I likeā¦
Most software companies add a Service Release just to support new operating systems so you can still use your software on new hardware but Trimble never did that, instead they force you to upgrade and payā¦
I donāt know what you mean by āmostā. As I said, I ditched my Macs just because these service releases didnāt come (from Adobe, for instance). And I donāt think there is a service release to make ClarisCad work on current OS X.
Why I brought up Appleās up coming switch to Arm earlier. Weāll see what happens when Apple jumps to Arm and if the new arm based macbooks can install Make17 āforeverā as itās been pushed. We are seeing that the new Arm MS Surface X canāt install any current version of SU.
Seems like today it is better to choose coder career rather than 3D artist /designer. Much more on the plate and Subscription Future seems bright.
And if you canāt or donāt want to leave 3D world, there are still good old FREE Sketchup Make versions like 2017 or 2015 (plus famous Visualiser) with not much worse usability than modern versions.
Unfortunately you are right. See and try to understand Rhino Grasshopper. It is amazing when you realize the potential and the fun to work with. And you are not forced to code with Grasshopper.
The āangry lost customersā will not subscribe, I guess? A customer is someone who buys.
Anyway, you could read the forum guidelines, it speaks about āentering a public spaceā. The forum was set up to provide help around the globe and should also be a place to release frustration, certain reactions were to be expected.
