SketchUp in 2019: where great ideas get to work

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Native tools come in blocks and can be used/on screen or not depending on a user’s needs.

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Dashed lines could of been had with a smustard plugin. The fact that a 3rd party plugin/idea has been incorporated into the core program gives one pause as to why other tool improvements that 3rd party developers have made have not been incorporated: solid tools plugins are better than native, so why not write those in? Profile builder, way better than native follow me, Fredo scale options, let’s have a drop down from the native scale tool for this functionality. similarly, beveling, round corner, thru paint and on and on. Don’t suggest that this is bloatware. Just like Sketchup’s native tools, they can come in separate tool bars that can be switched on or off. But at least it will all be cohesive and supported at the core level. Sure there are some more “obscure” tools, but these universal geometry manipulators are applicable to almost any design process or architecture…if you think they are not, maybe the next release should get rid of sandbox tools? let’s reduce SU to just rectangles and curves and let the plugin developers do the rest.