As SketchUp evolves, our free software is shifting from desktop to web, where we think more people will be able to access, learn, and master 3D drawing. This week, we’re introducing SketchUp Free to the world. Our free web-based modeler delivers the core of SketchUp’s 3D modeling and saves your file…

[image] DaveR: Nothing has been said by anyone from Trimble about a web-based pro version. Nothing was said about end-of-life for SketchUp Make or the creation of SketchUp Free either until it was said. Intelligent people can discern a roadmap Trimble is on based on current moves. Something a…

Read what John Bacus has to say about it. [image] What’s up with SketchUp Make? SketchUp Free We’re certainly bullish on the power and reach of the web (blame our time at Google for that, too wink ) but at the same time we recognize that many folks, especially our Pro use…

[image] Bep: Read what John Bacus has to say about it. Here is what Trimble said about SketchUp Make in 2013 - officially - on their website: "But really, there isn’t much else changing here—SketchUp Make is still free for non-commercial use, still powerful and still under active development…

[image] ivanjones: I often use sketchup in remote locations to quickly solve geometry calculations in construction. You must buy SketchUp Pro. You are using SketchUp commercially. I don’t know of anyone who constructs buildings in remote locations for free.

This would be awesome. I would have bought it before I was doing work with Pro, especially if there was a similar option with LayOut. I’m sure there are a lot of hobbyists who aren’t active in the online community who would do the same.

I agree Mike. People have the right to re-evaluate their position and change course at any time. That’s why, when Trimble says there are no plans to move SketchUp Pro to the cloud we should take that with a grain of salt. In 2013 Trimble said " and we’re looking forward to developing and supporting …

[image] jpz: I would challenge anyone who says SketchUp Free is progress compared to SketchUp Make potentially, 93,609,481 Linux users may disagree with you… currently only a handful have managed to use Make, with many of those stuck on SU v8… to them, and others SU Free is progress… john

But how is progress achieved? By developing ‘behind the curtains’ , until it is finished? Endless discusion on which path to take? Reiterating stained viewpoints? Or to walk the way and move on? [image] jpz: Intelligent people can discern a roadmap Trimble is on The wise already accepted it …

[image] jpz: That’s why, when Trimble says there are no plans to move SketchUp Pro to the cloud we should take that with a grain of salt. In 2013 Trimble said " and we’re looking forward to developing and supporting it well into the future", yet here we are at end-of-life with SketchUp Make. And…

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MikeWayzovski November 23, 2017, 7:44pm 187

Well, isn’t everybody is entitled to review insights or visions, along the way? I think that is a good thing, as well as progress.

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