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] john_drivenupthewall: potentially, 93,609,481 Linux users may disagree with you… That is the total number of Linux users in the world that have access to the internet. The total number of Linux users in the world is even larger, so you might argue that SketchUp Make potential market i…

[image] MikeWayzovski: But how is progress achieved? Certainly not by putting a lame product on the market and sitting back to see what happens. Joe…

[image] eneroth3: I think Trimble somehow view SU Free as a continuation of Make. I agree. And that’s what scares me. Joe…

Please, start a new topic and do not post unrelated questions at the end of other threads. This thread is for ranting about the discontinuation of SketchUp Make. @TheOnlyAaron - could you split pzbloser’s problem into its own thread

In fact, move it into the thread that he already started on this issue. [image] Unable to start SketchUp SketchUp I get the message “SketchUp cannot start due to license error.” It’s been working just fine for months, but every time I try to open any file I get a bugsplat…

“There’s nothing preventing users from continuing with 2017”. say that to all the plugin developers who will be losing their revenue. People will not know about the desktop version 2017 who come on board with the free online version. and most likely if they are in the country side where internet is…

You sound like a politician. It is clear it is a bad decision, no question about it for the advancement of sketchup as a 3D program when you look at it with Plugins in mind and the plugin developers motivation to build and earn revenue. Most people could use the free 2017 version for the rest of the…

[image] DaveR: I understand that the market for your extensions and other materials has gotten narrower. Mine has, too. That is an interesting point. If the developers of extensions don’t find it economically useful to continue supporting them, that will hurt Pro users as well. That does wo…

[image] kimrebley: say that to all the plugin developers who will be losing their revenue. And that is exactly the point. Trimble is expected to supply and support a product that provides them no revenue and instead actually costs them so that plugin developers can sell their extensions and m…

[image] kimrebley: say that to all the plugin developers who will be losing their revenue I don’t know the exact statistics but surveys have shown a larger majority of Make users don’t even use extensions (not even free ones). On the other hand an equally large majority of Pro users do use ex…

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In fact, move it into the thread that he already started on this issue.

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