D Beddows
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 04:09 PM |
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SketchUp
Blimey, been having a play with V7 - I've got a certificate saying I'm an AutoCad certified professional, know my way round Solidworks and
Inventor as well - but add a few of the free plug ins to Sketchup and and I have to admit it's moved on to the point where you have to
say........ !!
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 04:14 PM |
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Yep, it's pretty good now. Have you found a way to make the files useful at all though?
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minitici
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 04:35 PM |
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Don't 'upgrade' to the Free Sketchup 7.1 or above - it has all the usefull import formats stripped out 
You have to buy the "Pro" version to get these now (at something like $400)
I managed to re-install 7.0 to be able to still import .dxf files.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 04:38 PM |
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depends what you mean by useful  the full version lets you export things in useful file formats now (and having impoted a couple of pretty complex
ones in to AutoCad it does actualy work!) and several of the most recent Autodesk programs let you properly import Sketchup file formats now
so........ kinda  it's a lot lot more than the toy it started off as being!
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maartenromijn
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 07:19 PM |
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I use Sketchup for sketching my newbuilding garage.
btw: I have learned working with Acad 14 in school, but haven't used it much professionally.
What is useful? For me JPG's are useful...
 
Garage sketch
BLOG: http://thunderroad-super7.blogspot.com/
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loggyboy
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:28 PM |
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Been using 7 at home for a while now, trying to convince work to upgrade from 6pro to 7 pro (is only £60 to upgrade )
For anyone wanting to enhance their models, id recommend Podium (suplugins.com)
Check this out:
Sketcup JPG Export
Podium Render
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