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As one who has used SketchUp for many years (because it was free for Makers), and even bought a pro licence at one point, I can say with confidence that this pr
by mojomark 6y ago
As one who has used SketchUp for many years (because it was free for Makers), and even bought a pro licence at one point, I can say with confidence that this product is NOT worth more than $25/yr. It's riddled with bugs and the resultant models are extremely unreliable in terms of precision. Even with Pro, you need to buy a ton of plugins to do things you would think would be pretty standard for a Pro license like rendering, animation, pipes from lines, etc (there isn't really a decent animation plugin either that isn't buggy).
This is for making quick rough concept models only. For any serious engineering or 3D printing, I recommend Blender, Autodesk Inventor, or Solidworks.
Do not waste your money on SkethUp. You will waste a lot of time working around bugs and you will need to buy extra pluggins to do basic tasks, many of which are barely supported by their owners (there are exceptions). It's a product that had great potential, but has simply devolved.
- starpilot 6y agoOnshape is made by former SW devs and is incredible. If you're used to professional CAD you'll feel right at home. Here's a stool I made (no login required): https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3a4dd47b03e073e4d7848163/w/4f496fb0c629a412ccfa5798/e/aca72e289f2c6252dc7c010a https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3a4dd47b03e073e4d7848163/w...
- mojomark 6y agoNice!
- staycoolboy 6y agoThe UI, both mouse and gestures were really fantastic. SketchUp gravity points and gesture inference was exceptional. I've used it to get thoughts out quickly since 2013. I'd pay $25/yr for it. Although I've never 3D printed anything, I just find it intuitive and a fast sketchpad.
- mojomark 6y agoYup, agree. The UI and 3D orbit are one of the things I love best about sketchup. Inventor orbit drives me crazy - total PITA without a 3D mouse.
- cam_l 6y agoI guess it depends what you use it for. Definitely it is not OK for engineering or 3D printing. But it is really quite good for planning interiors, where no other tool I have found is as easy to navigate and change a model in broad and in detail in one fluid movement. The latest version is the best, least buggiest version I have used in the past 5 years at least. It is well with buying a classic licence before they shelve it in November. But though I easily get the value from the cost of subscription, the fact that you cannot access your models in the event it expires is really shit. (Well, you might be able to access your models on the web version, but mine generally weigh in at 150-200mb, they just don't load.) Plus at least half the value of sketchup is in extensions from people like thomthom, fredo, or eneroth (and being able to their in your own script here or there). Do these even work on the web version?