FYI: There may be a couple of copies left of Sketchup, used, from a guy who
was selling AutoCAD lt at ebay. While he auctioned AutoCAD, he mentioned
in the listing that he had Sketchup for sale. I am very concerned about
buying any bootleg copies, so I e-mailed some questions and was satisfied
enough to take a chance.
Why Sketchup? Based on favorable comments by Sketchup users here, thank
you very much, and having sampled the free download. I want it for product
design (versus engineering), which is all I need it for; I'm still using a
solid CAD program from 1997 or so called Trispectives, so an upgrade was
due.
The CD arrived on Friday and it looks legit, though I cannot be 100% sure
(YMMV). It did come with all of the needed numbers for install, as best I
can tell.
If you are interested, take a look at the guy's completed AutoCAD auction,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7132169298&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
for contact info. That listing says he is selling Sketchup along with
AutoCAD, but he was willing to sell Sketchup to me by itself for <$200.
Normally about $500.
If you contact the guy and he is all out, my apologies -- but, I did not
want to post this here until I received my copy and got a sense of this
being legit.
All the usual disclaimers -- don't know the guy, etc. Anyway, FYI -- Igor
"Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> have to say, it's pretty cool. The makers stress that it isn't a CAD
> program, and there's no doubt about that. But for my purposes, it's very
> quick to create faces and turn them into a 3D model. The program is very
> intuitive in the sense that it "knows" that you're likely drawing a line
to
> be even with an existing line and will highlight that point I wouldn't
use
> it to create a dimensioned drawing to hand out for quotes, but it's
helpful
> with the initial design.
I'm impressed by the program as well. I don't know enough about CAD programs
to know what "Its not a CAD program" means. For the purposes of designing
furniture projects, the program seems to have all the features needed
(assuming you use a separate cutlist program). What is missing?
Bob
"igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> FYI: There may be a couple of copies left of Sketchup, used, from a guy
who
> was selling AutoCAD lt at ebay. While he auctioned AutoCAD, he mentioned
> in the listing that he had Sketchup for sale. I am very concerned about
> buying any bootleg copies, so I e-mailed some questions and was satisfied
> enough to take a chance.
>
> Why Sketchup? Based on favorable comments by Sketchup users here, thank
> you very much, and having sampled the free download. I want it for
product
> design (versus engineering), which is all I need it for; I'm still using a
> solid CAD program from 1997 or so called Trispectives, so an upgrade was
> due.
>
> The CD arrived on Friday and it looks legit, though I cannot be 100% sure
> (YMMV). It did come with all of the needed numbers for install, as best I
> can tell.
>
> If you are interested, take a look at the guy's completed AutoCAD auction,
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7132169298&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
> for contact info. That listing says he is selling Sketchup along with
> AutoCAD, but he was willing to sell Sketchup to me by itself for <$200.
> Normally about $500.
>
> If you contact the guy and he is all out, my apologies -- but, I did not
> want to post this here until I received my copy and got a sense of this
> being legit.
>
> All the usual disclaimers -- don't know the guy, etc. Anyway, FYI -- Igor
FWIW, I'm demo-ing SketchUp right now to do some visualization on a home
addition I'm thinking about. I'm a reasonably-skilled AutoCAD guy, but I'm
not wild about doing 3D in AutoCAD. I downloaded the SketchUp demo and I
have to say, it's pretty cool. The makers stress that it isn't a CAD
program, and there's no doubt about that. But for my purposes, it's very
quick to create faces and turn them into a 3D model. The program is very
intuitive in the sense that it "knows" that you're likely drawing a line to
be even with an existing line and will highlight that point I wouldn't use
it to create a dimensioned drawing to hand out for quotes, but it's helpful
with the initial design. The only negative is that it's $495 on the web
site. Unless you're a teacher, in which case you can get it for $99.
todd