"Lee Michaels" wrote
>
> "Swingman" wrote
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>> Once again, as far as the drawing of 3D/2D models, there is NO functional
>> difference in the Pro and free versions of SU.
>>
> Not to pick nits or anything. but there is one primary difference that I
> am interested in. And that would be the "drawing" abilities of Layout
> included in the Pro version. It doesn't affect what you are doing though.
>
> What it does is take that drawing produced in the free version and turns
> it into a sketch. You have your choice of many different mediums. Pencil,
> chalk, marker, technical pen, pen and ink, etc. This humanizes the drawing
> and makes for a better presentation for certain audiences. I know, it is
> a presentation thing. It can even be argued that is sort of an artsy
> fartsy kinda thing.
>
> But for certain audiences, it will get the deal where the more technical
> drawings will not. And that is the sort of thing I need to do. These
> kinds of tools used to be quite common. I have used them before. Then
> they got bought up and became part of big, expensive graphics packages.
> It will be worth $500 to me for this capability alone.
>
> Besides I used to do my drawings with a T square and triangle. And I
> sketch constantly on graph paper. The Layout module is a nice touchy
> feely thing that breaks down communication barriers for certain audiences.
> It will help secure funding for a couple hard sell projects.
>
> I know that this is NOT what you were talking about Swingman. I just
> thought I would contribute this comment. Primarily because of all this
> discussion, I am looking at Sketchup more closely now. And this Layout
> functions looks like a winner to me.
>
> I am really curious as to why google included this feature. I haven't
> seen it for awhile. It is good to see it back.
>
Oops, I checked and the features I was talking about was in the Stylebuilder
module (not the Layout module) of Sketchup Pro. To quote the website, "We
put the Sketch back into Sketchup."