Sketchup: Making friends with "Follow me"

The web version is so slow that it's useless. I tried it and went back to '17.

I thought SU pro would write SVGs.

That is another reason that I don't use the web version. Were you by any chance using the free web version or the paid web version?

With the free plugin. When you high lite a surface and right click you select FaceSVG from the pop up window. it copies a black version of the surface to the origin of the drawing. Right clicking the black copy allows you to Write SVG Profile.

A circle centered at (h, k) is given by (h+r*cos(t), k+r*sin(t)), (t in

Free. Pro is a little rich for me. If I were doing this commercially, it would be a slam dunk.

Good point. I was thinking about Shaper use. Looking into it some more, it would probably be better for a 3D printer than woodworking. I have enough to learn without getting into 3D.

Isn't AutoCAD 2D only?

I find paying for it harder to swallow. ;-)

AutoCAD is 3D, AutoCAD LT is 2D, I used the LT version and it was/is expensive, $460 per year.

So did I but it is the best program for, woodworking, that I have ever used. So not a big deal. And I found that most software is going to the subscription route. So even if they say you own it, that may be a limited time. One the pisses me off is Quicken. They say you own and keep your files on your computer and load the program on your computer. BUT if you do not continue to subscribe you will not be able to use the program or look at your files.

I would suspect the free version may not be given the band width to really work quickly. Yes the paid Pro version is pricey but how much do you spend on tools. ;~) LOL.

For the time being I would still use Pro if I was not selling my work. I'm in the middle of re-doing our kitchen and would not want to be learning new software.

IIRC you can load a trial version.

I don't rent tools. ;-)

I probably would if I had a large job like that. The next year?

For a month. Just enough to get something done then throw it way or pay. Kinda like a streaming service. Get it for a month free, then get hooked on a series.

BTW, I did buy/rent Studio for the $100, so there is that. Outside the large library of shapes and projects, it's pretty cheesy.

That might as well be ransomware.

Repressively.

Let me warn you with Sketchup though. If you subscribe to pro the file format changes with each major version change. The current version can open all previous versions but older versions cannot open newer versions. I suspect that mopst software is like that.

BUT with the latest version of PRO you can save files in the older version formats. I suppose this is for sharing files with older versions.

If you think you will not always use Pro or if they pull the Quicken trick save in the older version format also so that you can open the newer files in the older versions.

Yeah but if you did you would have more room. LOL. You rent most every thing else, food, drinks, electricity, gas, you know. ;~)

Then maybe I would not renew the subscription and keep using the same version. Right now you do not have to renew the subscription to continue using the latest version that you paid for, as explained to me

Yeah! Soooo with a Roku streaming device you typically get free trials to subscriptions.... We have purchased 3~4 new Roku devices and get that feature every time with each... Sometimes the low end Roku device is less expensive. ;~)

Yes pricey but works well and seamlessly with the Origin. I watched a video about Studio and they are apparently improving/evolving the program like they are doing with the Origin. I do like being able to preprogram the cuts and depths. Check that out, its the latest Shaper Sessions video covering Studio, came out last Thursday, available on YouTube.

And sooner than later I'll be upgrading an Origin plug-in for the automatic depth change to take advantage of not having to stop and manually change the depth of cut. That is a one time purchase and price too. $200. There are a few Shaper Sessons covering that new feature too.