![]() all those things.īasically, say SU PRO for 270 instead of 320, layout for 50 extra, revit importer and scan essential for a price too, VR… and so on. ![]() keep studio as a “all inclusive with all the tools” deal - give it all the new toys as an exclusivity for a time.īut sell SU PRO without layout. Now, to be proactive here, and not just rain on the parade there are still things that Trimble could do to artificially lower SU Pro’s cost : Trimble must have a prediction model for that somewhere Sure, some free users will start paying, but would it compensate the potential lost of revenues of PRO users ? not sure. I’m pretty sure making a low cost desktop version WITH extensions could hurt sketchup pro’s revenues.īecause again, if all you need to do is “swear on your scout’s honour that you won’t use it for business” (basically the only possible way) in order to get a discount, I’m pretty sure most SU PRO users I’ve met over the last decade will lie. I personally wouldn’t mind seeing make come back, even within the go subscription, at a price. It’s observations of the way the software industry works, and trimble’s decisions over the last decade (exit make then shop, in goes free and go). it’s not “my opinion” as in “I firmly believe that” I was actually trying to suggest something that I thought would actually generate additional revenue for Trimble. anything else would hurt their sales of SU pro/studio.Īgain, I respect and understand your opinion. Sure, Go could come with a desktop version, but it would be extension-free, much like the web one. especially considering the low price of SU. Trimble has no real incentive making a lower cost SU Pro version aimed at non-commercial users. (many woodworkers still use make + a set of extensions in their shops, some of them commercially.) even plugins that allow you to export / print to scale with great ease, layout wasn’t as developed then.ĭepending on what you’re using SU for, you could get, for free, a better make + plugin than the vanilla pro. need to export / import ? there are a few of those as well. However, through extensions, you could get a pro-level software. back then, for free, you had the same as pro, minus some export options and a handful of tools. Especially in these times of inflation and price raises. ![]() I’ve been on the internet long enough to confidently say that an honour system don’t work. Well pro vs non pro use is and has always been an honour system. It is not for everyone or every project… but it is a good all rounder, is fast, cheap, and can in the right hands produce beautiful output and projects.Īlso, yes it will be hard to enforce the non-pro use. Absurd, for sure to try to come up with a system like this.Īnd SU / LO is the best bang for the buck out there in terms of easy to use design software. You buy credits and keep a credit card on file. And they can meter it like a cab - every minute the software is open it costs. 10$ every click, but Undo is 4.5$ per click. Maybe they should devise a system so you pay per click - Push pull is. The idea of a ‘hobby’ license is interesting - and right now there are options for this, but where does SU / Trimble draw the line? Include plugins or not? Include export or not? How do they manage if the software is being used truly for ‘hobby’ and not for commercial use? People got spoiled with the ‘free’ notions introduced by Google and others and it is hard to get that genie back in the bottle. ![]() I still paid full retail for them when I bought them, I didn’t have a check box ‘Are you a Pro?’, ‘How many times a year will you use this tool?’ at the hardware store. I have wrenches and hammers and other tools and they sit mostly unused until I need them. Yeah, I don’t get a discount from Sony on my cameras and lenses because ‘I’m not a pro, and don’t use them very much’.
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