Instead of trying to rewire the projector in the classroom to my computer, I uploaded the file to my Trimble Connect account. Recently I did some SketchUp modeling for our local First Robotics group. This is useful if you want to access your files from a computer in your shop or at the library. With a Trimble Connect account, which is free, you get some cloud storage included. If you want access to your models while you are working in the shop, you could use a cheap chrome instead of bringing your good higher end computer into the shop. This is all behind the scenes though so the user never sees it.įor woodworkers I think the web based version has a lot of benefits. Sometimes they will push three or four updates in a week depending on what they are doing.
Every time you open a session you are getting the most up to date version they have.
#SKETCHUP WEB FULL#
Many schools can't afford full blown PC notebooks or Macbooks for their students so they've gone to Chromebooks which will run SketchUp for Web just fine.įor the developers the web version has some benefits. This means it runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and even the Chrome OS. Since it runs in a browser the operating system doesn't matter. The web based versions of SketchUp were designed to meet needs expressed by certain user groups.
SketchUp Shop has more tools available along with additional importers and exporters. There's no way to implement Ruby scripting for extensions so you are limited to the tools they provide. The interface is different for one thing. There are some differences with the web-based version. I've been using SketchUp for Web since the beginning although I mostly use the desktop client version.