Key frame animation and bones can be done in a very easy to use simple Sketchup wayĪn active Skybox with moving clouds and a Sun which is actually in the place you set it in the shadows box which already exists would not complicate Sketchup and would be AWESOME. Maybe they don’t even cast shadows or there is an option for that Lighting can be done by just adding an emissive to materials. It doesn’t have to just be what it is and just get bug fixes.

The major flaw in this is that Sketchup CAN add features if it does it in a Sketchup way where the program stays simple to use but then its just got more easy to use powerful features. The rest …3DS and maya and blender …etc…are all clunky and too hard to use but they have features that I would love to see in Sketchup. ZBrush is nice and all but I still prefer Sketchup. I know this sounds like a rant but I really couldn’t model in any other program. I love the original ease of use that Sketchup introduced me to and I just want it expanded on and made into an amazing 3D modeling program. Just to model say a rock is not an easy task. Currently you really have to be creative or use 3rd party programs to do any kind or organic modeling in Sketchup. I would need a command line and then something like Autolisp so I can streamline the workflow. Also if it had a way more open keyboard shortcut interface.

Layout could be an Autocad killer if it had the ability to import DWG files. Its the best way and anyone familiar with playing any game will be instantly used to. Just have a speed adjustment on the mouse wheel and WASD and mouse to navigate. I am always getting stuck in zoom hell inside a wall or something. Yes the Mac has just been ignored for years as far as palletes and toolbars.Īdd WASD 3d navigation like UE4 as an option.

Then you just model a light and add the material. Simple emissive materials would be the perfect way to add lights to sketchup. If a third party company can do it then Sketchup should have those features built in or in the works. Although a mirrored surface material would be awesome too now that you mention it.Įvery modeling program has rendering and lighting or most do… Even Sketchup has it via 3rd party companies. I realize I can just make a component and then copy and flip and hide the middle lines but you can still see the seam and hiding lines always creates future problems. If I try to put 10 trees in Sketchup with 1 or 2 cars it starts slowing down a lot.īy mirror I mean mirror modeling. I can have hundreds of Sketchup models and trees and bushes and everything is moving and has way better lighting even before you do any export of higher quality renders. Yes I use Lumion and its great and works better with SKP models than Sketchup does. Also Sketchup models can’t handle too many Sketchup models at any one time. Still though shadows just kill performance when it comes to just moving an object. But as far as new innovative features I really can’t think of any…and I am trying. Yes there have been many pretty much invisible features added…like better inferencing.

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