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Wishlist: SketchUp Components
Hi Chad and Team,
I’m an architect and tried to use Chief Architect, it is really an impressive BIM software, but the trial version does not allow save or export, which is really a bummer. The 200 buck monthly price is also too much to pay.
One small suggestion, when you have time, maybe you can consider to expand your catalog into SketchUp world. It is really one of the mainstream software used now in the design and construction field.
If you already have the catalog in Chief Architect, it is really easy to export the 3D models into dwg file and then convert to sketchup components and upload to Sketchup 3D Warehouse.
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I will echo this and say that I used SketchUp to plan my recent kitchen renovation where I ordered the cabinets from Barker. I tried using Chief Architect as well but the learning curve was a lot steeper than SketchUp and I wasn’t comfortable paying $200 a month when I’m a homeowner planning out my kitchen over the course of several months.
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I use SketchUp professionally; so of course my kitchen is fully drafted in Sketchup, it’s a fantastic tool. It’s allowed my wife and I to have detailed discussions about door/drawer choices, spacing, problem-solve, etc, fully rendered in 3D. Given that a pro license for a year is nominally more than a month’s sub for Chief Architect…
Barker Cabinets in 3D Warehouse would be great, but I’ve got two big questions-
1. If published to SU3DW, how do you setup the models for cabinet size/width changes effectively? I assume dynamic components; which I don’t use.
2. Anyone using Sketchup proficiently will probably do what I did, and simply draft cabinets from scratch. Size changes are done in the normal ways. Nearly all of the dimensions can be found on the website with little work.
3. SU is very intuitive, but I also have to admit that as a -professional- who’s used SU nearly as long as the program has existed, deep into it’s early google days, my point of view is skewed, and bears little resemblance to a DIY homeowner planning a kitchen. I wonder if it’s an effective answer.
