In terms of deciding which version to select, here are the things to consider. Given how much I was using them for class-room teaching and how much time I had invested in that, there were a few anxious moments when I feared that I might not be able to continue using that approach.įortunately, when I contacted Trimble to understand what the options were, they provided links to legacy versions of their products so that I could make them available for you to use. When the free version of SketchUp became web based, I discovered that my models were too large to upload into it, at least currently, as I mentioned above. Meanwhile, the buttons below will take you to some options that will allow you to work directly with the models on your computer along with some related information you will need to know to install and use SketchUp.īe sure to to take a look at the section titled A Few Details About Installing SketchUp because it covers a number of common questions that come up.
In talking with the folks at Trimble about this (they own SketchUp), I suspect that restriction will eventually go away with a subsequent release. 32 bit) and the graphics card that you have in t to the extent that you would be if you were running the software locally.īut, currently, the free version will not support uploading files that are the size of the models I have developed. In addition since the current free version runs in a web browser, you are not as restricted by the operating system (Mac vs. In fact, when I started doing this, the first few versions of the chiller plant model were created in the free version of SketchUp 8.Īnd, to the best of my knowledge, you could create objects and content similar to any of my models using the current free version. That version is very full featured and you can do a lot with it. You can create an online account that gives you web based access to the current free version of SketchUp called SketchUp Free.
To use the models, you need to have SketchUp installed on your computer.
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