https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188290#M22664 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>This article gives a pretty good overview of the fact that since the last upgrade of SketchUp, its free version, which is now called <B>SketchUp Make, is not licenced for commercial work</B>. Which is an interesting development because millions upon millions of people are using it:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/07/-psst-sketchup-is-not-free.html" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog ... -free.html">http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/07/-psst-sketchup-is-not-free.html</LINK_TEXT></A></R></DIV> Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:49:30 GMT Laszlo Nagy 2014-07-12T18:49:30Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188290#M22664 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>This article gives a pretty good overview of the fact that since the last upgrade of SketchUp, its free version, which is now called <B>SketchUp Make, is not licenced for commercial work</B>. Which is an interesting development because millions upon millions of people are using it:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/07/-psst-sketchup-is-not-free.html" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog ... -free.html">http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/07/-psst-sketchup-is-not-free.html</LINK_TEXT></A></R></DIV> Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:49:30 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188290#M22664 Laszlo Nagy 2014-07-12T18:49:30Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188291#M22665 We knew this was going to happen when Trimble bought them out from Google.<BR /> <BR /> Trimble don't have as deep or bottomless pockets like Google, and unlike Google, have no interest in having Sketchup be freely available or popular or commonly used.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Obviously it's going to hurt them more than they realize now ( I mean, do they really think majority of the content in the Trimble Warehouse - formerly Google warehouse - the online repository of sketchup-built 3D objects, was created mainly by paying customers and licensed users?) but what do they care as long their bottom-line is served? Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:20:13 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188291#M22665 Bricklyne Clarence 2014-07-27T21:20:13Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188292#M22666 So are you still legally allowed to continue using older versions commercially for free?<BR /> <BR /> That said, the price of SketchUp (about $500 + upgrade that now seems yearly) is fair for its versatility. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:44:08 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/SketchUp-no-longer-free/m-p/188292#M22666 stefan 2014-07-30T07:44:08Z