![]() ![]() But for version 2, unfortunately, I did not decide just because of the subscription. Based on Dale’s popular Subdivide & Smooth tools, Artisan is perfect for people who want to use SketchUp to model organic shapes and terrain features. Whaat) recently released an amazing and incredibly useful organic modeling toolset called Artisan. Artisan 1, PB3, DC, BT2 and several free. SketchUp plugin wizard Dale Martens (a.k.a. I also have several Plugs from this stable. And Sketchup extensions are 90% or more such small one-person businesses, ![]() Unfortunately, it seems that the programmer either gave up this way of development or unfortunately got sick, died. And unfortunately, the developer’s website does not work, only the demo version is available, some people bought the full version and did not get serial numbers. And it can happen that suddenly there is no company anymore, there are no updates and our subscription expires… Recently I wanted to buy the 3D Tree Maker plug-in. ![]() But we must not forget that in many cases there is one man behind this “company and development department”. Everyone motivates the subscription with the possibility of development etc. I met all the agreements on my end and paid for it fair and squars. The even worse scenario is the underhanded tactics going on right now of actively working to starve out those unwilling to subscribe and running classic licenses that were paid for (and dearly i might add) fair and square. Make a product people want to pay for and yoh dont need subscriptions because they will keep coming back willingly. This notion that software companies are not able to innovate without constant inflow of subscription dollars is completely contradictory to capitalism. After all, the Pro Solid Tools did not exist yet, and no one even knew. This tool provided an inexpensive way to perform some basic boolean operations and worked with both SketchUp Make (free) or Pro. They could easily pass on three or four upgrades to then pay for a major upgrade (covering all the skipped) when they actually have a need. About 20 months before SketchUp Pro 8 released the Solid Tools, (way back in Dec 2008), the original BoolTools plugin for SketchUp was released. In actuality the subscription model leads to complacency due to a perceived customer base many of whom are held there captively paying for improvements that are of no use to them. These titles, since the onset of windows 3.1 were never rented and companies thrived all the while by making new or improved versions that consumers wanted or needed and were willing to pay for upgrade or a completely new piece of software that was vastly improved. ![]()
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