How much does Ubetshelter cost per unit? And, yes you'd be bonkers to use SketchUp for production engineering, but for visualization of possible buildings, it is great.
SketchUp gave me a free $500 licence around 2003. The drawings I did got me the $500 dropshipped hexacomb cardboard from Pactive and the tape from 3M. SketchUp will always have a.special place in my heart. http://web.archive.org/web/20040805133122/http://mindismoving.org/hexayurt/ You can see those original drawings at this link. So, yeah, it's path dependence. We were with SketchUp at the beginning, and we are there still. Vinay On 5 Oct 2012 19:27, "KK" <koffeekomma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:29:57 AM UTC-6, Cody from Washington DC > wrote: >> >> Ummm I'm not sure about you all, but i learned the basics of sketch up in >> an afternoon. the tutorials are very simple and easy. >> >> > Yes, I agree totally with your post. Sketchup is very easy to figure out. > Will take the mythical "100 hours" to be able to *really* get "fluent". > That's what I was getting at. > Same time scale as all these other CAD etc. packages (some will take much > longer!) > I'm certain that the figure with hold up in real life. Geeks just don't > keep track of things like this, but they *do* spend that much time. > I'm sure their "significant others" will heartily agree with me. > > But anyway...these other packages don't have the rich community library of > free pre-made parts that Sketchup does: > > http://www.sketchup.com/product/3dwh.html > > This enables quicker finished concepts than VARKON eh? > Need a lawnmower wheel? Download one in minutes. > Steel framing stud?...Simpson framing tie straps? Got them in great detail. > Nuts, bolts, piping, trees, rocks, furniture you name it. For free. > > Why are *all* the existing models of Hexayurts done with Sketchup and not > Autocad etc.? > Because it was quickly comprehended by the novice and a perfect fit. That > counts. > I predict that Hexayurt models will continue to be shared between many > with Sketchup *only*. > Any other software package would just limit adoption. > Upload some crude .DXF models somewhere and see what happens. > > I'm glad the dark ages are over. And I welcome open collaboration with > Sketchup users now and into the future. > It's a stellar tool for getting work done between regular people. > > This is what should be praised. > > Is it about being on the side of the open source angels...or getting > shelter to the masses? > We need to work *with* the masses...not deliver the products from up on > high. > Confusion and fragmentation is part of the open source world. > In the case of urgent shelter situations, who needs that? > > > Here's a guy that is completely closed source and prob. used Autocad. His > T-Shel2 is a complete winner: > http://www.ubershelter.org/about.html > > His design blows away the Hexayurt for a few reasons...not to mention it's > a fully engineer stamped and thought out structure. > > But, it's closed source/for profit. So no Sketchup files for everybody > (not just geeks) to modify and improve on. > Too bad. I think he won the race with his no brainer design for the > refugee masses though. > His eventual impact? Small. Because he limited himself. > > At least Lorin tried a little with his solar cooker design: > > Solar Fire's beautiful concentrators: An open source secret | News | > Engineering for Change - http://bit.ly/M3g688 > This reviewer put up Lorin's slightly flawed Sketchup file at the bottom > of that article. > At least the design is *out there*. I was able to take it and remix my own > version: > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/52187564/ASTRA-Solar-Fire-Phaeton-HexMirrors.jpg > > This is how it SHOULD be done. > > So yeah, everybody use what ya want...then waste time figuring out how to > collaborate (*if* you ever collaborate that is). > I'll be out there pushing things forward...step by step: > > http://www.instructables.com/id/HexaFrame-2x4-Shelter-1/ > > Sounds harsh? Ehh. It's a harsher world out there. > I can't wait for you to join me! Lots of work to be done. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/SigZfjTZzV8J. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
