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新版本Google Sketchup功能一覽
2009-09-05 20:13
Coming Soon in Google SketchUp...
from SketchUpdate by Tasha Danko
Google Sketchup是一款簡單易用的三維建模工具，主要應(yīng)用于建筑，家裝行業(yè)。目前有免費版本和專業(yè)版本兩種，下一個版本的免費版會放棄支持導(dǎo)入 AutoCAD的dwg和dxf格式，很多人對覺得這個決定太突兀，包括我在內(nèi)。仔細看了一下他們博客上的說明在字里行間發(fā)現(xiàn)原來他們想借此迫使更多的人 選擇專業(yè)版，不得不說google不是很擅長做這種事。和不少人一樣，我不會去下載新的版本而會繼續(xù)使用現(xiàn)在的版本7。
I don't often talk about new things we're building before we nudge them gently out the door, but this time I thought I'd provide some info to everyone. We've been working hard on our next release of Google SketchUp since late last year, and have cooked up a bunch of new stuff that I know you're going to like. But we're also doing a little housecleaning. More on that in a bit.
在 新版本正式發(fā)布以前我很少談會推出什么新功能的，這次我想我可以讓大家先了解一些。從去年年底開始我們就開始為下一個版本的Google Sketchup的發(fā)布做準備，我們還真的搞出來一些新鮮的玩意，我想大家都會喜歡的。但是我們也做了一些清理工作，先談?wù)勄謇淼舻哪遣糠帧?br />
We originally designed the Free and Pro versions of Google SketchUp for pretty different groups of people. Google SketchUp was intended to be a tool that anyone in the world could learn to use. It contains every single modeling tool that we've ever developed without any restrictions on file size, rendering quality or performance. If you've got a 3D problem to solve, we want you to use Google SketchUp to solve it. That's why we give it away for free!
我們一開始開發(fā)Google Sketchup的免費版本和專業(yè)版本的時候，考慮的是各種各樣的用戶群體。Google Sketchup應(yīng)該是一款人人都可以學(xué)都可以用的工具，不管你在什么地方，講什么語言。它包括我們?yōu)榻ｉ_發(fā)的各種工具，沒有文件大小渲染效果或者應(yīng)用性能的限制。如果你要解決一個三維方面的問題，我們建議你嘗試一下Google Sketchup。這也是為什么我們推出免費版本的原因。
In addition to that, Google SketchUp Pro offers a collection of special tools to help Pros go about the daily business of design, visualization and client communication. This means all of our presentation, analysis and documentation tools along with an industrial strength set of file translators to get models in and out of the myriad of tools in a professional's workflow. Along with all those great modeling tools.
除此之外，Google Sketchup專業(yè)版還提供一系列工具，幫助專業(yè)人士處理設(shè)計，視覺效果和客戶溝通等日常問題。這意味著我們我們所有的展示，分析，文檔，文件轉(zhuǎn)換以及模型在各種軟件間導(dǎo)入導(dǎo)出都要達到行業(yè)要求的專業(yè)級別，這還不包括非常實用的建模工具。
We originally assumed that our free Google SketchUp users would never really need to export models into other tools. As it turned out, folks wanted to use Google SketchUp models in all kinds of crazy ways. Things that we could never have imagined! We decided that Google SketchUp users should be able to export their models into some easy-to-read and fundamentally hackable file format to make this easier. Your models should be yours to do with as you see fit.
當 初我們想Google Sketchup免費版的用戶不需要把模型導(dǎo)入到其他軟件里。結(jié)果我們發(fā)現(xiàn)Google Sketchup的用戶相當能折騰，這是我們始料未及的。我們決定Google Sketchup的用戶應(yīng)該可以把他們制作的模型導(dǎo)出為易讀，易用的文件格式，這樣問題就會變得簡單一些。你的模型就是你的，你愛怎么整就怎么整。
Our pick for that new format is COLLADA, a 3D model exchange format that is open, extensible and public. We've been using COLLADA internally for some time now for 3D buildings in Google Earth, and there's a lot to like about it. It's easy to read, easy to write, and easy to extend for new features. I hope you'll like it, too.
我們即將支持的新的格式是COLLADA，一種開源的可擴展的公共的三維轉(zhuǎn)換格式。我們內(nèi)部在Google地球上使用這種格式有一段時間了，不管怎么說這種格式還是挺討人喜歡的，容易讀取，容易寫入，添加一些擴展功能也很容易，希望你也能喜歡。
In our next release, we're going to make COLLADA an official first-class format for all modelers. You'll be able to import and export COLLADA models, as well as COLLADA models wrapped up in the KMZ format for Google Earth, with any version of SketchUp.
下一個版本COLLADA將成為所有模型開發(fā)者的官方正式格式。不管你使用哪個版本的Sketchup，你都可以導(dǎo)入或者導(dǎo)出COLLADA格式的模型，打包成Google地球支持的KMZ格式也同樣支持。
Unfortunately, this improvement won't come without a cost. Import/export capability is tough for us to maintain and tough for you to use effectively. There are just so many fiddly little settings on both sides of a file exchange that it is always a challenge to get everything working just right. Looking forward, we decided to make a trade-off.
不幸的是這一改進是要付出代價的，對我們來說，導(dǎo)入導(dǎo)出功能很難維護，對用戶來說，這一功能用起來也不是很省心。一個文件的轉(zhuǎn)換需要雙方對無數(shù)細小的設(shè)置進行調(diào)整，要保證每一個零件都正常非常不容易。為了將來考慮我們這次決定放棄一些東西。
In the next release of Google SketchUp, our free modeler, we've decided to remove the dwg/dxf importers. We know how important these importers are to our professional customers, especially those who depend on CAD products in their daily work. And for that reason we'll focus our attention on supporting them in Google SketchUp Pro, where we really understand all the nuances of your workflow and where we can provide professional support to troubleshoot your issues.
即 將發(fā)布的Sketchup免費版我們將去掉dwg/dxf導(dǎo)入功能。對我們專業(yè)版的用戶來說，這一功能非常重要，特別是這些每天都在用CAD軟件的用戶。 出于這個原因我們會繼續(xù)支持專業(yè)版里的這一功能，我們了解你的工作流程中的每一個細小流程，為此我們會提供專業(yè)的支持來解決你會遇到的任何問題。
I hope you'll agree with our decision once you've had a chance to play with COLLADA, but I realize that making a change like this unannounced might disrupt projects you've already got under way. That's why I'm giving you some advanced notice so you can prepare for the change.
試過COLLADA以后希望你能認同我們的這一決定，同時我們也知道如果沒有任何通知就做出這一改動會打亂你正在進行的一些項目，這就是為什么我要提前宣布這一改動，你好有個準備。
Our next version will be ready soon, and it will be a free upgrade if you've got a full Google SketchUp Pro 7 license (if you've got a license for an earlier version of Pro, you can still upgrade to the new version for $95). We want you to try it without any fear that our changes will upset your ongoing projects. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by many of the changes we've made. For those of you who depend on the importers we plan to remove, we'll be providing an optional download that enables them again. But remember! This installer will only be available for a limited time, and it will not be supported at all in our next major release.
下 一個版本很快就會推出，如果你有Google Sketchup專業(yè)版7的許可證就可以獲得免費升級的機會。（如果你有之前版本的許可證，你也可以付$95升級到最新的版本）。我們希望你能放心的使用 新的版本，不必擔心這些改動會對你正在進行的項目造成負面的影響，我想你更有可能會驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)我們居然會做出這么多的改動。對于在使用我們即將去掉的導(dǎo)入 功能的用戶，我們會提供一個仍然支持導(dǎo)入功能的單獨版本，需要注意的是這個安裝包只能使用一段時間，將來的升級版本也不再支持。
If you aren't yet a Pro user and you're using SketchUp in your daily work, I hope you'll consider upgrading to Google SketchUp Pro. Just in case you're still on the fence about this, we'll give you $100 USD off a single-user license if you purchase before September 30, 2009 (enter promo code S7MPTR in our online store).
如果你在日常工作里會用到Sketchup，但不是使用的專業(yè)版，我們希望你能升級到專業(yè)版。如果你還在猶豫2009年9月30號之前針對單一用戶的許可證我們提供$100的優(yōu)惠（在線購買輸入促銷優(yōu)惠碼S7MPTR即可）。
Thanks for your attention, and I look forward to sharing the next version of Google SketchUp with all of you soon!
多謝關(guān)注，希望早點和大家分享下一版本的Google Sketchup。
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