Re: DM Artisan 1.2.4 (Plugin For Sketchup)
Rolande Nater
I myself have had to stop developing plugins full-time because I was not able to make enough money selling them. Instead, I have to use my time to work on jobs not related to SketchUp so I can support myself. Now I dedicate less time to developing my tools which are going to be available as a subscription as well by the way.
I have the original artisan paid plugin and a bunch of Mind.sight plugins but i cant justify the price nor it now being a subscription model for the small amount of time i need an organic tool for architecture uses.
I pay subscriptions for plugins and other software that are updated in real time. Sketchup does not do this and artisan did not. If they are going to release weekly/monthly updates and improvments, add ons, the subscription is fine. But you should be able to stop when you choose to stop and keep what youve paid for not pay in perpetuity.
If your extensions development didnt deem itself profitable you were either investing too much time in an extension that didnt command that investment or you were looking at extension development as a career in sketchup alone which i would think would be.a very difficult approach.
Hey guys, modelling an organic facade cladding on a skyscraper for work. Looking to make life easier modelling the soft shapes, and want a recommendation if I should use Artisan toolset or a combination of TT's SubD + Vertex Tools2. Would like some advice from anyone familiar with using these plugins? Typically we do this kind of thing in Rhino, but I like sketchup more overall and want to do it this way if possible.
Now there are two different plugins that make not only terrain construction but organic and vehicle construction possible without having the urge to jump out the nearest window. I use both regularly and because they each have different attributes, I think their capabilities really complement each other when you are constructing complex shapes.
The other plugin is called Vertex Tools. This program has tools which work differently than Artisan but has some advantages over it in the way the selection tools work. Designed by Thom Thomassen, a modelmaker from Norway who has also designed an incredible number of other useful free plugins, has designed a set of tools that are what the Sandbox Tools aspire to be. At $20 it, like Artisan, is a real bargain. The video below will give you a quick overview.
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