

EnergyPlus updates will also keep occurring, but you could manually update EnergyPlus input files generated from the OpenStudio Application to the latest version if you really wanted or needed to. The downside of this is being forced to use a "static" older version of the application that works with EnergyPlus v9.2, so you will miss out on updates to the application and the SketchUp plug-in made since then. SketchUp 2017 is the fifth major client version release since we started flying under the Trimble banner in. There is a separate compatibility matrix for these older versions. Use previous versions of the OpenStudio Application managed by NREL (v2.9.1 or earlier), which works with SketchUp Make (free version) from 2017 or earlier. with the latest SketchUp releases (SketchUp Make 2017 64-bit and SketchUp Pro. A window explaining what Sketchup STL is will appear, in the top right. The downside of this is reduced flexibility in defining complex geometry that SketchUp provides. Medeek Wall is a SketchUp Extension that provides a simple interface for. Sketchup is a 3D modeling program that can be used to create 3D objects in a 2D. SketchUp Pro is a graphic design software to build 2D and 3D. You can keep using the latest versions of the OpenStudio Application from the OpenStudio Coalition, but use the free FloorspaceJS tool to create geometry within the OpenStudio Application and not use SketchUp anymore. SketchUp Pro latest version: 2D and 3D CAD program. If paying for a SketchUp Pro license is cost-prohibitive, then you have two options. SketchUp 2018 has just been released and SU Podium V2.5.8 is ready to download. You can see this under the OpenStudio plug-in for SketchUp compatibility matrix created by the OpenStudio Coalition. SU Podium V2.5.8 has been released for SketchUp 2016, 2017, and 2018. This affects OpenStudio Application v1.0.0 or later, which made updates that require the use of SketchUp Pro 2019 or later to use the OpenStudio plug-in for SketchUp. This is due to a US Department of Energy decision to transition the of ownership/maintenance of the application from NREL to private third parties. I tend to use do this occasionally, several months apart.Īs of April 2020, the OpenStudio Application (graphical user interface for making changes to OSM files, assigning measures, etc.) is managed by the OpenStudio Coalition. Trimble will no longer be developing SketchUp Make but SketchUp Make 2017. Is Sketch Pro really required? $299/year is pretty steep for my use. With a whole host of new features, its easy to see why SketchUp Pro 2018 is. My questions are is OpenStudio Coalition the right website and process to use now?
#Whats new sketchup 2017 install
Then you can install BCL or PAT if needed.

#Whats new sketchup 2017 upgrade
To upgrade (actually start over) from sketchup 8.0 and OpenstudioĪnd then tried to determine order of installation and what sketchup version to install.
