Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:24:30 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> > Sketchup is supposed to run under wine, but I'm not having any luck.  I
> > downloaded the file (GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe) and ran:
> >
> > 	wine GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe
> >
> > I also tried copying the file to wine's drive_c and running it from
> > there, but the results are the same.
> >
> > The installer starts up and gets through extracting the files.  Then it
> > tries to 'Evaluate Launch Conditions' at which point it says the my OS
> > is not supported and terminates unsuccessfully.
>
> There are some reports about different versions of Google SketchUp at 
> Wine AppDB:
>
> Category: Main > Multimedia > Graphics > Animation/Rendering/3D > Google 
> SketchUp
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1815
I have the latest version (7.1) of sketchup.  I may have to install wine 
from winehq to get the most recent version of wine and try again.

> Some time ago, a chap recommended this program:
>
> Sweet Home 3D 
> http://www.sweethome3d.eu/index.jsp
>
> It seems an easy "drag-and-drop" application, but I cannot tell you more, 
> I have not tested :-)
As far as I can tell, it allows you to place furniture and stuff in a 
room for figuring placement and space, but does not actually allow you 
to design specific items.

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com