Trimble intends to grow the team by adding resources and collaborating with other Trimble divisions.” ![]() Trimble values the creativity and customer focus of the SketchUp team. ![]() In its FAQ document for the acquisition, Trimble addressed the fate of the SketchUp development team: “The core team for SketchUp remains intact. I’m sure a lot of people are worried, me among them.” One asked, “Should I be excited or worried now?” Another wondered, “Is the same developer team going to continue? Is SketchUp going to fragment to the different user groups?” Another chimed in, ” I hope they talk to the community to about what’s going on and what their plans are. The SketchUp team may have a sunny outlook, but user comments to the blog post suggest there’s a certain amount of anxiety about the acquisition in the SketchUp community. With a strong wind at our backs and plenty of sunshine ahead, this voyage just keeps getting more exciting.” ![]() Thanks to Trimble, we’ll be able to continue to make SketchUp into the tool that we-and you-have always hoped it would become. In a blog post that echoed the one posted after Google’s acquisition, John Bacus, product manager for SketchUp, announced “A new home for SketchUp.” Bacus wrote, “Thanks to Google, more people than we ever imagined possible have been introduced to SketchUp. Trimble, well-known among civil engineers and construction crews for its GPS, laser, and optical devices, has signed on to buy SketchUp from Google for an undisclosed sum. ![]() This morning, history repeated-with a different player. In 2006, Software’s SketchUp found a new home at Google when it was acquired by the search engine giant. The intuitive, easy-to-use, and (perhaps most important) free 3D modeler Google SketchUp might soon be called Trimble SketchUp.
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