It works!!

Have you ever searched for a free AND easy to use 3d modelling / 3d cad program for Linux?
Here it is: Google SketchUp!
Although this is a MsWin Software it runs very well under Linux/Wine.
Because I had many problems running SketchUp with Wine, and I know that there are many others out there having the same problems, I thought it might be a good idea, writing an installation sheet, how I got SketchUp/Wine running nearly perfect.

SketchUp has some cad advantages, which I miss in other free 3d Linux software:

• SketchUp is easy to use and it provides a nice user interface (like Wings3d).
• It is very fast (like Wings3d), even under Wine.
• It has cad functionality like components, units, dimensions a.s.o.
• Ruby (great free programming/script language) plugins supported (Wings3d is not very plugin friendly).
• Write your own plugins with Ruby.
• There are a lot of free plugins out there to improve SketchUp. You can get cutlists, 2d views, drawing tools and and and.
• Other dummies like me will like this peace of software. It's not a real cad, not a perfect modeller like blender, but for most amateur designers it will be enough.
• Home version is free, like all great software.
• For pure modelling I always will use Wings3d ;)

I hope, this files will help you, getting up SketchUp with Wine.

• Slackware 12.1 (kernel 2.6.24.5)
• Wine Sources 0.9.40
• Google SketchUp (free/home) 6.x
• Patched source files (download here)
• I've upgraded to Mesa 7.0.3, but I think this is not necessary

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• Slackware 11.0
• Wine Sources 0.9.40
• Wine OpenGL patch (download here)
• Google SketchUp (free/home) 6.x
• Upgraded Mesa and DRM drivers

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• Slackware 11.0
• Wine Sources 0.9.40
• Wine OpenGL patch (download here)
• Google SketchUp (free/home) 6.x

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 SketchUp in action


 SketchUp showing the Opengl Preferences


 SketchUp designing HiFi-Box


 The HiFi-Box X-Rated and zoomed in

• The screen is sometimes not updated properly.
  For example, if you open a dialog box and click close, the box stays on screen.
  A mouse click / mouse wheel turn, does the trick.
  This is a cosmetic problem only, no functional limitation.
  So I say, it runs 99% perfect ;))
• 3ds import from wings3d doesn't work.
  But I don't know, why.
  Maybe this is a basic problem.
• Export to 2d Graphics don't work here.
  Wine hangs.
• Other import/export functions were not tested.

• I'm not the author of any of these software packages.
  Consider the copyrights or EULAs
• Be careful! After patching or upgrading Wine/Libs, it could happen, that your system does not run as you expected.
  Backup Wine/Libs first.
• NO WARRANTY FOR ANYHING!
• At least, it is usable for me.

• I use the Slackware Linux distribution.
  Via the package browser on www.slackware.org, you can always find out, which software the used distro version provides. Maybe helpful, if you run into a problem and want to compare something.
• Graphics Problem: Here is a Matrox MGA 550 graphics card running. Other cards might have more/less/other problems, and therefore you maybe have to experience with other libs/drivers.
• These Installation Instructions are only examples.
• Requirements: More Details in the corresponding Installation Instruction
• Other Distros, Wine Versions, SketchUp Versions - other results?! Try it.

Comming Soon...

Testers wanted!

This is an UGLY hack of the SpellCheck Plugin for jEdit written by C. Scott Willy.
The original plugin was released as version R004 and does not support the function "Add words to the Aspell User Dictionary". But because I need this option, also it seems that the plugin is not supported any more, I tried to improve this utility.
The original plugin was released under the terms of the GNU GPL and in the Source Code C. Scott Willy wrote:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Because this hack is not well tested at the moment, and also it is far from release state, you can only download the binary version today.
So if you like to test this hacked plugin, feel free to download and unzip it in your jEdit/jars directory.

New Features:

• Add words to personal dictionary now works.
• Modified UI.
• Simple indicator shows currently checked word and line number.
• Text Selection is now disabled after SpellCheck dialog is closed.
• Cursor / Caret jumps to last checked word after SpellCheck dialog is closed.
• If Markup Mode is enabled for "Html" or "All" files the plugin tries to handle the the "German Umlaute äöüÄÖÜ" itself. That means i.e. words added to the dictionary will look like "Übel" but in the text will be inserted "Übel"
  You know what I mean? Try it.

• Sometimes a file is marked as modified if the plugin is stopped although no other action was done by the user.
• No on the Fly Spelling.
• The currently spellchecked word is not highlighted. Therefore I added a simple indicator which shows the Line and Word number.

• This Software will format your harddrive, burn your house, drives you mad and makes your children hate you.
  Use at your own risk!!
• NO WARRANTY FOR NOTHING!!
• At least it is usable for me.

• jEdit 4.3pre3
• Aspell 0.60.2
• Java 1.5.0_06
• Tested on Windows 2000 and Linux.
• These are the versions I use. Other versions may work too.

• Some, please report them.

• March 06: first beta

• 
  The option dialog
  
• 
  SpellCheck in action
  

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