[!! SPAM] Re: [TheForge] Sketchup Help

[Ben Barrett]

Burp again, Meta usually means the "Alt" key... I think it comes from
unix/linux-land.

Also, a little trick which you should use at your own discretion,
which is a nearly legit way to try a demo which has timed out on your
machine... (karma:  for example, if you installed a 30-day trial then
got called off to a family emergency, etc... deal with your own
actions, ymmv).  If you use VMware or similar virtualization, and
install that extra copy of windows from the old broken-down PC, you
can make a snapshot of the VMware windows installation (or maybe even
use a restore point on your machine, raw) and then use trials until
they expire (from within VMware), roll back to the base image and do
it again, ad infinitum.  It is not too hard for contained work
environments... you don't need any network on that VMware session,
just connection to a shared hard drive area on the host machine.
There are a ton of great trials out there, some don't even let you
save but will work with the clipboard.  Good luck and happy
experimenting!

I want to followup with what I think is fair advice on the subject:
demos and trials are made to show off the software; if that is the
experience you want, to see if it will be a good tool for you, then
have at it.  Simple business liabilities and common sense dictate that
if you're using it beyond that, you pay for it.  You can safely buy
most software used if you get the original disks, but it'd be worth
calling the company to find out what you'll want to look for to make
sure it is being sold legitimately.  I followed up on some discount
software recently and was disgusted to discover burned ripped-off and
illegitimate media.  Watch out... for used software there is a weird
gray area wherein the seller is supposed to un-install all their
copies.  Impossible to tell, at least until they run them from a
network-connected machine.  The company who makes it might be able to
verify the serial#; plus, you could always just use it to save on an
upgrade.  Many products now have competetive "switch" programs where
you upgrade from a competitor's program.  Watch out for how old the
version are, for upgrades.

'nuff for now!

~ben




On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
...
> I'll see if I can figure out the commands, I have no idea where the META key
> is. A Mac thing? Help doesn't say much if anything about copy functions
> either.
...