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Posted by dcoulmbe 1 day ago

KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rust and WebGPU(ketchup3d.github.io)
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charcircuit 1 day ago|
A pun doesn't make a name not trademark infringement.
selcuka 19 hours ago||
They seem to have renamed it to BenchUp. Not sure whether that would be sufficient.
rogerclark 21 hours ago||
It's not even a pun! The original name was barely a pun at all... this just the original name with any semblance of pun removed! Agh!
charcircuit 19 hours ago||
There is a popular condiment called ketchup. There is a clear pun between Ketchup and KetchUp.
navane 15 hours ago|||
It's not a pun if you use the exact word. SketchUp was the pun.
dcoulmbe 12 hours ago|||
The original idea was KetchUp (SketchUp) without subscription (S)
opan 1 day ago||
I like the idea and the name from the title, but if this is using LLMs, I'm not interested... Good luck to you anyway, I'm sure there's an audience for this. Used to know a guy who used SketchUp quite a bit. He modeled his basement living room with its weird overhangs and then a U desk to fit exactly into a corner by the stairs, then built the desk. I think he had no prior CAD experience.
charcircuit 1 day ago|
Pretty much all software is built using LLMs. That's a rather harsh filter.
mapontosevenths 1 day ago||
It's pretty easy to avoid. You just don't use anything Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Adobe, ServiceNow, Mozilla, Linux, etc.

There are literally at least 5 softwares you can still use... As long as you stick to BeOS.

dizhn 14 hours ago||
I haven't looked at the software itself yet. I am VERY interested in it.

It's like Bootstrap, then React all over again in terms of all web sites looking the same and the "Claude look" is much more suitable for a literary site than a software product.

fireflywedding 23 hours ago||
Does KetchUp plan to support importing existing SketchUp (.skp) files? For people with a library of existing models, import compatibility would matter more than export — STL/OBJ lose the editable structure that makes those files reusable.
flowerthoughts 17 hours ago||
There is an import option for .skp, at least.
mendelmaleh 22 hours ago||
hew3d does apparently
ravivarmat 17 hours ago||
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silasb 11 hours ago||
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zeandcode 22 hours ago|
Been waiting so long for this