Copyright for blender and sketchup

[Nicnac]

Hey guys quick question

 

i am working on a research paper right now and wanted to make some simple illustrations and 3D models for visualization purposes only. Can I use the mentioned programs or do they limit this kind of use? Does anyone have experience with this?

[Origami Cactus]

SketchUp free student edition used to have that you couldn't use it for financial purposes, but now that doesn't exist anymore, only paid editions of sketchup.

Blender is used for anything, so i think you are free to use it for whatever you want.

[BrinkGG]

Sketchup free edition: https://www.sketchup.com/plans-and-pricing#for-personal

Blender (Always free iirc) : https://www.blender.org/

14 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

SketchUp free student edition used to have that you couldn't use it for financial purposes, but now that doesn't exist anymore, only paid editions of sketchup.

Free versions are still there. They just don't want you to know about them. 

 

@Nicnac as long as you are not profiting off of the models you make, you have no worries using the free versions of these softwares. 

[Nicnac]

Just now, Brink2Three said:

Sketchup free edition: https://www.sketchup.com/plans-and-pricing#for-personal

Blender (Always free iirc) : https://www.blender.org/

Free versions are still there. They just don't want you to know about them. 

 

@Nicnac as long as you are not profiting off of the models you make, you have no worries using the free versions of these softwares. 

The only way I‘d profit would be getting a degree eventually

[BrinkGG]

9 minutes ago, Nicnac said:

The only way I‘d profit would be getting a degree eventually

If you really feel uncomfortable using the free version, you could technically "contract" someone who has sketchup pro to draw it. I've done that before. 

[PlayStation 2]

I wanna say that Blender is completely open-source and that you should be able to use it for visualization purposes just fine.

Don't particularly remember, so if I'm wrong, sorry on that but I believe that's the case.

[Ithanul]

From Blender's main site:  https://www.blender.org/about/license/

 

And this is from Sketchup's site:  https://www.sketchup.com/license/c/sketchup

[Guest]

Depends on the scale of what you are created. Blender is a more advanced piece of software that can be used to create detailed models with high resolution textures. Sketchup is a bit more simple, and can be used somewhat to be modeled on a small scale but, in my experience with it (and I don't have much) it's better for architectural things.

Edit: blender is open source, and also fine to show models that you created in there.

[WereCatf]

2 hours ago, Nicnac said:

i am working on a research paper right now and wanted to make some simple illustrations and 3D models for visualization purposes only. Can I use the mentioned programs or do they limit this kind of use? Does anyone have experience with this?

You own the copyright to anything you create with Blender, commercial-use or personal.

[LogicalDrm]

Usually you just need to note what program you did use, and if you use any sources, add them. This based on maps I did for my Masters Thesis with QGIS.