Can this be done in SU?

[jeff hammond]

lol. nice.
digging the woven java jacket.

[panixia]

Very nice suggestions, leading to terrible topology.
Don't try it if some real displacement gonna happen.
For exactly the same reason don't import it in zbrush or sculptris.

There's only one decent way to model such things and it's not supported in SU.

why not?

[michaliszissiou]

You need some more tools now, like loop cuts etc.
You don't also have a UI for making this work fast and easy.
You also need artisan to make it smooth.

[panixia]

ok, if we are talking about create and animate organic characters and so on, i totally agree with you.. blender is blender..
but if we are just talking of a coffee cup i think sketchup is good enough, you are right, maybe you need a couple of plugins of course, but at least you don't need to import/export/convert/learn blender..