A great day for 3D
Posted by Brad Schell, Product
Management Director, Google SketchUp
Last month we
told you that @Last Software had joined the Google fold. Today
we’re releasing Google
SketchUp, a free version of our 3D modeling software, which
makes our long-time vision of making 3D accessible to everyone a
reality.
We’re still offering
design professionals like architects, designers, builders, art
directors and game developers. Both Google SketchUp and SketchUp
Pro 5 enable you to place models in
some additional features.
The new Google SketchUp is for the do-it-yourselfer, the hobbyist —
really anyone who wants to build 3D models for use in Google Earth.
Go ahead and model that new kitchen, or deck, landscape your
virtual garden, or impress your teacher with a roller coaster or
medieval castle. When you’re finished, place your model in Google
Earth. There! The beginning of a virtual world. Warning: don’t
start messing with this stuff after dinner because your first
experience could be an all-nighter… making an idea come to life in
3D can be very addicting.
And what could be better than that? Well, sharing your work with
everyone else through the
Accessible through both versions of SketchUp, 3D Warehouse enables
you to upload, search, browse, view, and download SketchUp models.
Just as you do with Google search, enter some keywords and the 3D
Warehouse shows you all your options. Grab the one you want and
import it into your model. (Note that the Warehouse is not stocked
up yet — so model something yourself and upload it for all the
world to see.)
Visionaries, utopians, virtual world builders: your time has come.
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