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On [[March 14]], [[2006]], [[Google]] acquired @Last Software, attracted by their plugin for [[Google Earth]] and on [[April 27]], [[2006]], Google announced Google SketchUp, a freely-downloadable version of SketchUp. [http://sketchup.google.com/] The free version is not as capable as SketchUp Pro 5, but it includes integrated tools for uploading content to Google Earth and to the [[Google 3D Warehouse]], a library of models created in SketchUp. |
On [[March 14]], [[2006]], [[Google]] acquired @Last Software, attracted by their plugin for [[Google Earth]] and on [[April 27]], [[2006]], Google announced Google SketchUp, a freely-downloadable version of SketchUp. [http://sketchup.google.com/] The free version is not as capable as SketchUp Pro 5, but it includes integrated tools for uploading content to Google Earth and to the [[Google 3D Warehouse]], a library of models created in SketchUp. |
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==SuWiki== |
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'''SuWiki''' is a Wiki encyclopedia for [[SketchUp]] users. |
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SuWiki provides an open environment for SketchUp users to find, and contribute to article and tutorials on the use of SketchUp. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 23:43, 6 August 2006
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A rendering of a restaurant in Rye, NY created with SketchUp | |
Developer(s) | |
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Stable release | 5
/ 2005 |
Operating system | Windows, Mac OS X |
Type | 3D computer graphics |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www.sketchup.com |
SketchUp is a 3D modelling program designed for professional architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions, recently acquired by Google. Developed by @Last Software from Boulder, Colorado, it is marketed as an easy-to-use conceptual tool with a simple interface.
Some of its key features include:
- A smart drawing cursor (inference) system that allows users to draw 3D objects using a 2D screen and mouse.
- Simple massing study capability via "push-pull".
- An interactive Heliodon, or sun angle simulator.
- A fast, easy way to animate camera and sun movements.
- Models can be individually colored with an assortment of solid colors, textures and materials.
SketchUp was first released in early 2001 as a general purpose 3D content creation tool. It quickly found a market in architecture and building design industries, however, and was revised to suit the needs of working professionals. The key to its early success was in its non steep learning curve, allowing for a much shorter learning period than other commercially available 3D tools.
The newest version, SketchUp 5 possesses options to allow the user to extrude and widen as well as the ability for a face to "follow" the cursor around an object.
Add-ons can be downloaded from @Last's website. One such add-on allows the user to export the 3D model as a .kmz file which can then be opened in Google Earth. This add-on allows accurate geo-referencing of SketchUp models and accurate placement of those models in Google Earth. The add-on allows SketchUp to import modeling context (photographic + terrain model) from Google Earth for modeling reference.
Google SketchUp
On March 14, 2006, Google acquired @Last Software, attracted by their plugin for Google Earth and on April 27, 2006, Google announced Google SketchUp, a freely-downloadable version of SketchUp. [1] The free version is not as capable as SketchUp Pro 5, but it includes integrated tools for uploading content to Google Earth and to the Google 3D Warehouse, a library of models created in SketchUp.
SuWiki
SuWiki is a Wiki encyclopedia for SketchUp users.
SuWiki provides an open environment for SketchUp users to find, and contribute to article and tutorials on the use of SketchUp.
External links
- SketchUp official site
- www.SUWiki.org The SketchUp Wiki
- RPS Ray Trace Rendering Add-on for SketchUp
- RPS 3D PDF Exporter Add-on for SketchUp
- Using Google SketchUp; Examples of 3D models
- Google Blog announcing purchase of SketchUp
- Google 3D Warehouse
- The SketchUp Component Collection for components related to Custom-Built PCs
- SketchUp Tools & Plugins Smustard tools are plugins that add command features to simplify repetitive or difficult modeling management tasks.
- Portal SketchUp Brasil the Brazilian Community of SketchUp Users