My wife and I just moved to an apartment with a great backyard, but neither of us think spatially. Using Google Sketchup, it's been easier than I'd imagined to plan our Ultimate Patio 4000. If you ...

When Google purchased @Last software, makers of an obscure but powerful 3D modeling tool called SketchUp (not ketchup), it wasn't clear what Google wanted to do with it. Though a plugin for ...

Google's sale of a previously purchased arm of the company this morning, 3D modeling software SketchUp, to Trimble, isn't just something it does "every now and again". It's actually Google's first ...

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Today Google released Google SketchUp 6 at the 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, CA. Google SketchUp is a powerful, easy-to-use 3D software modeling tool that enables design ...

Google should partner with Apple and other computer vendors to bundle SketchUp with every computer sold. By doing so, Google could raise awareness of SketchUp from 1/1000 of 1 percent all the way ...

Google SketchUp is a free drawing and modeling application that allows you to create realistic 3D images of buildings and other structures and export them to graphics programs or online services ...

SketchUp is also noted for its integration with Google Earth. Buildings can be extracted from Google Earth and stored as models in 3D Warehouse for future SketchUp designs. See Google .

Google released new versions of its 3D modeling software, SketchUp and SketchUp Pro 7. The versions add features to make it more accessible for new users.

SketchUp is also compatible with Google Earth (3.0.640 or higher). Google Earth (Beta 4) supports textures and allows you to import and overlay rendered "KML" files from SketchUp on top of your maps.

SketchUp is a modeling program developed by Google that lets users create 3D models of buildings or living spaces. With Google SketchUp Pro you can work with data from other architectural and ...

Google. SketchUp 7 is still a relatively simple tool. It won't provide the kind of modeling capabilities you'll find in high-end tools, like Caligari's software, which starts at $895.