

“ is meant to be complementary to CAD programs … close to free hand sketching, but with the bells and whistles and convenience of doing it on the computer,” said Andrea Vaught, an architect with Webber+Thompson. In addition to sharing their designs on 3D Warehouse, users can place their models in Google Earth. Google’s 3D Warehouse is what gives the company’s tool an edge over competitors, Lenssen told TechNewsWorld.
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The tool comes with tutorials, and its interface and usability are more advanced and less quirky than other hobbyist 3D applications, commented Google Blogscoped writer Philipp Lenssen.ģD Warehouse, a companion site where SketchUp users can share and download models, offers thousands of pre-built models. SketchUp doesn’t have the power found in most CAD programs, but it might open doors to a new group of users who don’t create models for a living. “It is the most intuitive 3D modeling program I have ever used - and I’ve used many,” Scott Onstott, an author of many books on CAD, told TechNewsWorld. Based on early reports, the SketchUp system is easy for newcomers to model designing to learn. Google SketchUp is a free application that targets hobbyists.

The tool lets users design and build three-dimensional models of a dream home, a car, a skyscraper - and just about anything else that might come to mind. Google has released Google SketchUp, a 3D modeling program that it acquired last month with the purchase of Software.
