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Google SketchUp Beta
By Larry Hendrick | April 30, 2006
Here is more information on the new FREE product from Google, SketchUp. I am sure that over the next week or two, a lot of information will come out about it, but the best information yet is the availability of existing models you can download. This gives you a great starting point for any object you want to model and Google is also providing tutorials to help you get up and running quickly.
ABC News: Google SketchUp Beta:
Google SketchUp Beta, the brand new, free 3D drawing tool isn’t an obvious fit for the Google desktop application canon. However, this blend of vector-based 3D drawing and CAD-like control lets you rapidly build 3D models that can be exported to numerous bitmap and compressed file formats and, more importantly, geo-coded and shared on the company’s Google Earth satellite imagery program, which is also free. So, it’s a undeniably cool, oddball app that has the potential to turn one of Google’s most popular services, Google Earth, into an even more powerful and personal tool.
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