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What is SketchUp?

SketchUp is a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily. SketchUp was developed to combine the elegance and spontaneity of pencil sketching with the speed and flexibility of today's digital media.

Developed for the conceptual stages of design, this powerful yet easy-to-learn software allows for quick and easy 3D form creation, the result is an interface that supports a dynamic, creative exploration of 3D form, material and light.

SketchUp combines a compact yet robust tool-set with an intelligent guidance system that streamlines the 3D drawing process.

3D for Everyone!

Design software has been around for decades and is clearly here to stay. But we think something has been missing—the freedom, flexibility and fun that should go hand-in-hand with the design process. It's our view that while traditional CAD software is necessary for developing detailed drawings, it's simply too complex for most conceptual design work.

SketchUp bridges the divide between design utility and fun. As designers ourselves, we created SketchUp as much to satisfy our own wishes as those of our users.

We know you've heard it all before: what company doesn't claim that its software is 'a piece of cake to use' or 'the best around?' We're guilty of saying this too. But you don't have to take our word for it—you can try it yourself. Just download a FREE trial version, fire it up and give it a spin. Most people say they're off and running in a few hours.

Who uses SketchUp?

Fans of SketchUp include everyone from industry giants to industry-giants-in-the-making. As the 'Switzerland' of design software, we're neutral with respect to file formats and work hard to get along with everybody. In keeping with this, we've designed SketchUp to be compatible with most other modeling, image editing, and illustration applications that designers use. From architects to movie and set designers, from game developers to graphic artists, our users rely on SketchUp to help make their design ideas come to life.

Don't wait another minute to experience SketchUp. Download a FREE trial version and get for 8 full working hours of use. That's more than enough time to fall in love with its remarkably easy interface and unbelievably powerful functionality.

Use SketchUp for:

• Quick massing studies
• Exploring options and ideas
• Figuring out spatial design problems
• Setting up proper perspective for hand drawings
• Using SketchUp models as a base for presentation boards doctored with Photoshop

• "Communication tool"
• "Problem-solving tool"
• "Productivity tool"
• "Creativity tool"
• "Problem-finding tool"
• "Mass modeling tool only, not for presentations"
• "What-if tool"
• "Teaching tool"
• "Prototyping tool"
• "Design tool"
• "Best sketching tool ever"
• "Draft preparation tool"
• "Marketing tool"
• "Visualization tool"
• "Level design tool"
• "Consultation tool"
• "A form of therapy"
• "Understanding sunlight dynamics"
   

• New Features Sketchup 6

• Sketchup 6 lest you create 3D models from photogrpahs, match existing models to background photos match existing models to background photos, render, sketchy effects and fog and mark your models with 3D text, logo's  and watermarks. with the new styles palett, you have easy access to a collection of displays settings, which you can save and share. You also have greater control, with new features like enhanced modifier keys that let you perform operations like "copy" while you move, rotate or push/pull. If you use Google Earth , Sketchup allows you to place your models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world using the 3D warehouse.
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• You need sketchup Pro 6 if you want to:
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• Export 3D models to CAD and other 3D formats
• Export 2D vector images
• Create compelling multi-page design documents and presentations
• Arrange and annotate multiple scaled images on a single-page
• Create customised elemtns and symbols for your presentations using a 2D vector graphics toolset
• Create, documet and present your designs using a single software package
• Email professional technical support.
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