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A few great new items have been released to help make SketchUp an even more powerful product to use. You can read more about it on the Shadelight blog, or check out some videos of the new features on ...

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 ...

Although Sketchup’s primary purpose is as a 3D editor, it can also be useful for making 2D images. For instance, for a quick 3D effect on a logo, import an image of the logo into Sketchup, then trace ...

I'm serious. The basic tools found in SketchUp's are the same ones found in the good old MS paint. There is the line tool, shape tool, eraser, paint bucket and everything else. The only things that ...

As a kid, I was obsessed with Lego. Being able to take simple blocks and make them into complex structures which were just what I had in mind was a very powerful feeling. As a grown-up, I still ...

Google’s sale of a previously purchased arm of the company this morning, 3D modeling software SketchUp, to Trimble, is its first divestment in years, and according to sources the search giant made a ...