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Google SketchUp Beta
Google Inc
http://www.google.com
A powerful, yet surprisingly easy-to-use 3D drawing app that could introduce a whole generation of online users to simple CAD-like drawing.
Powerful. Relatively easy to use. Good Graphic. Nifty shadow controls.
Could confuse those unfamiliar with 3D and CAD apps.
By Lance Ulanoff
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.
Google Inc
http://www.google.com
A powerful, yet surprisingly easy-to-use 3D drawing app that could introduce a whole generation of online users to simple CAD-like drawing.
Powerful. Relatively easy to use. Good Graphic. Nifty shadow controls.
Could confuse those unfamiliar with 3D and CAD apps.
By Lance Ulanoff
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.