Google SketchUp is the award-winning program that delivers a completely new way to design in 3D. Google SketchUp is a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily. Google 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.
With Google SketchUp Pro 6’s LayOut (beta) feature, you can integrate 3D models with 2D elements like photographs, artwork, text, title blocks – even handwritten notes – to create compelling interactive presentations. LayOut (beta) also enables you to output large-format, high-resolution documents. In a single program, Google SketchUp Pro 6 combines high-quality 2D design tools with the ability to manipulate dimensionally accurate 3D models with CAD-like precision and scale.
New Features
Google SketchUp Pro 6 lets you create 3D models from photographs, match existing models to background photos, render sketchy effects and fog and mark your models with 3D text, logos and watermarks. With the new styles palette, you have easy access to a collection of display 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, Google SketchUp allows you to place your models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world using the 3D Warehouse.
* Note: LayOut features of Google SketchUp Pro 6 are currently in beta. For information on known issues read the Google SketchUp 6 Release Notes.
You need Google SketchUp Pro 6 if you want to:
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 customized elements and symbols for your presentations using 2D Vector graphics toolset.
Create, document and present your designs using a single software package.
Receive professional email technical support.
PC software:
M'zoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Media Center, or XP Professional. At this time, we're unable to support Windows Vista.
M'zoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
For multimedia tutorials: Windows Media Player or QuickTime 5.0
If you are using EarthLink TotalAccess, you must be running version 2005.2 or later.
PC hardware - minimum:
600 MHz Pentium III processor
128 MB RAM
80 MB of available hard disk space
Graphics card that is OpenGL compliant (make sure you have the latest graphics driver for your card*)
Windows compatible pointing device
PC hardware - recommended:
2 GHz Pentium 4 processor or higher
512 MB RAM
80 MB of available hard disk space
Graphics card that is OpenGL compliant (make sure you have the latest graphics driver for your card*)
3-button, scroll-wheel mouse
Download : Google SketchUp Pro 6