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This past summer, Supermodeler Arkadiusz Pawlowski (a.k.a. Arek, a.k.a. aroo) decided to hold a SketchUp workshop for students at the Nicolas Copernicus University of Toruń. He partnered with fellow Toruń alumni Radoslaw Golba to teach the course. I …

Today we’re announcing a new approach to bestowing “Super Modeler” status on our geo-modeling rock stars. More on that below—but first a little history.A new form of 3D modeling began when @Last Software, the maker of SketchUp, was acquired by …

The winners of the i.materialise 3D Printed Lamp Design Challenge for SketchUp have been announced, and they’re beautiful. Check ‘em out:First Place:3D Maze by Corre Second Place:Parasite by ParadoxThird Place:HD Studio Lamp by Zach Hines & Oli…

There’s something I’ve been meaning to show you—I pointed to this work in the introduction to our SketchUpdate newsletter a few months ago, but I’ve never mentioned it on this blog. A glaring omission, I realize.ixlrlxi (I don’t even know his…

Instant Roof, by Chuck Vali of Vali Architects, is a truly great SketchUp Ruby script. Its purpose is simple – you use Instant Roof to quickly create gables, hips, sheds and trellises anywhere you need them. This script has everything going for it:It…

We’re awfully proud to announce that SketchUp 8 – and SketchUp Pro 8 – are now available in French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Traditional Chinese. With both UK and US versions of English, that’s a gran…

Our November and December 2010 SketchUp Authorized Training Center schedule is now available. The map below contains information on specific locations, dates, and courses provided:View in a larger mapPosted by Shara Rice, SketchUp Training Team

Our Project Spectrum team has been lucky to form a number of great new relationships over the last couple of years. One of the most rewarding has been getting to know the folks at Easter Seals. (I have to admit that most of my Easter Seals associations…

Those of you who use SketchUp with 3ds Max 2010 are in luck; the folks over at Autodesk have created a nice importer that should make your life just a little bit easier. They’ve even made a lovely video to show it off:The new SketchUp import capabiliti…

We were happy as clams when we heard from David Mares earlier this week. You might remember David as the winner of the People’s Prize in the Design It: Shelter Competition we ran with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation last year. His entry “CBS

Heads up to all you woodworkers out there: Tim Killen, a contributor to Fine Woodworking.com’s Design-Click-Build blog has just released a brand new PDF e-book: Google SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers.Tim has been a big advocate of 3D design in the woo…

Friday, October 1st marked the closure of our SketchUp Questions and Ideas Series. We want to thank everyone who participated; whether you provided an idea or a vote, we’re incredibly excited that you contributed. In the last month, 643 people have s…

When we launched Google Building Maker on October 13th of last year, folks could build models in 50 cities on 3 continents, and Building Maker was available in 14 languages. During the past year, Building Maker’s coverage has grown to 101 cities on 6…

Leave it to me to over-complicate things.Last week, I was shopping for a new sofa online. I found a few that look promising, but I wanted to know how each would fit in my living room. I’ve already modeled my whole house, so all I needed was a model of …

Zillions of people around the world use Esri’s ArcGIS software to manage, analyze and display their geographic data. Over the last few years, lots of these folks have had to jump through hoops to get their SketchUp models into Esri’s ArcGIS as mult…