May 7th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
The city of Lisbon, Portugal is the latest addition to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. Over 14,000 models have been added to fill in around areas where many user-contributed models already existed.Sé de LisboaSince Google Building Maker added …
SketchUp in a high school history class
May 6th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Pick a high school – any high school – and in the history class you might find some of the students doodling, yawning and pretending to stay awake. Replace that scene with an enthusiastic teacher and a healthy dose of SketchUp and you might see every s…
Five continents and counting – new cities in Building Maker
May 5th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
You might have noticed that the Building Maker team has been quiet on the city front in the last month. Well, we’ve been working behind the scenes to make our next set of cities available for modeling. With 11 new cities, Google Building Maker has ex…
Building positions are now automatically updating
May 5th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
We have some good news to share with respect to 3D buildings and Google Earth imagery.A common challenge for geo-modelers are imagery updates that occur after a building model has been published to Google Earth. In some updates models were unaffected, …
May 3rd, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
3D models to help in visualization and communication have been one of SketchUp’s big strengths. Recently, I got in contact with Jim Fanjoy, an architect in the Peace Corps who has been using SketchUp for a school project in Guatemala. He has been u…
April 30th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
i.materialise is a web-based 3D printing service provider. You give them a computer model and some money, and they send you a physical model in return. Pretty simple, really.Except that 3D printing is usually anything but simple. Printing SketchUp mode…
April 29th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
If you’re a kitchen & bath designer who’s interested in learning more about using SketchUp in your workflow, this one’s for you. Our SketchUp Authorized Training Center friends at School are planning a Designer Bootcamp for late May. You’ll…
April 29th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
We’re happy to announce that Nashville, Indianapolis, Charlotte, and Dallas are the newest additions to the family of Google Earth cities with high-quality 3D imagery. Exploring some of America’s most well-known cities from the comfort of your own…
April 29th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
April is coming to a close, and you can still add your vote (if you haven’t already done so) for the best town in the Google Model Your Town Competition. On May 1, 2010 at midnight PST the voting page will be closed. We’ll announce the winner on May …
April 28th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
McCarthy Building Companies uses SketchUp Pro to streamline and enhance current processes which increase collaboration, improve quality, and reduce cost. Below is an excerpt of a case study we received from McCarthy. Visit our website to read the compl…
April 28th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Earlier this week Google announced the new Earth view in Google Maps. Earth view uses the Google Earth plugin to show 3D buildings, imagery, and terrain in the browser on Google Maps.The Google Boulder office (where Google SketchUp and Google Building …
April 27th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
We’ve collaborated with our friends at Easter Seals on a unique design competition that launched yesterday: Sketch-a-Space invites both pros and amateurs to use Google SketchUp to design spaces for people with autism. Our own Project Spectrum was start…
April 26th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
When we recently added some sharing options to the Google 3D Warehouse there was one we were itching to add (the support wasn’t yet public so we couldn’t): Google Buzz. Two weeks later, the Buzz team did its job (you may have seen their recent blo…
April 26th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Five years ago, shortly after Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, we introduced the first integration of Keyhole technology into Google Maps — Satellite view. Suddenly, you could see what places actually looked like from the air, and easily switch betw…
April 26th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Ever wish that you could warp and bend stuff more easily in SketchUp? You can — with the right plug-in. Ruby scripts for deforming your geometry abound; I wrote about FredoScale just recently. This time, I thought I’d mention Shape Bender by Chris Ful…