Often, while drinking morning coffee at my desk, I read the latest SketchUp-related stories and blog posts found by my favorite search engine and alert tool. One of these searches led me to the folks at Lowney Architecture. Their firm uses SketchUp for…
Today, we released two new international and six US cities for Google Building Maker. We now have high-resolution, multi-angle aerial imagery available for over 75 cities — quickly modeling buildings for context or Google Earth just keeps getting easi…
Big, Flashing Reminder: There’s one week left to get your entries in for the 2010 Google Model Your Town Competition. We’ve got some really beautiful towns so far, but it’s likely that most folks are waiting until the very last minute to fill out the o…
We’re pleased to announce the addition of Vienna, Austria to our collection of 3D cities in Google Earth.Vienna is well known for its culture; its theater, music, opera and museums are all exceedingly popular destinations for locals and tourists alike….
There’s a growing community of people who have taken it upon themselves to model the whole world in 3D. Some are using Google SketchUp, some are using Google Building Maker, and some are using both together. There’s a also a growing community of people…
The Google Boulder office is fanatical about 3D buildings in Google Earth, so you might imagine our delight when the folks over at EarthvisionZ dropped by the office to show us what they’ve been working on for the upcoming 2010 Winter Games.Earthvision…
We’re excited to announce the appearance of a fourth continent in Google Building Maker: Australia. This doesn’t mean you have to eat Vegemite, know what a boomerang is or sing a Men at Work song to get started — just visit Building Maker and select t…
SketchUp 7.1 (free and Pro) is available today in native versions for Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Traditional Chinese speaking users. As of today, SketchUp 7.1 users can choose between nine different languages (English, French, Italian, German, Sp…
Madrid, Spain is the latest city to be introduced to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth.The City of Madrid contains scores of beautiful structures ranging from art museums and classical monuments to palatial government buildings. The prevalence of …
The update to the 3D Warehouse we just released includes a couple of additions we think you’ll like. If you’ve ever submitted a building for Google Earth and had it rejected because of a “Processing Failed” error, you’ve probably been a little confused…
While there’s a healthy selection of books about SketchUp Pro, there hasn’t been a book dedicated entirely to LayOut – until now. Longtime friend-of-SketchUp and writer Bonnie Roskes has just released Google SketchUp Hands-On: LayOut 2.1. The boo…
The countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics has begun, and the Google Boulder office has been busy modeling the Olympic venues in Vancouver, BC using Google SketchUp.Last month, we introduced photo-realistic 3D models for eight of the nine venues hosting…
We’re pleased to announce that we added Cincinnati, Ohio to Google Earth in 3D today. Start exploring by opening Google Earth and searching for “Cincinnati, OH”; make sure the “3D Buildings” layer is turned on.This city is a great example of how multip…
You may already be familiar with Max Grüter in Google 3D Warehouse; you’d recognize him by his ubiquitous blue jumpsuit and green cap, though sometimes he sports an iconic EVA space suit. Max is perhaps the first “downloadable artist.” In the physic…
To get the new year kicked off right, we’ve got a fresh new build of Google SketchUp (Free and Pro) for you to install. For this maintenance release, we focused on fixing some bugs and two security issues that we’ve had reported. This free upgrade is r…