Posted by Lori Meiskey, Software EngineerInterested in checking out 3D models of Sportstadions van over de hele wereld (Sports Venues of the World)? Or maybe you’d like to Vytvořit nebo přidat do 3D sbírky (create or contribute to a collection)?No…
Posted by Tyson Kartchner, Learning GuruVideo tutorials have been part of the SketchUp experience since… well, for quite a long time. SketchUp has grown a lot since then, and since we try our best to keep up, we’re very happy to announce our latest a…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistThere’s a nifty new site on the interweb that I thought SketchUp fans might like to know about. It’s called SceneCaster, and it lets anyone with a Windows computer (a Mac version is due next year) create intera…
Posted by Chris Dizon, Account Manager, SketchUpA few weeks ago, at the ASLA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the SketchUp team learned about a pretty cool piece of software called Land F/X. It’s basically an AutoCAD-compatible (and thus Windows-only) …
Posted by Adam Hecht, GeomodelerThis weekend, a handful of us from the SketchUp team will be in beautiful Austin, Texas attending Maker Faire. In case you didn’t know, Maker Faire celebrates the “Do-It-Yourselfer” in everyone; it features tools and tri…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistWe just received a note from our friend Clark Bremer of Northern Lights Timber Framing. It seems that lots of timber frame builders are using SketchUp to help them figure things out and sell projects to clients…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistA couple of weeks ago, we decided to run a friendly competition for today’s Blog Action Day post. We asked readers of the SketchUpdate newsletter to submit examples of sustainable work they’ve done in SketchUp….
Posted by James Therrien, Training ManagerA lot of folks have been asking us about training for Google Earth Pro. They want to know how to get the most out of the features like: making custom placemarks using overlays i…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistHave you ever wondered how to add your own components to the libraries that appear in SketchUp’s Component browser? I built a model of my sofa a while ago, and I wanted to add it to the Seating library (which I…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistRemember a few weeks ago, when I wrote about our office’s demoralizing last-place finish in the Boulder kickball league? It led me to wonder if there might be a connection between working on computers all day a…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistI received a great question about working with colored edges the other day. Most people don’t even know it’s possible to assign different colors to edges in a SketchUp model; I’ll admit that I didn’t until more…
Posted by Craig D’Andrea, SketchUp Quality Assurance TesterI was hanging out on the SketchUcation Community Forums when I came across a post from a SketchUp user named Andrija Posarić from Zagreb, Croatia. He used it on a pretty amazing project, so I …
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistI was fiddling around with a SketchUp model the other day, and the need arose to give it a graphic frame. I wanted to be able to apply a colored border, a logo, a title and some instructions that would be visib…
Posted by Chris Cronin, Account Manager, SketchUpGreen is a popular color these days, and for good reason: Designers, builders and homeowners around the world are working to create and maintain sustainable buildings. One area of the U.S. where green de…
Posted by Chris Dizon, SketchUp Account ManagerIn last September’s SketchUpdate, we mentioned a very cool (though PC-only) product called the Hypercosm Teleporter. Basically, it allows you to securely embed a SketchUp model into a web page and navigate…