SketchUp (Google)

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The SketchUp Product Family

Whether you want to design a dream home, the world's tallest building or just a new backyard deck, SketchUp makes visualizing and communicating your design ideas easy.

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• Click on a shape and simply push or pull it to create your disired 3D geomery.
  
• Experiment with color and texture directly on your model.
  
• Real-time shadow casting lets you see exactly where the sun falls as you model.
  
• Interactive Sections.
  
• "Sketchy rendering".
  
• Dimension & Annotation.
  

Google SketchUp (free)

Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. And once you've built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies.

Adding a deck? Remodeling your kitchen? From simple to detailed, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp (free) lets you populate the world with true 3D objects. Want to build a fully dimensioned 3D model that can be used as the basis for your next do-it-yourself project? Google SketchUp's expanded feature lets you build in as much detail as your project requires.

Google SketchUp is free for personal use. No registration is required.

SketchUp Pro 5

SketchUp Pro 5 is a powerful 3D modeling tool whose robust feature set empowers design professionals to explore and communicate complex concepts, import and export a host of file formats, and create interactive presentations. You can also use SketchUp Pro to print to high-resolution devices, place your models in Google Earth, and post them to the 3D Warehouse.

SketchUp Pro 5 empowers designers – alone or in teams – to explore complex design ideas, import and export a host of file formats, create interactive presentations, and print to high-resolution devices.

With its award-winning toolset, ease of use and robust interoperability and customization features, SketchUp Professional is the ultimate modeling tool for professional designers and 3D modelers. And let's face it – it's really fun to use.

SketchUp Pro 5 is approved for commercial use.