Did you realize that SketchUp has been around for some four years? Time really flies, and over the years we’ve noticed that the number of user-generated 3D buildings springing up in Google-Earth has increased dramatically, so it’s about high time a new version of this program came out which is geared toward the production of Google Earth-ready models. Google has obviously noticed that this is a popular pastime among SketchUp fans.Full details of the new features can be found at theSketchUp website, but we’ve put together a list of some of the new features you’ll definitely want to know about:
- SketchUp 8 is a more powerful version geared specifically for building models for Google Earth.
- The earth imagery collection has been beefed up to include even more aerial, oblique, and street view photos, all with very high detail.
- More geometric detail in terrain imagery.
- Google Building Maker allows for the import and improvement of models.
- A community of geo-modelers allows for collaboration.
- “Solid” tools now available for general additive/subtractive modeling operations.
- “Outer Shell” allows for quick simplification of complex models.
- LayOut allows for professional documentation of models.
- Custom line styles now available.
- Dimensioning and annotation tools available.
- Native export to DWG/DXF 2010 format.
If you haven’t already downloaded the new version or upgraded to version 8, what are you waiting for?
Source – google-latlong.blogspot.com
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