http://www.metafilter.com/tags/SketchUp Posts tagged with 'SketchUp' at MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:52:57 -0800 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:52:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51237/What%2Ddid%2Dthe%2Dbig%2Dtomato%2Dsay%2Dthe%2Dthe%2Dsquished%2Dtomato%2DSketchUp <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/product_suf.html">Google Releases Sketchup for All.</a> Google has released a <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/product_suf.html">free version of SketchUp</a> (<a href="http://sketchup.google.com/tutorials.html">video and tutorials</a>), quite possibly the coolest and most intuitive 3D authoring tool. An added bonus of SketchUp is it's <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=36241&topic=8539">integration into Google Earth</a>. Google has also provided a <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/">3D Warehouse</a> for the posting of your models, which can be downloaded into either application (SketchUp for editing, Earth for displaying). Kind of gives you some insight into their plans for using Google Earth as an Automotive (<a href="http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/05/honda-to-add-google-earth-to-cars/">Honda</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/03/vw-to-use-google-earth-for-the-best-in-navigation-technology/">Volkswagen</a>) GPS service. (Sidenote: how long until this is <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=1daa43b1c43cdbb8822cd65f5b72b286">seen</a> <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=c3df1486d893b29d18abc81041b791a0">as a threat</a> <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=9a3eed4690f1b2c35355885bec1ee6a0">to national</a> <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=464b53b8e1738ec8a61482dbc471aec3">security</a>?) tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51237 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:52:57 -0800 3D Earth Google Modeling SketchUp rzklkng