Google SketchUp 5.0.295

• Popularity:

  #3 in 3D Modeling & CAD (out of 662 products)

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 193 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  732,731

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP, 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, 80MB disk space, IE 6.0+ or Firefox 1.5+

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  April 28, 2006

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Google SketchUp 5.0.295 SketchUp 5.0.232 SketchUp 5.0.15 SketchUp 5.0 SketchUp 4.0 SketchUp 4.0.170 SketchUp 4 SketchUp 4.0 SketchUp 3.1.31

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Publisher's description of Google SketchUp 5.0.295

Google SketchUp is a free, easy-to-learn 3D-modeling program with a few simple tools to let you create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects, and even space ships. You can add details, textures, and glass to your models, and design with dimensional accuracy. You can place your finished models in Google Earth, share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies. Google SketchUp is a great way to discover if 3D modeling is right for you.

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

For more information, watch a CNET video tour.

Editor's review of Google SketchUp 5.0.295

• 5.0 stars

• "3D models made simple"

This sketch-based 3D-modeling program offers a suite of powerful drawing tools that add an intuitiveness many design programs fail to achieve. On first impression, Google SketchUp may look like it sacrificed function for simplicity, but that's not the case. Despite the extremely user-friendly interface, SketchUp offers a suite of powerful 3D-drawing tools that let you experiment and play with new designs.

Using basic shapes in 3D space for your outline, you can then extrude those shapes to make buildings, houses, or really anything. There are actually a number of methods to build models and they're all covered by an excellent tutorial when you get started. You can pick from a number of true-to-life textures to simulate wood, concrete, grass, and several others. When your model is finished, you can save and print it, or you can even see it on a real map in Google Earth. We really like how easy it is to create models using this program and recommend it to anyone from the hobbiest, for experimentation and fun, to the professional, who can use this app for preliminary concepts for larger projects.

User reviews of Google SketchUp 5.0.295

• Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 193 votes
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• 5 stars

  30 out of 32 people found this review helpful

  Version: Google SketchUp 5.0.295

  "Best personal 3D tool out there!"

  by Me, Myself, and I on April 29, 2006

  Pros: First, it's free. It won't cost you a penny. Second, it's EXTREMELY easy to use, and it's feature-packed. There are great tutorials to get you started, but you probably won't even need those. Lots of pre-loaded textures to choose from. Very intuitive. Allows you to put your model in Google Earth!

  Cons: Nothing, except that it seemed that when bringing in terrain from Google Earth to build your model on, some bugs surfaced.

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• 4 stars

  28 out of 47 people found this review helpful

  Version: Google SketchUp 5.0.295

  "Cool program"

  by Raget on May 1, 2006

  Pros: A lot of fun, show all your friends your house, thats cool. Good fun, really good fun

  Cons: No use for serious CADer's

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• 5 stars

  19 out of 20 people found this review helpful

  Version: Google SketchUp 5.0.295

  "Fantastic"

  by rafman1936 on May 2, 2006

  Pros: Everything about this program. I've used AutoCad for the past ten years (no expert tho) but this program is way more fun. That's what I'll use it for, instead of games, it'll be SketchUp for me

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• 4 stars

  6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: Google SketchUp 5.0.295

  "for beginners and professionals."

  by PC_Nerd-Henry_Chan on August 1, 2006

  Pros: first, there is a tutorial (i can't spell it)

  It shows you how to use it.

  The buttons are easy to understand.

  It's all in 3D mode

  It has texture filling to make it look like a real model

  And it's got a britening tool (i can't spell it either)

  Cons: It's relatively slow and takes quite a bit of space.

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• 5 stars

  2 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: Google SketchUp 5.0.295

  "awesome, easy and fast. must get it!"

  by Dustin Dittmar on October 13, 2006

  Pros: I like how it can change 2d drawings in to 3d models really fast. It's totally cool.

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