In 2006, shortly after I started working as the public geek at the Takoma Park Maryland Library, Google released a free version of its 3D drawing program, SketchUp. SketchUp was originally designed ...

As a kid, I was obsessed with Lego. Being able to take simple blocks and make them into complex structures which were just what I had in mind was a very powerful feeling. As a grown-up, I still ...

SketchUp is a 3D modeling application similar to Photoshop or AutoCAD. Unlike these programs, however, SketchUp does not have a grid feature to guide you while you are drawing your models. Instead, ...

Google has released Google SketchUp, a 3D modeling program that it acquired last month with the purchase of @Last Software. The tool lets users design and build three-dimensional models of a dream ...

Science is rich with happy flukes. Remember the story of penicillin? Alexander Fleming discovered the bacteria-destroying mold by accident when he left a culture dish uncovered in his lab in 1928.

For its upcoming tour, indie rock band of Montreal created a trippy visual show using Microsoft’s Kinect and Google SketchUp. “I envisioned a video production that would be highly psychedelic and ...

3D modeling for the rest of us became a little more intelligent today with Google's announcement of SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7, new versions of its popular modeling software. Amid a healthy ...

John Hanke and Brad Schell from Google were on hand to show us new versions of Google Earth and Google SketchUp. The new Google Earth launched yesterday with PC and Unix builds as well as a universal ...

Google’s sale of a previously purchased arm of the company this morning, 3D modeling software SketchUp, to Trimble, is its first divestment in years, and according to sources the search giant made a ...

Google on Wednesday announced a new version of its 3D modeling software, SketchUp 8. New features include model geo-location integration with Google Maps, more accurate terrain and color aerial ...