V-Ray is an incredibly powerful renderer — but it’s also remarkably easy to use. The number-one* 3D renderer used in architectural visualization is battle-tested and industry-proven, used daily to ...

Google SketchUp is an engineering tool that you can use to quickly create three dimensional objects to scale. A key activity that you will do again and again in SketchUp is aligning one component to ...

If your business involves rendering 3D drawings or sketches of objects such as buildings or floor plans, you might know about Google SketchUp. SketchUp allows you to model 3D objects or import models ...

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 ...

Make a Left 4 Dead Level! For a lot of computer users, their first experience with 3D modeling was in building levels for one of the classic 3D shooters, like Quake. In terms of sheer fun value and ...

SKP is a 3D file format that is native to SketchUp software, a 3D modeling software. Like any 3D format, SKP files also store 3D models, and they consist of sketches, layers, model information, ...

SketchUp Projects for Kids (Intermediate Series – 3 book set) ($44.95) SketchUp Projects for Kids (Advanced Series – 4 book set) ($54.95) Available from 3DVinci.net Google Sketchup is a playful, fun ...

The Google SketchUp Blog has the neat story of Jim Fanjoy and how he used SketchUp to help the Peace Corps build a school in Guatemala. The complexities of building a two-level, 8,000 square foot ...

I love hearing about how companies are using SketchUp in their work more and more often, and Alexander James International is a great example of that. Recently featured in the Google SketchUp Blog, ...