

near photo-realistic rendering) and enables placement of its models within Google Earth.

The program includes drawing layout functionality, allows surface rendering in variable "styles", supports third-party "plug-in" programs hosted on a site called Extension Warehouse to provide other capabilities (e.g.

windows, doors, automobiles), 3D Warehouse, to which users may contribute models. There is an online library of free model assemblies (e.g. SketchUp is owned by Trimble Inc., a mapping, surveying and navigation equipment company. Draw in 3D.”, most of the workflow is easy to grasp and can be learned in a matter of minutes. As described by their slogan “Think in 3D. First launched in 2000, SketchUp is a popular CAD program that does its best to provide a simple, intuitive user interface.
