Google Sketchup for Dummies
\nfrom Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder<\/p>\n
SketchUp is Google’s free 3D drawing program. It’s easy to use, but it’s even easier when you watch someone with a lot of SketchUp experience use the application and explain what they’re doing.<\/p>\n
Aidan Chopra is an experienced SketchUp user. In fact, he wrote Google SketchUp for Dummies. (Here’s PC World’s generally glowing review of Chopra’s book.) He also created several videos available on his YouTube page that will get you quickly up to speed on the way SketchUp works. Link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Google Sketchup for Dummies from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder SketchUp is Google’s free 3D drawing program. It’s easy to use, but it’s even easier when you watch someone with a lot of SketchUp experience use the application and explain what they’re doing. Aidan Chopra is an experienced SketchUp user. 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