Anyone who has tried his hand at 3D design knows how painful it is to produce even just one elevation in perspective. Most architects and engineers are forced to go out of their way to learn and master additional tools in order to put their idea into a visual entity. And believe me, it is tough. And when they do with the likes of heavy end CAD software, it gets more pathetic. Layer control, command line, too many options, scaling not to mention the monotonous look of a CAD drawing that lacks the finesse and the style of an architect’s distinctive style in sketching. Sometimes, you’d think you were better off with a pencil. Well, no more.

While browsing the documents and lecture notes on OCW, I came across a list of presentations that—the page said—were created using SketchUp. One look at SketchUp, their video presentation, the quality of images and I was like oh yeah, oh yeah.

Sneha and I right now are just oggling at the possibilities with a software like this. To sum it up, SketchUp is a software that lets you be yourself, lets you think and execute your ideas with incredible ease and without being in your way. I almost think there’s no learning curve whatsoever. How incredibly amazing! And, it has a soft touch of those projection lines that you’d have as a way of a visual impression of a sketch. While, it’s not like you’d do with your hand, it’s almost, and it’s great!

If you’re an architect, dude/babe, you’re missing the world if you’re not aware of this software. Guys, are you paying attention? This one’s for you too. Forget Studio Max, SketchUp [probably] gives amazing possiblities for your game development.

And it gets better, they have a plugin for Google Earth, and wait, it’s got Ruby API hardwired in! Oh my God!

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