We've made SketchUp even more intuitive, added tools for power users, and made it easier to find and share models with the world.

We've made SketchUp easier to use.

With edges that automatically break other edges where they cross, objects that are smart enough to know how they should behave when you interact with them, and drawing hints that are clearer and more consistent, Google SketchUp 8 is the most intuitive SketchUp ever.

It's all about collaboration and sharing.

In SketchUp 8, you can search for models in the Google 3D Warehouse right from the Component browser, take credit for what you contribute, keep track of your collaborators, and generally bask in the glow of knowing you're part of the worldwide 3D community

SketchUp Pro 8: Create, modify and share 3D models

All the intuitive modeling, visualization and collaboration features of SketchUp 8, plus exporters for a long list of 2D and 3D vector file formats. Also, generate tabular reports based on the entities in your models.

LayOut 3: Create flexible 2D presentations, quickly

Link your models to multi-page 2D presentation documents, add images, text and graphics, and share your designs as high-resolution prints, digital exports and onscreen slide shows.
Learn more about LayOut 3

Dynamic Components: Make smarter models with custom behaviors and attributes

Teach components to animate and scale like they do in real life. Add custom attributes that extend your models' usefulness. Build configurable components that are easy for everyone to use.
Learn more about Dynamic Components

Style Builder: Create custom, sketchy-edge display Styles for SketchUp

Guarantee that your drawings will look totally unique by creating your own Styles. Base them on strokes you make with pens, pencils, markers or anything else.
Learn more about Style Builder

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Student version info for SketchUp Pro 8:

- Please note that SketchUp for Education Licenses are to be used for educational purposes only; they should not be used for commercial (for-profit) work of any kind.

- How are Student Licenses different from regular commercial licenses?
Like all of our educational licenses, our Student License and our regular commercial license work exactly the same; we haven't put any limitations on printing, saving, or anything else. The only difference is that Student Licenses expire while commercial licenses don't.

- What happens when the next version of SketchUp is released?
As with all SketchUp for Education licenses, version upgrades are free during the time frame of the license.

- A student may install their license on as many computers as they own, but only one copy will run at a time on their network. The license can be transferred to a different computer, but the expiration date will remain the same.



Windows XP

Software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
- Google SketchUp Pr- requires .NET Framework version 2.0. For more information about the .NET framework, click here.
SketchUp will run on 64bit versions of Windows, but it will run as a 32bit application.
Recommended hardware
- 2+ GHz processor.
- 2+ GB RAM.
- 500 MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 512+ MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.
- 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse.
Minimum hardware
- 600 MHz processor.
- 128 MB RAM.
- 128 MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 128 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.


Windows Vista

When installing Google SketchUp 7 on Windows Vista, right-click on the install file and choose Run as Administrator. Likewise, when authorizing Google SketchUp Pro 7, right-click on the Google SketchUp 7 icon on your desktop and select Run as Administrator.

Software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
- Google SketchUp Pro requires .NET Framework version 2.0. For more information about the .NET framework, click here.
SketchUp will run on 64bit versions of Windows, but it will run as a 32bit application.
Recommended hardware
- 2+ GHz processor.
- 2+ GB RAM.
- 500 MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 512+ MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.
- 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse.
Minimum hardware
- 800 MHz processor.
- 1 GB RAM.
- 15 MB of total hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 256 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.


Mac OS X

Software
- Mac OS X 10.4.1+ and 10.5+.
- QuickTime 5.0 and web browser for multimedia tutorials.
- Safari.
Neither Boot Camp nor Parallels are supported environments.
Recommended hardware
- 2.1+ GHz G5/Intel processor.
- 2 GB RAM.
- 400 MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 512+ MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.
- 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse.
Minimum hardware
- 1 GHz PowerPC G4.
- 512 MB RAM.
- 160 MB of available hard-disk space.
- 3D class video Card with 128 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.
- 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse.



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