Google releases SketchUp for Mac OS X

SketchUp has been available for OS X for a long time. It still is; it costs $495.

The difference with this release is that it comes since Google accquired sketchup and so it costs nothing. Hence the title "Google releases sketchup for OS X".

I thought there was already a plugin to allow exporting to GoogleEarth, but I could be wrong-- I've not been able to afford to run the program 'till now :)

Seriously.
Sketchup has been available for OS X since 2001.

If you want free software with source, take a look at http://digg.com/software/Free_screenwriting_software

It's not a graphics program like SketchUp, but they are giving it away once it hits end-of-life rather than just making it unavailable.

Just use MODO by luxology.com

the original sketchup was available for MacOS-X already for a long time. This newer version is different in that it exports to a Google-Earth format.

I downloaded the installer and it runs perfectly on 10.3.9 for me. I have no problem with giving the installer permissions, as its a standard thing for installing items into the library, just as it was with the old original sketchUp.

BTW, SketchUp is the truest 3D-for-the-masses program I've ever seen... I wish I could export vrml and 3dmf with it...guess I gotta buy the real thing. :P

Am I missing something? I've been using Sketchup in OSX for yonks. How is this new to OSX?

E.

For the record: while the download page states that OS X 10.4 is required, the installer says 10.3. I'm running it on 10.3.9, which I guess sheds some light on which we should believe.

I downloaded and installed it. It's a lot of fun! Easy to use. Gonna try out textures. Maybe make a 3D version of my iBook?

". No universal binary? how crap" - yeah - goes for Maya as well, im starting to get worried now its owned by Autodesk, pplleeasssee dont make me have to buy a pc, or even dual boot.

Haha, this is really ridiculous... I just downloaded and mounted it, only to be surprised by an installer app, that, and this is the best part, REQUIRES administrator privileges to run!

Haha, without me, Google... I just don't know what kind of things you're going to install here... certainly makes me very suspicious.

Sorry Google, no privileges for you and your app, as fine as it may be.


On a sidenote... if you look at the installer app's content, you can see that the app "Google SketchUp.app" is inside there... and whole lot of other stuff, that is supposed to go the /Library. I don't know, why this is really necessary... maybe someone hardcoded some plugin paths into the app.