Sketch Up

Sketchup Version 6 :

Google SketchUp Abilities of SketchUp 3D campus buildingUseful Links

Sketch up

Easy compared to other 3D modeling packages; but all relative to experiance Surfaces and Lines models (vs Solid and Curves)

Trade off between computing power and absolute realism

Possible

Start in different ways

Work with or without scale

Build something real or imaginary

Share models

Photorealistic rendering

Animation

SketchUp 3D CampusUniversity of Minnesota - Department of Architecture Purdue University - Departments of Computer Graphics Technology and Education Concordia University, Loyola Campus - Department of Civil Engineering Stanford University - Department of Architectural Design Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) - Departments of Engineering and Computer Science Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering - Department of Engineering Dartmouth College - Departments of Computer Science and Digital Art

Useful LinksSketchUphttp://sketchup.google.com/index.html

Google 3D Warehousehttp://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse

Campus Modeling Contestshttp://contest.sketchup.com/intl/en/

Video Tutorialshttp://sketchup.google.com/3dbuildvideos.htmlhttp://www.aidanchopra.com/