Thursday, November 20, 2008

The 3D Warehouse inside SketchUp

To help celebrate the launch of SketchUp 7, the 3D Warehouse team got together and decided to give the SketchUp product team (and the worldwide modeling community) a little gift; we made some changes so the 3D Warehouse works better with SketchUp – and not just SketchUp 7. Tom S. and I sat down to work on it, and a few cups of coffee later, here we are.

Now when you click the Get Models icon in SketchUp, you'll see a new, simplified homepage with a cleaner overview of 3D Warehouse content. You can sit back and watch the models roll by or get straight down to business by searching for what you need. Here's another hint: If you're new to the 3D Warehouse, the content under the Browse and Learn menus is also worth a closer look.

We've improved the model upload process, too. Clicking Share Model (back in SketchUp) provides you with a greatly simplified upload page. It also includes a preview of your model image and a map for geo-located models.


Posted by Matt Simpson, UX (User Experience) Designer
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2008 at 11:52 AM

    Thats great!

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  2. Mac MachdoemNovember 23, 2008 at 3:06 PM

    yes .. definitely is a good idea.. so from now on I don't have to subscript to an expensive 3d model company.. the quality of the 3d model you have in 3d warehouse is fantastic

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  3. AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 4:59 PM

    I love SketchUp but I can't upload more than 13 models to my account. everytime I try to upload the 14th model, the last model I uploaded gets kicked out. Pluse the previews for some of the models in my collections don't match the model in the file. Can we fix this next please?

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  4. RichDecember 5, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    Hi hodappdesigns,

    Would you mind posting this question to http://groups.google.com/group/3dwh/topics? I'll reply (and most likely request more details) there.

    Thanks,
    Rich

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