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                        FREE 3-D design software download. Sketch your diaroma ideas on your 'puter.

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                        Tinker
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        FREE 3-D design software download. Sketch your diaroma ideas on your 'puter.
                        Posted by Tinker on Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:18 PM

                        I stumbled on this deal by accident while looking for something totally unrelated.  This software is free and can be downloaded immediately.  It's called Sketchup 6 and is found at this address:

                                    www.google.com/sketchup/products.html  

                        You can buy the PRO version for $495   Censored [censored]   or download the free one.  Thumbs Up [tup]  On the right side of the page is a list of links titled "Additional Resources" .  The 'Bonus Packs' link provides more usable items for the app.  and the 'User's Guide' ( pdf ) can be downloaded and/or printed out for use.  There's also tutorial videos there.  We can use this app for designing model dioramas and even landscaping ideas for our homes; or....

                         

                         

                        " 'Polls' are surveys of uninformed people who think it's possible to get the answer wrong." ...Ann Coulter
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                        kenny_conklin
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Staten Island, New York
                        Posted by kenny_conklin on Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:52 PM

                        thanks for the link

                        downloading it now, and also the 8 hour free trial of the pro version

                        "Rakkasans Lead the Way!"
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                        T-rex
                        • Member since
                          February 2007
                        • From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
                        Posted by T-rex on Friday, April 20, 2007 1:03 PM
                        Great and simple, but is it free?

                        Working on: Trumpeter SU-152 (1/35) Trumpeter E-10 (1/35) Heller Somua (1/35)

                        "The world is your enemy, prince of a thousand enemy. And when they'll find you, they will kill you... but they will have to catch you first ''

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                        Tinker
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Tinker on Friday, April 20, 2007 8:25 PM

                         T-rex wrote:
                        Great and simple, but is it free?

                        The Sketchup 6 is free, but the Pro version is $495.  The free version, plus the additional Packs will do great stuff for designing diaoramas and trying different arrangements before committing to use of materials in raality.  If you're a hobby gardener, design new layouts for your yard.  Try calling up and reading the user's guide or looking at some of the instructional videos.  I downloaded all of the vids last night, but haven't watched them yet.

                         

                         

                         

                        " 'Polls' are surveys of uninformed people who think it's possible to get the answer wrong." ...Ann Coulter
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