Atlast SketchUp 5.0.232

SketchUp Gets a Facelift
Yep, and we did it without the expense or invasive surgery. New toolbars & icons (see sidebar) give SketchUp a whole new look, without sacrificing any of its intuitiveness or simplicity.

The new "Snappy Dialogs" are awfully handy. We've taught all the little settings panels to stick together. There are new ways to manage keyboard shortcuts, and the list of tools and operations that can have shortcuts assigned has been expanded.

For folks who are new to SketchUp, the new Getting Started application includes self-paced tutorials and some links to key areas on our website. There are also terrific enhancements to our online User's Guide including a concepts section, a glossary, and visual cues letting users know when a companion video tutorial is available on the same topic.

Cool New Tools
Wait until you see what we're calling "The Sandbox." It's a new set of tools for modeling terrain and other organic shapes. When you come to play in our sandbox you can:
- Bring in your survey data and create a surface from contours
- Draw a surface from Scratch
- Build berms and hills with our new SmooveTM Tool (it's a "smooth mover")
- Put roads, building pads, parking lots, etc. in your model with the Stamp Tool
- Project 2D geometry onto any complex 3D surface with the new Drape Tool
- Use the Add Detail Tool to add resolution to any surface