What is 3D Warehouse and How Does it Benefit SketchUp Enthusiasts?
What exactly is 3D Warehouse?
To quote Google, “The Google 3D Warehouse is an online repository of 3D models. Anyone can search for and download models, but to publish your own, you'll need to sign in using your Google account.” A great way for you to exhibit your 3D work is by publishing your models to 3D Warehouse. If you'd like to share some of your creations, this can be done through the “Best of 3D Warehouse”. However, one needs to keep in mind that only the top-rated models are selected for this layer. This works with Google SketchUp and the two are meant to be used together.
How does this benefit SketchUp enthusiasts?
SketchUp uses the most advanced approach to 3D content creation. Here's some great news for SketchUp fanatics - Google Earth, Google SketchUp and 3D Warehouse are fast becoming the center of public-participation projects and marketing campaigns, as well as the usual Internet lunacy. In short, this new triad - Google Earth, Google SketchUp and 3D Warehouse - is so user-friendly (albeit you do need to take a little bit of time to learn it) that anybody can use it and this is a new trend in 3D creations.
You don't actually need to be a professional at creating 3D models. You can actually have fun whilst creating your models and to top it off, you have unlimited access to “authoring tools” in SketchUp.
