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Model geo-location with Google Maps
We’ve built Maps right into SketchUp. Adding a geo-location to your model is now an elegant, one-app process.

Color imagery and more accurate terrain
The snapshot you get when you add a geo-location to your model now includes 3D terrain data that’s more accurate, and -- for the first time -- aerial imagery in color.

Match Photo improvements
Our Match Photo feature lets you trace one or more photographs to build a model; it’s an incredibly powerful tool. For SketchUp 8, we’ve tweaked some things to make using Match Photo easier than ever.

SketchUp, meet Building Maker
When it comes to modeling existing buildings, it’s hard to beat Google Building Maker for speed and efficiency. We’ve made it simpler to open and refine Building Maker models in SketchUp.

Windows (PC)

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
• Google SketchUp Pro requires .NET 1.1 framework. For more information about the .NET framework
• SketchUp will run on 64bit versions of Windows, but it will run as a 32bit application.
• 800 MHz processor.
• 1 GB RAM.
• 15 MB of total hard-disk space.
• 3D class Video Card with 256 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.

Macintosh (Mac)

• Mac OS X® 10.4.1+ and 10.5+.
• QuickTime 5.0 and web browser for multimedia tutorials.
• Safari.
• Neither Boot Camp nor Parallels are supported environments.
• 2.1+ GHz G5/Intel™ processor.
• 2 GB RAM.
• 400 MB of available hard-disk space.
• 3D class Video Card with 512+ MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver is 100% OpenGL compliant and up to date.
• 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse.