As noted several months ago, @Last Software has released SketchUp for Mac OS X. SketchUp is an award winning software solution for 3D design exploration. It offers deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tools for creating, viewing, modifying, and communicating 3D ideas quickly and easily.

SketchUp for Mac OS X

Primarily an innovative design tool for the AEC design professional, SketchUp can be used for an array of 3D visualization and modeling needs.

Design professionals use SketchUp to develop their design ideas from initial concepts all the way through detailing and documentation, as well as to better communicate those ideas to their clients via dynamic 3D presentations, e-mail and the web. Like no other design tool, SketchUp combines the elegance and spontaneity of pencil sketching with the speed and flexibility of todayÕs digital media.

The Platform of Choice for Design Pros

"The Mac is the platform of choice for design professionals," said Brian Makare, @Last Software's president. "Apple provides powerful OpenGL 3D acceleration hardware standard with every Mac, and only Mac OS X provides the robust combination of UNIX-based stability, sophisticated graphics, and high-performance connectivity that SketchUp users demand."

"With state of the art graphics technologies like OpenGL, Quartz and QuickTime integrated into the core of our operating system, Mac OS X delivers the ideal computing environment for design professionals," said Ron Okamoto, AppleÕs vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "SketchUp leverages these core strengths of Mac OS X to bring a powerful new design tool to the Mac."

Features of SketchUp for Mac OS X

• Component Editing, Unique Push/Pull and TourGuideTM animation.
• Native code built from the ground up using the Cocoa API.
• Built in support for OpenGL, leveraging the phenomenal 3D graphics performance built into every Mac.
• Adoption of the stunning Aqua interface to provide smoother interaction.
• Ties into Mac OS X/Cocoa Color Picker, providing superior color selection and accurate color matching through the system-wide ColorSync standard.
• Dynamic Section Cutting Tools allow designers to visualize and generate measurable building sections, floor plans, as well communicate complex spaces very effectively.
• Built-in PDF Integration.
• A unique interface with a short learning curve and an affordable price of $495.00.

Based in Boulder, Colorado, @Last Software develops innovative design tools for AEC professionals. To download a free demo copy of SketchUp or for more information visit: www.sketchup.com.