Mark & Juanita wrote:


As the OP indicated in a subsequent reply, the new free version does
work. However, this should be a real red flag to those taking advantage of
the "free" version. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the new
version is also dated to expire at some future date. It is also not beyond
the realm of possibility that in the future, after people have invested
considerable time and effort in the creation of various files and
projects, that the "free" version could go away, leaving the only [legal
according to the DMCA] options available to either pay for the professional
version in order to liberate one's files or to abandon those files and the
accompanying work.

IIRC SketchUp is offered by Google as an adjunct to "Google Earth" in
hopes that users will populate the "Google Earth" database with 3D
drawings of the buildings in the users' respective area.

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

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