Draftsight - Free 2D CAD Software

Draftsight 2D cad looks interesting. You can read, write and share DWG files. Looks very easy to use and its free. You don't loose anything in translation and it preserves the fonts and viewports(I've been told), which some freebies don't do.Worth checking out. Will be useful for students too, looking for a free alternative to other CAD programs.

All New 3D Challenge is back and coming soon!

Open to to anyone, the new SketchUp 3D Challenge is coming soon, so stay tuned and watch out for the announcements.

Follow this link here and make sure to read the challenge guidelines at the bottom of the page.

New Version of LightUp (v1.8) with the first in a series of GPU-based features.

The new release of LightUp (v1.8) is now available, in demo and retail form.
LightUp for SketchUp is a SketchUp plugin that adds realistic, realtime lighting to your sketchup models. Add lights, add windows, and watch your SketchUp scenes glow with gorgeous reflected light, soft shadows, subtle shading. Gone are the flat, boring surfaces of old.

There are some new features including, once the render is complete you can adjust Exposure, Contrast, Saturation and Temperature all inside SketchUp during real-time navigation. Real time Bloom can be adjusted to control the softness of the image. See here for details.

List of our Tutorials to date on our main site.

Here is a list of our tutorials on our main site. There is something for everyone, including artistic post processing, Photoshop, Sketchup and rendering tutorials from the very best people out there. We are adding new ones on a regular basis. Here is the Tutorials Link