Modeling in Context: New Features in Google SketchUp 7.1

The Get Nearby Models feature is all but useless until more non-commercial models are uploaded. For instance - most of San Francisco exists in 3D on Google Earth but you can only "Get" a very small handful of models. I applaud the functionality but it will be a while before it works the way it should.

this is a great vid. i now have sketchup!
btw you sound like Kermit the frog lol
anyways really helpful - thanks

Glad there are more photo realism features. Would be nice if Google One day made it automatic.

I see this was created using Keynote for mac

Yes!

If I get Sketchup 7.1 will I be able to use the License code in Sketchup 7.0 ?

yep cause you can use Collada in GTA! Someone still needs to do that mashup! Monster milk truck was ok, but really a city needs to be built in GTA MapEditor

You have to have a geo-located terrain tile, you are building on. (I'm guessing)
So open Google Earth and get a nice overhead view of the building you want to model. Then open SketchUp and click the GE icon "Get Current View" up in your toolbar.
Now build a building, and when you right click a face you see the new context menu option to "Get photo Texture" from Street View. Woo hoo!

well i right clicked made a building but nothing happened all it said at the bottom said Make Texture and i did the street view thing