Another day, another Google acquisition. Just in time for Pi Day, Google has scooped up @Last Software, makers of SketchUp, a 3D drawing app for Windows and Mac OS X. The@Last web site describes SketchUp as a "deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and
modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily." In the announcement on the Official Google
Blog, @Last’s Jeff Martin describes how SketchUp can be used to create 3D models that can be imported into Google
Earth, which I suspect has more than a little do to with this acquisition. For more insight, read the official announcement and FAQ at the SketchUp web site. SketchUp
has a price tag of $495, but will Google start giving it away for free as it has so many of its other acquisitions?