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I stand corrected. Google never really cared about the Global AEC industry.

DebunkTheBIM

"After all, even giants like Google once enthusiastically targeting the global AEC industry (buying, then further developing Sketchup) have given up on it as something far too IT-immature and ruled by anti-innovation bigots to be worth spending efforts on." “The Google bought it because SketchUp's user interface is very intuitive.

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Top Ten Software used in Civil Engineering

Construction Cost Estimating

AutoCAD” and “Google Sketchup” : Writing is the best tool for note down the imagination or you can draw and make a plot. It provides supreme profit to the engineer with its truly sole mixture of power, comprehensive capabilities, and in a uses friendly way. CSI SAFE : It works designing concrete floor and foundation system.

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BIM Strategy- Why Everything, or Nothing Ever, Changes!

Building Information Management

Forget the 3D visualization distraction for a moment and let’s focus on the important component of the BIM acronym; the “I” for information. Similarly CAD-centric visualization tools, such as Revit and AutoCad [from Autodesk], SketchUp (graphical design), Archicad, Bentley, etc. INTRODUCTION.

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