Calculate volumes-The volume of any solid in a model is now displayed within Entity Info and included in reports generated in SketchUp Pro.Push/Pull pre-selected faces-Users select a face, then push or pull to change the form's shape or volume.Angular dimensions in LayOut (with Pro)-LayOut 3 now has a dedicated tool for creating angular dimensions.Back edges-Turn them on to view a model's obscured edges as dashed lines.
Scene thumbnails-Small image previews of the scenes in a model.SketchUp Pro 8 also includes several fixes and tweaks to LayOut 3. The new Solid Tools, available with SketchUp Pro, provide additive and subtractive modeling capabilities: union, intersect, subtract, trim, and split allow users to generate forms using the other forms in a project model by adding, subtracting, and identifying common areas. Now integrated with Google’s map program, SketchUp 8 makes it easy to add geo-locations to models, automatically importing high-resolution 3D terrain data, as well as including full-color aerial imagery. New geo-modeling capabilities draw on Google's ever-growing collection of geo-spatial data. The latest version of SketchUp offers a range of new and improved tools, and additional special features are available only in SketchUp Pro 8.
With the launch of SketchUp 8, Google is making it easier for users of its popular 3D modeling software to integrate geo-location data and accurate terrain when creating site context building models.