SketchUp, formerly Google Sketchup, is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of

drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape

architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design. It is available as a
freeware version, SketchUp Make, and a paid version with additional functionality, SketchUp
Pro.

SketchUp is owned by Trimble Navigation,[1][4] a mapping, surveying and navigation equipment

company.[5] There is an online library of free model assemblies (e.g. windows, doors,
automobiles), 3D Warehouse, to which users may contribute models. The program includes
drawing layout functionality, allows surface rendering in variable "styles", supports third-party
"plug-in" programs hosted on a site called Extension Warehouse to provide other capabilities
(e.g. near photo-realistic rendering) and enables placement of its models within Google Earth.[6]

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and draftingsoftware application.

Developed and marketed by Autodesk,[1] AutoCAD was first released in December 1982 as a
desktop app running onmicrocomputers with internal graphics controllers.[2] Prior to the
introduction of AutoCAD, most commercial CAD programs ran onmainframe
computers or minicomputers, with each CAD operator (user) working at a separate graphics
terminal.[3] Since 2010, AutoCAD was released as a mobile- and web app as well, marketed as
AutoCAD 360.

AutoCAD is used across a wide range of industries, by architects, project managers, engineers,
graphic designers, and many other professionals. It was supported by 750 training centers
worldwide in 1994.[1]