An interesting plugin I've discovered recently is courtesy of Brainstorm Technology LLC, the developer of PhotoSketch, a Google SketchUp plugin that enables the user to build 3D urban structures directly from photographs. The emphasis of the plug-in is on a new approach to create lightweight (i.e. relative low polygon) 3D models of existing buildings.
These models, which typically consist of a few hundred phototextured polygons, are well-suited for use in online gaming , mobile gaming and web-based applications such as Google Earth. The PhotoSketch plugin runs with the free or Pro versions of SketchUp 7 on Windows. Support for Mac platforms will be coming soon.
http://www.brainstormllc.com/ for a 30-day trial download
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