The Sketchup program is one of the most interesting methods of architecture learning. It is used by colleges like ITT Technical Institute and others like it. My own cousin uses this program to get his masters in constructing and has built the actual models he created on this site. It has been, in my opinion, one of the most advanced 3D model creation sites I have ever seen and is worth using in schools to learn from.
SketchUp users are architects, designers, builders, makers and engineers. They are the people who shape the physical world. They are important, and they deserve great tools because great tools produce great work.
At SketchUp, we do our best to make great tools for drawing. For our users, drawing is thinking. They draw to explore ideas, to figure things out, to show other people what they mean. They draw because they love it, and because nothing great was ever built that didn't start with a great drawing.
Great tools are ones you look forward to using. They do one thing (or maybe two) really, really well. They let you do what you want without having to figure out how. They help with hard or boring tasks so that you can focus on being creative, or productive, or both. And they are, in their own way, beautiful.
http://www.sketchup.com/about/sketchup-story
