3D Modeling Software
3DS Max and Maya are the most commonly used 3D modeling, animation and rendering software,
they are often very difficult to learn how to use, especially for teachers or students who do not have a
digital arts or computer science background. However, Googleÿs free SketchUp 3D modeling software
is relatively intuitive to use, and thus has attracted more and more users from various disciplines.
Moreover, the accompanying free 3D warehouse website (Google, 2012) provides a huge collections of
3D models, which means that students do no need to build their own content from the very beginning, but
can instead modify existing designs, as shown in Fig. 1, and this can save a great deal of time and money.