>> I wonder - is there anything that SketchUp *is* the right tool for? 
>> Every single time I mention it, everybody says I should use Blender 
>> instead...
> 
> AIUI (I only tried it once ages ago when it first came out) it is meant 
> for quickly designing simple, straight-lined 3D objects.  Like 
> simplified versions of buildings that mostly consist of cuboids or 
> angled parts. Wasn't it originally released to allow people to add 3D 
> versions of buildings to Google Earth?

Indeed, there's a big 3-part tutorial showing somebody importing a plan 
from a CAD program, tracing the walls, and cutting all the doors and 
windows. The result is pretty impressive, actually...

My own attempts to do something similar are far less convincing.

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