SketchUp is among the easiest modeling applications available today. While used heavily in the architectural industry, several game developers have made a place for SketchUp in their art pipeline. You can read more about the new release here. Some of the key new features include:
- improved 3D graphical performance
- higher quality and faster transparencies
- high DPI support
- smart offset tool
- perpendicular snapping
- improved rectangle tool
- tables (spreadsheet data)
- improved DWG support
- extension manager
You can see a video of the new functionality available in SketchUp 2017 embedded below: